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Last week in Tackling Climate Change we took a reality check on the level of challenge embodied in established targets for reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. This week, we're announcing a new call to action for architecture firms across the United States and around the world.
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Just about a year ago, Al Gore rocked the national AIA Convention in San Antonio with a climactic final keynote address, and received a prolonged standing ovation from thousands of architects who had lined up for hours to get in. Gore expressed the compelling case on global climate change, anchoring the powerful presentation with this silver spur to action for design professionals:
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"That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics." — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949
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More Environment Antarctic Ice Threatened by Ozone-Hole Recovery — Nature, 2008.0429Harlem’S First Affordable Green Housing — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0429 Urban Planning Needs Green Rethink — BBC News, 2008.0429 Congress Delaying Energy, Housing Aids, Bush Says — NPR, 2008.0429 For Houston Builders, Going 'Green' Won't Be Optional — Houston Chronicle, 2008.0428 Russia Says Has No Plans to Cap Carbon Emissions — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0428 Los Angeles Passes Ambitious Green Building Law — Habitat (blog), 2008.0428 Housing Expert Sees Green Building as Growth Area — Washington Post, 2008.0425 Plan to Reverse Global Warming Could Backfire — Reuters, 2008.0424 Method Homes Debuts Modern, Green Prefab Design — Jetson Green, 2008.0424 UK's Iconic 1930s Semi-Detached House Goes Green — Science Daily, 2008.0424 UK Butterflies 'Need Good Summer' — BBC News, 2008.0424 Hints of Methane's Renewed Rise — BBC News, 2008.0424 Sediment Cores Reveal Antarctica's Warmer Past — Nature, 2008.0423 Beetle Tree Kill Releases More Carbon Than Fires — Nature, 2008.0423 Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears — New York Times, 2008.0423 Giant British Wind Farm Plans Blown Away — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0422 Report Confirms Ozone Pollution Can Kill — Reuters, 2008.0422 GOING, GOING, GONE? New Satellite Images Reveal a Shrinking Amazon Rainforest — WorldWatch Institute, 2008.0422 AIA/COTE Announces 2008 Top Ten Green Projects — BuildingGreen, 2008.0422 Elements of Building: Energy — Green Building Elements, 2008.0422 "Haute Off the Press" — Seattle Post Intelligencer, 2008.0422 The American Institute of Architects Announces the 2008 COTE Top Ten Green Projects — AIA, 2008.0422 Spurred by Rising Seas, Dubai's Floating Ambition — NPR, 2008.0422 Greenprint for the Homes of the Future — Globe and Mail, 2008.0422 Earth Day: Marks 38th Anniversary — iBerkshire, 2008.0422 LA Vs. SF: The Eco Wars — LAist (blog), 2008.0422 Color Your New House Green — Motley Fool, 2008.0422 Building Green Has Its Benefits — Ottawa Citizen, 2008.0422
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