The Team + Instructors
Anjanette Green
Owner
Anjanette Green is an interior architect and material specialist with 20 years of experience. She led a zero-waste building project in the Peruvian Amazon and has travelled the world researching and advocating for bio-based, low-carbon materials.
She co-authored the world’s first performance-based, continuous IAQ monitoring certification and Informed™, a software interface that maps chemicals in products for reduced health impacts.
She holds auditor, assessor, and third-party verifier titles. She is WELL Faculty and Materials Advisor. She is the recipient of the Living Future Hero Award and WELL Trailblazer Award.
Eduardo Barba
Instructor - Rammed Earth
Eduardo Barba is a craftsman and entrepreneur working with earth construction and bio-based materials.
His practice combines hands-on building with systems thinking and bioregional design to develop scalable, low-carbon construction solutions.
He has worked on multiple rammed-earth builds as part of the architecture studio Hecho en Tierra, integrating prototyping and teaching.
Eduardo is co-founder of Manufactura, a digital fabrication studio exploring circular materials in Mexico City, and Bahía Bloquera, a compressed earth block (CEB) manufacturer in Puerto Escondido.
Miguel Vazquez
Instructor - Bamboo
Miguel Vazquez Camacho is an architect specializing in sustainable construction and bamboo design with focus on integrating ecological building systems with structural innovation.
As founder of Mistikal Design and Siembra Arquitectura, he has led the design and execution of projects combining technical rigor with deep understanding of natural materials.
Miguel has delivered hands-on workshops encompassing the entire design process; from concept and structural modeling, to full-scale construction.
Miguel’s teaching style is one of collaboration, driven by a holistic approach which artfully combines sustainability, craftsmanship, and human-centered design.
Ashely Javogue
Instructor - Bagasse Panels & Plaster
Ashley Javogue is the owner of Zegreenlab Construction, Costa Rica. For 10 years Ashley has dedicated her time to creating one of Central America’s first agro-waste to bio-product manufacturing plants. Zegreenlab uses waste fiber from sugarcane mills, lime and natural pigments to produce low-carbon building products that stand up in extreme climates.
She is the first Costa Rican manufacturer to attain the Declare Label from the Living Future Institute for her Bagablocks, Bagapanels and Bagacal products
To date, her portfolio of buildings span 30+ projects across Costa Rica.
For this project, Ashley contributes her practical experience using natural materials in complex building designs.
Roberto Valle
Project Manager
Roberto Valle is a PMP-certified program leader with over a decade of experience guiding cross-sector, mission-driven initiatives.
Working at the intersection of systems thinking, circular economy, and regenerative design, he brings both the strategic insight and operational discipline to turn ambitious vision into quality, lasting results.
For this project, Roberto aligns the knowledge, expertise, and resources of instructors, participants, and partners, ensuring everyone is set up to deliver on the ground.
Laurel Chadzynski
Network Liaison
Laurel Chadzynski is a licensed architect, sustainability leader, and movement builder focused on accelerating adoption of healthy and natural materials.
Through her practice, LOOM&LEVER, she operates at various scales to nurture and support development of regional material reuse networks, and builds community with other industry practitioners who are disillusioned with 'Business as Usual' and want their work to be in service of something Greater.
Robert Green
Structural Engineer
Bob Green is a professional and structural engineer licensed in four US States and has 60 years of experience.
As owner of Structural Systems Design, his portfolio spans decades and includes projects ranging from airports to a World’s Fair Expo pavilion.
With specialization in unusual structures in atypical environments, Bob has unique skills that have been vital for projects across the Pacific Northwest, the Inland Empire and abroad, including Mexico.
He is recipient of awards for precut, concrete bridges, buildings and design use of masonry.
An avid mountaineer, Bob has summited Mt Fujiyama, Mt Rainier, Mt Shuksan and Mt Hood multiple times.
Santiago Caridad
Instructor - Rammed Earth
Santiago Caridad hails from Mexico City and is a licensed architect. He holds a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) from Huatusco, Mexico, and CAS Regenerative Materials Essentials from Zurich, Switzerland
As co-founder of architecture firm, Hecho en Tierra, Santiago’s designs use contemporary earth architecture to generate collective well-being in congruence with the habitat. Hecho en Tierra’s goal is to design aesthetic, functional and sustainable spaces that provide individual and social well-being, promoting a circular economy, while leaving minimal footprint on the planet.
Santiago has lead numerous social justice workshops, helping communities learn earth construction after natural disasters and in areas of extreme poverty.
Rodrigo Lañado
Hydrology & Permaculture
Rodrigo Lañado is Director and Founder of Hombres de Maíz, a visionary consulting firm based in Mexico, specializing in alternative construction, permaculture design and sustainable water management.
For over 15 years, Rodrigo has trained thousands of people across 16 countries, blending ancestral wisdom with technology and regenerative innovation.
Rodrigo is one of the few experts in the world to be recognized by international partners including UNESCO, Save the Children, UN-Habitat UNICEF, the Permaculture Institute of Australia, WCD and LDI to name a few.
For this project, Rodrigo leads the permaculture and water systems design, including water collection, management, treatment, and living pools.
Chris Youssef
Embodied Carbon Assessor, Materials Analyst
Chris Youssef is a materials analyst and NCIDQ-certified interior designer with over two decades of experience in evaluating products for human and environmental health. His work bridges architecture, chemistry, toxicology, and product manufacturing.
Chris was the primary author of the Perkins+Will Transparency Site (2009-2012) and co-authored several white papers addressing chemicals of concern in supply chains.
His knowledge of chemical assessment tools such as GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals, Pharos, HPDs, and EPDs results in a hierarchical and life-cycle approach to reduce persistent bio-accumulative toxicants (PBTs) and other harmful substances from the built environment.
Chris will provide expert support in carbon emissions, LCA, PCR development and material chemistry data analysis.
Chris Magwood
Whole Building LCA Assessor, PCR Developer
Chris Magwood is with RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) where he helps lead the embodied carbon team with a special focus on bio- and earthen-based materials.
For 30 years, Chris was a designer and builder with a portfolio of over 50 buildings that blended modern energy efficiency and energy systems with high-performance natural building. He has worked with every form of natural building material accessible in Ontario, Canada and has written eight books on design and construction using natural materials.
For this project, Chris contributes his experience in life cycle assessment for unconventional products and product types.
Esteban Martinez
Energy Modeling
Esteban Martinez hails from Colombia and is the Co-Founder, COO and Sustainability Director of Green Loop.
Trained as an architect and civil engineer from the University of los Andes, Esteban has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Design from the Boston Architectural College and complimentary studies in Sustainable Urbanism from the Rotterdam School of Architecture (Netherlands) and Advanced HVAC design by ASHRAE (Atlanta, GA).
Esteban’s specific experience in sustainability spans over 600 different projects representing more than 70 million square feet, located in Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Panama, El Salvador and EEUU.
For this project, Esteban will be providing expertise in energy modeling and efficiencies in thermal design.