We hosted Farah Naz's lecture within the learning activities of my first-year architectural design course at Heriot-Watt. She is leading the innovation and sustainability department at Buro Happold. We are very grateful for the excellent talk that focused on the fundamental theme of a respectful relationship between architecture and the environment. It is never too early in the curriculum to discuss sustainability in an architecture program. For the students, listening to Farah's broad expertise was a great formative experience.