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UNSUSTAINABLE "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." This definition was written 20 years ago in the Brundtland Report, commissioned by the United Nations. Since then, the goal of sustainable urban development has been embraced, in theory, by many officials and design professionals all over the world. But examples of meeting today's needs seem limited to the more prosperous segments of society. Living conditions today in the slums of many of the world's largest cities are appalling, and not improving. — Editor
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CULTURAL INITIATIVE Architectural education often cloisters students in an internally focused world of individualized design — encouraging Wright-like bravado or Gehry-esque showmanship. The work of educator Sergio Palleroni challenges this instructional paradigm, and the profession as a whole, to confront a larger global reality and to creatively tackle problems of growing poverty, increasing population, and shrinking resources.
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PREFAB PLATINUM On a cloudy day in April 2006, a crowd of curious onlookers gathered on a hillside street in Santa Monica, California, to watch the installation of the first LivingHomes prefabricated house. Over the course of eight hours, 11 modules were hoisted by crane onto a concrete slab in a dramatic departure from traditional residential construction.
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More Environment Researchers Lay Out Wish List for Earth-Observing Satellites — Nature, 2007.0116Green Homes for Model Dorset Village — New Builder, 2007.0116 The Warming of Greenland — New York Times, 2007.0116 Architect Bringing Expertise to Darfur — San Bernadino County Sun, 2007.0116 HBF Host Zero Carbon Conference — New Builder, 2007.0116 UAE Beats Americans' Environmental Harm — MSNBC, 2007.0115 Council Hits Eco-Village with €160,000 Charge — The Times (London), 2007.0114 Not an Easy Green — Construction, 2007.0112 Building Energy Gears Up for Boston — Interior Design, 2007.0112 New Zealand's First 'Green' Building — Glass On Web, 2007.0112 Palm Desert Council Passes Energy Measure — Desert Sun, 2007.0112 New CDC Headquarters Wins Silver LEED-NC Rating — AIArchitect, 2007.0112 Shiver Me Timbers — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0111 EU Proposes Cleaner, More Competitive Energy Market — New York Times, 2007.0111 Restrictions on Naval Sonar OK'd — San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0111 LEEDing the Way — Pasadena Weekly, 2007.0111 Why It Pays to Go Green — Art Newspaper, 2007.0110 Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts in Emissions — New York Times, 2007.0110 Canned Nuclear Waste Cooks Its Container — Nature, 2007.0110 Bush Lifts Ban on drilling for Gas, Oil in Alaska Bay — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0110 Green Building Materials Not Enough — Montreal Gazette, 2007.0110 Green Light for Architecture — The Press, 2007.0109 'Green' Developers Look to Renovations — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0109 Building from the Ground Up — USA Today, 2007.0109 Kevin's Ark: How to Build an Eco-House — Mail & Guardian, 2007.0109 Long-Term Global Forecast? Fewer Continents — New York Times, 2007.0109 Consultant Predicts the Future of the Green Building Industry — PR Web, 2007.0109 EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment — New York Times, 2007.0108 A Green Building Revolution Is Hitting Home and Office — Infozine, 2007.0108 EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment — New York Times, 2007.0108 The 2010 Imperative: Global Emergency Teach-In — The 2010 Imperative Web Site, 2007.0100
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