In this episode, Doug and Megan (CEC’s TX Market Leader) sit down with Sarah Fitzgerald, Climate & Sustainability Lead + Associate at SWA Group in Dallas. A passionate landscape designer, Sarah shares her unconventional path into the field and SWA’s mission to create livable, sustainable spaces.
The discussion explores balancing functionality, beauty, and cost in infrastructure projects, SWA’s employee-owned model, and their innovative internship program. Sarah also introduces SWA’s new Climate Action Plan, emphasizing the role of landscape architects in reducing carbon footprints. She highlights the importance of trees as public health infrastructure and calls for stronger collaboration between landscape architects and civil engineers to promote sustainable urban design.
Tune in for an insightful conversation on the intersection of landscape architecture, sustainability, and infrastructure!
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Our hosts:
Doug Glenn, President, CEC® –Connect with Doug on LinkedIn
Megan Glass, Texas Market Leader, CEC® –Connect with Megan on LinkedIn
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Our guest:
Sarah Fitzgerald, Climate & Sustainability Lead + Associate, SWA Group –Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn
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CEC® brings you interviews with the leaders who are eliminating aging infrastructure and driving community growth. We’ll discuss their wealth of experiences, the challenges they often face, the opportunities before them and the people they serve. Because it’s what we’re all about, we’re calling it the Get Stuff Built Right® podcast.
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