By Matt Morley
Exploring wellbeing & sustainability in real estate and hospitality with podcast host Matt Morley.
Each episode dissects a global benchmark in places and spaces that go out of their
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Welcome to episode 81 of the Green Healthy Places Podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in the built environment.
I’m your host Matt Morley and in this episode I’m in Bangkok, talking to Anchalika Kijkanakorn, Founder and Managing Director of Akaryn Hotel Group, a boutique hospitality business she created in 2008 that built on the success of the Aleenta Resort & Spa she had launched five years before that.
Anchalika is also Founder of the Pure Blue Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to protecting and preserving the planet’s marine ecosystems and promoting environmental causes in the communities around her resort properties.
We cover the relationship between the tourism industry and environmental / social causes in Thailand more generally, as well as the specifics of her activities under the umbrella of the Pure Blue Foundation in her home country.
Welcome to episode 080 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in the built environment.
I’m your host, Matt Morley and in this episode we are exploring a specifically human aspect of our environment to do with psychology and how to successfully implement changes amongst people within an organization, or client base.
Guiding us through is Dr. Michelle Constable, a Chartered Health Psychologist with more than 15 years’ experience of applying behavioural science in practice, developing interventions at individual, community and population levels.
Her speciality is translating research into practice and strategically embedding behavioural science across organisations and systems.
She co-founded the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network (BSPHN), a charitable organisation that develops and supports behavioural science communities of practice across the UK.
The Behavioural Scientists builds on this work and brings together a unique offer for organisations in the Middle East to support and develop their behaviour change agenda.
In episode 079 of the Green Healthy Places podcast, I am in the UK talking to Dean Jarvis, Founder and CEO of Veda Homes, a residential developer active in the London commuter-belt area with a clear focus on wellness and sustainability.
Dean has a background in finance and launched Veda in 2017, setting out on a mission to combine his own journey towards holistic wellbeing with the need for more healthy, green housing stock for families in the UK.
How can evolutionary history provide insight into building better buildings today for the generations to follow? What lessons can real estate professionals take from evolutionary psychology and anthropology to ensure cross-generational karma? Here I discuss Indoor Air Quality, Healthy Materials, Biophilic Design, Active Design and Restorative Spaces - all evolution friendly design adaptations for modern buildings.
Welcome to episode 077 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality today.
I’m your host Matt Morley and in this episode I’m in London talking to James Fry, Founder of Beyond Apartments & Aparthotels.
Having launched in 2021, Beyond are the UK's leading sustainable serviced apartment, aparthotel, and BTR operator. The brand now has a pipeline of aparthotel projects across the UK, partnering with future-focused owners, developers, and investors. Current sites are located in London’s Fitzrovia, Waterloo and the West End.
Carbon neutral, low waste and low toxicity, these are billed as healthier spaces in which to stay, live and work. They also have a concept of ‘sustainable wellness’ that we explore in more detail during our conversation.
James has over 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry, and was previously Managing Director of Base Aparthotels in Switzerland, he has plenty of pedigree in other words. Here is James Fry of Beyond Apartments & Aparthotels.
Welcome to episode 076 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the the of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality today.
I’m your host Matt Morley and in this episode I’m in Milan, Italy but the tables have been turned. This time around I’m on the other side of the microphone, answering the questions.
In front of me is Stefania Lorenzi from the marketing department of the Bolton Group.
This recording took place in their via Pirelli offices, close to the Central Station in Milan, where I’ve been working with their executive team and project architects on implementing a range of green, healthy office strategies over recent months.
The Bolton Group is a family-owned, Italian multinational with over 11,000 employees in 60 different offices.
They are present in 150 countries with over 60 household brands in the portfolio, from products for the home, to food, adhesives, personal care and beauty care.
We discuss the basics of nature-inspired biophilic design, its relationship with sustainability, the benefits of a nature-infused indoor work environment and some tips on how to integrate a little biophilia into our daily routines at home.
This is just a 15-minute chat, nothing complicated but hopefully relevant as a basic primer on the key principles I’m working with when creating a green, healthy office building.
Thanks to the Bolton Group for sharing the audio, this is a company with a strong sustainability program and genuine interest in implementing a healthy building strategy at their company headquarters, so kudos to them!
Welcome to episode 075 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality.
I’m your host, Matt Morley and in this episode I’m in Amsterdam in the Netherlands talking to John Harrison, President of A Sustainable Production (ASAP), a woman-owned global sustainability and wellness consulting firm that specializes in implementing the LEED green building and WELL healthy building standards at scale.
He’s also Strategic Advisor for BEE Corporation out of Hong Kong, another big LEED certification company specialized in the retail sector.
John is a LEED Fellow, a licensed architect and one of the world’s experts on applying sustainable strategies at scale in the real estate sector.
While at Starbucks he played a pivotal role in implementing over 1,600 green certified stores in 22 different territories and all 50 US states, making it one of the most successful green building programs of its kind in the retail world.
John also spent 13 years at Mithun in Seattle, one of the leading sustainable design practices in the US and a practice to have on your radar if you’re even remotely interested in green building architecture.
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Welcome to episode 074 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality.
I’m your host, Matt Morley, and this week I’m in Denver, Colorado talking to Angela Harris, CEO an Principal of TRIO.
Angela is an American interior designer, product designer, industry board member and she has a Masters in Sustainable Design.
She’s been building TRIO over the past 25 years or so and her team now designs everything from master planned communities, to commercial, hospitality and residential developments.
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Welcome to episode 073 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality today. I’m your host, Matt Morley and today I’m in the Caribbean talking to Alejandro Leo, a hotel wellness, spa and sustainability expert.
Alejandro is a hotel wellness professional working for luxury resorts like the Oetker Collection’s Jumby Bay Island Resort in Antigua where he managed the spa and sustainability program.
Prior to that he was Global Head of Wellness for HABITAS, an innovative new hotel group, and previously worked for Azulik in Tulum, Mexico as well as stints at brands such as Six Senses, Belmond and Rosewood.
Welcome to episode 072 of the Green Healthy Places podcast in which we discuss the themes of wellbeing and sustainability in real estate and hospitality.
I’m your host, Matt Morley and I recently put out a trend report on the new breed of recovery, biohacking and longevity clinics.
It’s completely free, 40-odd pages and packed with inspirational reference images. The link is the episode notes for you along with links to all the studios and clinics I mention.
So in this episode of the podcast, I’m going to take you through the key concepts within the trend report.
We will cover the definition of ‘recovery’, as well as ‘biohacking’ and ‘longevity’, then look at some of the specific activities and treatments that fall within this new corner of the health and wellness industry, such as infrared saunas, ice baths, cryotherapy and so on.
We will then look at my selection of the top studios and clinics to know, unsurprisingly all located in LA, New York and London.
From there we examine a further sub-segment of this trend, the designer bath house, pinning down its core components and exploring three of the most inspiring examples of this concept right now from Australia, Canada and the US.
Finally, I cover the F&B aspect of these facilities with a notional Performance Health Bar, a concept I expect to see come to market within the next 2-3 years as a natural extension of performance drinks and these futuristic wellness clinics.
Their F&B offering has remained comparatively sleepy but the seeds are already germinating of a completely new genus of health bar.
The podcast currently has 82 episodes available.