Leila Behjat is a Dipl. Ing Architect and brings expertise in material ecology and renovation using healthier building materials to architecture and design projects globally. As Director of Material Ecology at Parsons Healthy Materials Lab, she curates collections of healthier, low-embodied construction products and design methods to achieve regenerative, and toxic-free spaces that will serve coming generations and the planet well. Leila heads the Lab’s partnership with the New European Bauhaus and is Co-Founder of Healthy Materials Lab EU with seat in Germany. Leila believes that creating healthy spaces and communities is a cultural endeavor. Solutions must be considered in context of the oneness of humankind and in reverence to the Earth.