The Hidden Flaw in Sustainability: Beauty, Zoning, and What We’ve Forgotten
The Clayton Vance Podcast · Clayton Vance
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Show Notes
We’ve been chasing “sustainability” for centuries — from banning butchers in 14th-century London to today’s endless regulations and paper straws. But have we been asking the wrong questions all along?
In this episode, Clayton Vance argues that true sustainability isn’t just about insulation, carbon footprints, or solar panels. It’s about building places people actually want to keep. From historic homes that endure, to the grand enemy of sustainability — modern zoning — we explore how beauty, proximity, and connectivity may be the most overlooked solutions of all.
If your definition of sustainability can’t survive time, it isn’t sustainable.