Brought to you by Metropolis, Deep Green is a podcast about how the built environment impacts climate change and equity. Buildings are some of the biggest things we make as human beings. We explore how through understanding buildings, cities, and all the things that go into them, we can do better for the environment and all life on this planet.
Host [Host Name] interviews architect Michael Green about his vision for nature-grounded timber architecture and its impact on the construction industry.
13 May 2026
Reseat’s Office Furniture Rescue
Listeners of Deep Green know that we have a big problem with office furniture. In 2018, an estimated 12 million tons of furniture went to landfills in the United States alone, and eight million tons of that was office furniture.
Not cheap e-commerce or flat-pack couches or low-quality furniture. These were desks, workstations, and ergonomic chairs that probably had many more years of life left in them. Now, if we could divert those pieces to new projects and give them a second life, it could mean some money for the original owners, savings for the new owners, and a whole lot of good for the planet.
That's where Reseat comes in. In this episode, created in partnership with Reseat, host Avinash Rajagopal sits down with the company’s founder and CEO, Brandi Susewitz. Building on Susewitz’s deep knowledge of the furniture industry, Reseat is making an increasingly big impact through furniture reuse every year. Listen to learn about what's new with the Reseat platform, how the challenges and opportunities around circularity and design have changed, and why furniture is still a key lever in our transition to a circular built environment.
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Reseat’s Mission
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22 Apr 2026
Wolf-Gordon’s Material Journey
This Earth Day, Deep Green brings a special conversation. Join host Avinash Rajagopal as he sits down with Marybeth Shaw, Chief Creative Officer, Design and Marketing at Wolf-Gordon, which is partnering on this episode.
Across two stints totaling more than two decades, Shaw has helped lead and shape Wolf-Gordon’s creative vision across fabrics, wallcoverings, wall protection, and acoustics. Among her many contributions, she has pushed the boundaries of collaboration with artists and designers from around the world.
In this episode, Rajagopal and Shaw explore Wolf-Gordon's approach to material innovation and product development through the lens of sustainability. They also discuss the evolution of the manufacturer's offerings—CLAIR, RAMPART Resolve, and RAMPART Fiber—as a way to better understand the strategies design-forward companies are using to advance healthier, more sustainable materials.
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Wolf-Gordon Sustainability
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Inside a recent episode
Planet Positive Visionary Michael Green
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, they're complex. So, yes, I became very interested, have become very knowledgeable about certainly forestry in my region, Western, the Western side of North America. I own my own sawmill. I'm pretty interested in the details of how forestry work. And we got to design for Oregon State University, their forestry school. And that was an incredible gift because there are three departments within the forestry school. One that looks at forestry as an industry, one that looks at forestry and ecology, and one that looks at forestry and tourism. And the Ecology piece of it is the important piece, right, is that we need the forest standing to create a carbon sink. […]
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