Key Points From This Episode

There are many examples Bill provides of this, but one example lies in employment. Hiring people from a small town called Tmor Rung for his hotel Shinta Mani Wild not only helps workers provide for their family in a small town, but also turns people who may have been hunting or logging into rangers. This helps them make a living while also protecting the area.

Bill comes up with these amazing, fantastical designs that you look at and think “how on earth did he come up with that.” Bill cites months of research in some cases. When a client comes to him, he’ll ask “what’s your dream?” and try to come up with something they never would have thought they wanted. Researching and curiosity fuel each other in the creative process that ensues, because wanting to know about the client’s background, culture, the wild animals from their area — you name it — over time gives him ideas to accomplish the end result.

It’s all about showing how being sustainable can make them — or save them — money. Bill suggests new architects point towards cases of success in building sustainability to lead the client to environmentally-friendly implementations. One of these examples could be Bill, who saw the waste from the millions of plastic water bottles that hotels purchased each year, using more space and money to store them on pallets. He began building bottling factories on-site, which are able to recycle their own glass. This ultimately saves the hotel money on purchase, shipping, storage, and disposal, while being much better for the environment.

“This little village, before we came, existed primarily on farming but also on pillaging from the forest and also hunting wildlife. Now we have the majority of the major hunters on our side as rangers.” — Bill Bensley [0:06:27]

“I’m not a philosophical guy. I’m just trying to do what I think is right.” — Bill Bensley [0:11:52]

“What I realized and the feedback that I got is that people don’t want to know about sustainability if it costs them money, especially owners.” — Bill Bensley [0:15:24]

“At this point in my career, I have a lot of clients that come to me because of my position, my stance about social responsibility and environmentalism.” — Bill Bensley [0:20:32]

“We all have to understand that our world has edges. It’s not a limitless world.” — Bill Bensley[0:37:48]

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