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Project Sustainability

Each month, the show welcomes a new guest who will unpack a specific topic, spanning multiple episodes. Host Peggy Smedley will dive into her guest’s desire to provide alternatives that will empower each of us on what it means to have a healthy home. Simply all the innovations from energy, air, water, lighting, security, appliances, and more that impact our homes.

With a focus on technology—and how it works in the home—listeners will gain a deeper understanding of what’s coming next and what’s already possible today. Determined to give a glimpse into the future, Smedley ends every series with the same question: How can we do even more simply by managing our energy consumption to help make the world healthier, safer, and greener today and for future generations?

Thoughts about the Future of Work

Oct 24, 2023

Peggy Smedley and Pete Evans, assistant professor, Iowa State University, talk about the future of work and if it will be driven by certain technologies. He says we need to recognize that things have to change as things change in time and it isn’t just the tools, it is how we think about employing the tools and how...

Inspire and Equip

Oct 17, 2023

Peggy Smedley and Pete Evans, assistant professor, Iowa State University, talk about the worker of tomorrow and how to inspire and equip the next generation. He says we try to instill with the students an idea of how to think about the world.

They also discuss:

The scientific method and the four Cs: creativity,...

Top Tech for Young Learners

Oct 10, 2023

Peggy Smedley and Pete Evans, assistant professor, Iowa State University, talk about some of the top technologies today. He digs into how he works with the kids, saying the FLEx (Forward Learning Experience) program focuses on how do we see things and how do we make things.

They also discuss:

Seeing: Introducing kids...

FLEx and the Worker of Tomorrow

Oct 3, 2023

Peggy Smedley and Pete Evans, assistant professor, Iowa State University, talk about getting young minds to think in a more innovative way. He says he is a recovering architect and has a desire to help to impact the world in the built environment and how it matches to the natural world, as well as impacting students...