Beyond Carbon: Rethinking Sustainability Through Planetary Accounting

🌏 A kōrero on why sustainability is about more than just carbon

When it comes to sustainability, carbon gets most of the attention. But the reality is our planet’s health depends on nine interconnected systems, from oceans and forests to air quality and biodiversity. And many of them have already crossed critical limits.

In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we sit down with Dr Kate Meyer, founder of Planetary Accounting, to unpack what planetary boundaries really mean and how planetary accounting helps us measure and manage our impact across all of them.

We cover:
 • What the nine planetary boundaries are and how many we have already exceeded
 • How planetary accounting works and why it goes beyond carbon accounting
 • What this means for construction, design and material choices
 • The surprising trade offs hidden in our sustainability decisions
 • What we can learn from the ozone layer, the one boundary we have successfully restored

Listen in if you want to understand the bigger picture of sustainability and how tools like planetary accounting can help the built environment move from less harm to regenerative impact.

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