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DR MELISSA

STERRY

Specializing in futures in the built environment, design, manufacturing, engineering, utilities,
publishing, media and communications, Dr Melissa Sterry is one of the world’s most high-
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profile futurists. She has contributed to groundbreaking sustainability innovation projects in
Europe/UK, USA, and South and Southeast Asia. She has been felicitated with several national
and international innovation, creativity, and enterprise awards, the most notable being the
Mensa Education and Research Foundation International Award. In 2004, she created the
award-winning sustainability think tank and collaborative-laboratory Societás, which she ran
for several years.

In this conversation with
GRIHA Council, Dr Melissa
Sterry discusses the threats
posed by climate change and
global warming, the relevance
of local indigenous knowledge,
the need for urban resilience
and sustainable architectural
practices, the implications
of nanoplastic pollution on
marine life, and more.

» ‘Carbonised wood specimen dated to the Upper Triassic from Dr. Sterry’s personal
collection. One of many items that she used when researching the principles for
Panarchistic Architecture, this specimen is a record an ancient forest fire’

1 For more details, visit www.melissasterry.com