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Cynthia Milota

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Cynthia is an Assistant Editor and Staff Writer covering the Circular Economy. In her 30 year workplace strategy practice, she focused on employees and experience-based environments. Cynthia holds the Circular Economy Institute’s Built Environment Specialist certification and has extensive experience in Post Occupancy Evaluations. In addition to roles as a strategy and change consultant, she also served as the workplace strategist for a global financial services firm. She has published and presented her research at academic and professional conferences, held adjunct faculty positions, served on juries and editorial review teams. Cynthia is an active member in professional organizations including the Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA) where she has presented her workplace and circular economy research. She was also Adjunct Faculty at College of DuPage and Columbia College Chicago, teaching Workplace Studio, Professional Practice and Sustainability Design courses.

Meet Three Women Shaping Colorado’s Sustainable Future

Circular Economy Editor Cynthia Milota speaks with leaders Emily Freeman, Laurie Johnson, and Liz Chapman at Circularity 25 in Denver about how Colorado is shaping national circular economy policy, deconstruction practices, and waste reduction strategies to build a more sustainable future.

RTOs Still Struggling: Could Hospitality-as-Workplace Metrics be the Key?

Return to Office (RTO) strategies have faced a myriad of challenges over the last few years, signaling a high failure rate. 

Loop ‘Em In: How to Sell Circularity to Skeptical Stakeholders

Our interview with Heidi Frasure, Green Standard’s Head of Sustainability outlines strategies to keep millions pounds of furniture and office related products out of the landfill.

RESEAT: Second Life Furniture Coming to a Dealer Near You

Discover how RESEAT’s furniture asset management platform is transforming office furniture into a circular economy solution. Learn how SaaS-powered lifecycle planning helps companies track, repurpose, and resell assets, reduce landfill waste, and drive sustainable workplace strategies.

Someone You Should Know: Lesley Showers & the Climate Action Museum

Circular Economy Editor, Cynthia Milota, connected with Lesley Showers, Vice Chair of the Climate Action Museum (CAM), to discuss the museum’s role in education, stimulating critical thought and inspiring/facilitating action.

MEP 2040 and Why It Matters

Syska Hennesy's Jennifer Kuether and Work Design's Cynthia Milota explore how MEP 2040 challenges enginerring design firms to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 through strategies for reducing carbon and optimizing building systems.

Circularity 25: Keep Calm and Carry On

Catch Cynthia Milota's new insights and the latest thinking on circular strategies for the built environment gained from the Circularity conference.

The State of the State: Interior Design Education

Come explore the future of interior design through the lens of education at the Interior Design Educators Council's 2025 conference.

Is Furniture as a Service (FaaS) part of your Corporate Real Estate Strategy?

Access instead of ownership already defines how we think about everything from formal wear to your third grader’s violin, so why can’t we extend that thinking to our workplace furniture?

Interface Introduces Carbon-Negative Products—Yes, You Read That Right!

How is a carbon negative carpet tile even possible? Our interview with Mikhail Davis, Interface’s Director, Global Market Sustainability, explores recent innovations in products and process.

Someone You Should Know: Andrea Murphy, Panasonic North America

Cynthia Milota, connected with Panasonic's Andrea Murphy for WorkDesign's month of Workplace Sustainability Beyond Carbon Neutrality. 

A Common Sense Guide for Returning to the Workplace: Why are we still talking about RTO?

Covid shut down the office. Five years later, we re-examine what’s relevant for employees and employers in today’s office landscape.

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