Sherelle Dorsey

OK, so interesting things that I feel like really surprised me this year is there's

such a tremendous emphasis on sustainable cement.

And I don't know how often you all think about cement, but I never think about cement.

But it truly is like a high-emitting, toxic contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

And there's major companies that are reworking the material development of cement to make it much more sustainable and then also a lot cheaper.

And considering it's one of the most consumed materials on Earth...

And they contribute so much to carbon pollution at whole.

Innovation in this space can drastically like cut down on global emissions if we do this in a sustainable way.

So that was super surprising, I think, to be able to kind of listen into this talk and then to also have external conversations with companies that are like the world's largest in terms of supplying commercial industries with this material that no one thinks about, especially if you're not in that industry at all.

Yes, the chocolate guy.

Yeah.

I love that.

I'll jump in here.

Yes.

Yes to all those things.

I really enjoyed that talk as well.

And it got me thinking very differently.

So one of the things that I will say both worries me and I feel like we need to have stronger conversations is the actual relationships situation.

And like, how do we handle grief and create these tools for ourselves to emote with that are now serving as a therapist or like almost a partner, right?

There's this kind of blurred line between how we are sharing so much of ourselves and