humans+computers Humans + Computers is a collaboration between Chinatown, NY based studios Human NYC and Sanctuary Computer.

Hudson Hemp’s focus is to demonstrate hemp as a solution to global challenges from climate change to social inequality; here we chat with Melany Dobson the cofounder and VP of Brand Development. We also chat abouttttt: Treaty, how regeneration can start in the soil and extend to our spirits, feelings, and emotions, sister project Hudson Carbon which is an on site soil lab that researches and detects how regenerative agriculture affects the soil, its surprising relation to the Rockefellers, the challenges of selling Hemp products, how to balance working on big ideas as well as day to day tasks, and who Melany’s biggest hero is.

Last year we chatted with Landon Brand, the cofounder of Project Wren! Wren is where you can calculate, understand and offset your carbon footprint. Wren makes it easier for everyone to do something about the climate crisis! This episode includes carbon offsets and fraud, new initiatives Landon is excited about in the sustainability space, setting up a public benefit corporation, what other actions you can take beyond offsetting your carbon footpint and receiving resistance on the internet. P.S. Sanctu gifts Wren to all employees as a bday gift, neat!

Mercedes Kraus is the former Executive Editor at Curbed, chatting with us on her role, how to influence a company culture, power dynamics, how the role of media and journalism is changing, and how she connects her love for design, architecture, interior, art and urbanisme. Born and raised in Texas, Mercedes has lived in New York, London, Mexico, currently resides in LA and mentions how her interior aesthetic differs depending on what city she lives in, and describes her love for chairs. A big love for chairs. She even made a quiz once to identify what chair a person is!