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Trees are fundamental to urban landscapes and natural ecosystems. Wood from trees is a fundamental material for architecture. The tension between wood in living trees, and wood in buildings and other products, is arguably at an all-time-high on planet Earth. (Published 2012.1024)
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Rick, what does sustainability mean to you personally? To me, the definition of "sustainable" is simple: It means living my life today in a way that ensures my children, their children, and their children will be able to live as well as I did. (Published 2012.1003)
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Environment and Design Context Around the Web Architecture in LA Reaches Net Zero — DesignBuild Source (Australia), 2012.1115Green Housing Pro Bono — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.1114 Mixed Reviews for US Clean Water Act — Nature, 2012.1114 Food for Thought — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.1113 Biomass May Hinder Climate Fight — BBC News, 2012.1112 Pricing Carbon: Where We've Been, Where We Are and Where We May Be Going — Climate Progress, 2012.1112 Four Ways We Can Drive More Distributed Generation Now — Climate Progress, 2012.1111 Chrysler Building Joins Other Midtown Icons in Earning LEED-EB Gold — Green Buildings NYC, 2012.1108 First Things First: An Efficient Abode — New York Times, 2012.1108 Mahindra Focuses on Innovation for Sustainability — ConstructionWeek, 2012.1108 Coal Stocks Plunge Post-Election — Climate Progress, 2012.1108 Does the 2012 Election Represent a Realignment of Green Politics? — Climate Progress, 2012.1108 Hoping for Change: A Post-Election Action Plan for Addressing Climate — Climate Progress, 2012.1108 Environmental Groups Celebrate a Political Victory — Climate Progress, 2012.1108 Melting in the Andes: Goodbye Glaciers — Nature (registration required), 2012.1107 Former UN Official Says Climate Report Will Shock Nations into Action — Sydney Morning Herald, 2012.1107 EllisDon's Six Projects Earn LEED Certification — AZo Build, 2012.1107 Study: We're Headed to 11F Warming and Even 7F Requires 'Nearly Quadrupling the Current Rate of Decarbonisation' — Climate Progress, 2012.1107 Researchers Quantify Greenhouse Gases from Melting Arctic Permafrost — Climate Progress, 2012.1107 UK Faces Higher Risk of Flooding and Droughts as Water Crisis Looms — Click Green, 2012.1106 One of the World's Oldest Tribes Halts Dam Construction — The Ecologist, 2012.1106 Combatting Indoor Air Pollution from Downtown Cities — ENN, 2012.1106 Costs of Shoring Up Coastal Communities — New York Times, 2012.1106 Ground-Source Designs Arise as a Stormproof Resource — New York Times, 2012.1106 LivingHomes Launches LEED Platinum-Aspiring CK Series — Mother Nature Network, 2012.1106 The Insurance Industry Is Finally Waking Up and Smelling the Climate Chaos Coffee — Climate Progress, 2012.1106 Hurricane Sandy Was a Deciding Factor for Millions of Voters in the Election — Climate Progress, 2012.1106 How Cities Plan to Keep the Sea at Bay in an Age of Climate Change — International Herald Tribune, 2012.1105 Temperatures May Rise 6c by 2100, Says Study — Independent Digital, 2012.1105
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