BEHIND THE EXPO / Design that Lasts | Human / Nature & the Future of American Living

What should a World Expo leave behind? For Expo 2031 Minnesota USA, that question isn't being saved for 2031. It's helping shape what we design today. In this episode of the Expo 2031 conversation, CEO Wendy Meadley joins World's Fair historian Charles Pappas to explore a legacy-first approach to America's first A1 International Horticultural Exposition and a bigger question: How will Americans want to live in 2031 and beyond? Under the theme Human / Nature, Where Humanity & Horticulture Meet, Expo 2031 is being envisioned not simply as a six-month international event, but as a living laboratory for the future of communities. Wendy and Charles explore how Expo 2031's legacy-first assets can demonstrate new relationships between people, nature, technology, food, health, housing, energy, water and community. The conversation includes: • The permanent North Star Legacy Zone • The USA Pavilion and Living Laboratory • Public gardens and horticultural landscapes • The Future Living District • The Home, Yard, Street and Neighborhood of 2031 • The Technology Spine • Five global Climate Zones • Agriculture Innovation Zone • Global Pollinator Network • Biomimetics and nature-inspired innovation • Health and wellbeing • Entertainment, hospitality and community gathering places • The Expo 2031 approach to designing assets for both Expo Year and long-term use World's Fairs have always asked us to imagine tomorrow. Expo 2031 has an opportunity to go one step further to build and demonstrate parts of that future in Lakeville, Minnesota USA. Six months to experience the future. A generation to live with what we learn. Expo 2031 Minnesota USA Human / Nature, Where Humanity & Horticulture Meet #Expo2031 #HumanNature #WorldExpo #WorldsFair #Legacy #FutureLiving #Horticulture #LakevilleMN #Minnesota #FutureCities #GreenCities