ArchWeek Green 2010.0224

[ArchitectureWeek Editors]

Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,

ArchWeek Green, from the editors of the leading architecture magazine 
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around our planet.

This week I'm working on hope, and perspective.

(Forgive the OT (off-topic) question... but how strange does it seem 
today that this guy from Massachusetts got a majority of the popular 
vote for U.S. president in 2004?)

	"Senator John Kerry vowed the United States would overcome the
	odds and approve action on climate change, as the United Nations
	set talks for April to help break a diplomatic logjam.
	
	"Without offering a timetable, Kerry on Tuesday rejected
	assertions that it had become politically impossible for the
	Senate to finalize the first US nationwide plan to curb carbon
	emissions blamed for global warming.
	
	"'I'm excited. I know that's completely contrary to any
	conventional wisdom,' said Kerry, a close ally of President
	Barack Obama and chief architect of the legislation.
	
	"Kerry said he was working on a Senate compromise that could
	re-craft a landmark climate bill that squeaked last year through
	the House of Representatives.
	
	"'I don't care how we do it. I just think we have to price
	carbon because we have to send that signal to the marketplace,'
	the Massachusetts Democrat added.
	
	"'We're on a short track here in terms of piecing together
	legislation,' he told a forum sponsored by The New Republic
	magazine. 'We're moving rapidly.'
	
	"Democratic Representative Ed Markey, an author of the House
	bill, said a US decision to cut back on fossil fuels would boost
	international negotiations.
	
	"'We cannot preach temperance from a bar stool,' he said. ..."
	
	Kerry Insists US to Move on Climate
	AFP, 2010.0223, via ClimateProgress.org
	http://bit.ly/aZDkiL

	Carbon Pricing Sticks Out as Senate Climate Bill's Main Obstacle
	New York Times, 2010.0224
	http://nyti.ms/bB9h5d

How many, who do not "believe in" climate change, do not believe in evolution either?

In the results of a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll of Texas voters:

"God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago."
	38 percent agreed.

"Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals." 
	51 percent disagreed.

"Did humans live at the same time as the dinosaurs?"
	41 percent disagreed.
	
And 22 percent agreed that life has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.

	Texas Tribune, 2010.0217
	http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/feb/17/meet-flintstones/

If so many minds hold such attitudes about evolution, after several generations of the teaching of evolution science, is there really any degree of better messaging by scientists today that's likely to change those minds about climate change?  And if the scientists aren't going to make the difference we need - who will?

Discuss online:
http://www.architectureforum.com/topic-32598.html


Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Environmental Protection Agency Takes Heat on Climate Rule - Politico, 2010.0224
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33382.html

Utah Alleges Conspiracy on Climate Change Data - New Scientist, 2010.0224
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18570-utah-alleges-conspiracy-on-climate-change-data.html

Reserves 'Win-Win' for Fish and Fishermen - Nature, 2010.0223
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100223/full/4631007a.html

A Slushy Shade of Green - The Economist, 2010.0223
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15574036

Belief in Climate Change Hinges on Worldview - NPR, 2010.0223
http://m.npr.org/news/front/124008307?singlePage=true

John Gwynne: Bronx Zoo Designer, Conservationist - Miller-McCune, 2010.0223
http://bit.ly/ceXIXX

Utilities Finding Peer Pressure a Powerful Motivator - New York Times, 2010.0222
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/utilities-finding-peer-pressure-a-powerful-motivator/

Utah House Kills 'Green' Schools Recommendation - Salt Lake Tribune, 2010.0222
http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_14449510
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Interior Launches WaterSMART Initiative - U. S. Department of Interior Press Release, 2010.0222
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Buildings Can Save Money as Well as Saving Environment - Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2010.0221
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Backyard Cottages - Going Green & Beyond - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2010.0221
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GSA Elevates Green Building Office - Federal Times, 2010.0221
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In Race to Build 'Green' Home, a Winner - Orange County Register, 2010.0219
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U.A.E Sustainable Design - Green Muze, 2010.0219
http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/2300-uae-sustainable-design.html

Agreement Reached on Klamath River - New York Times, 2010.0219
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/agreement-reached-on-klamath-river/

Virginia Files Challenge to E.P.A. Greenhouse Gas Regulation - New York Times, 2010.0218
http://nyti.ms/cc4ajO

USGBC Says No Such Thing as "LEED Decertification" - EcoHome, 2010.0218
http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/02/usgbc-says-no-such-thing-as-leed-decertification.aspx

U.N. Climate Chief Resigns - New York Times, 2010.0218
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/science/earth/19climate.html?ref=earth

For a Better Green Building, Start with a Simulation - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2010.0218
http://www.djc.com/news/en/12015064.html

Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama - New York Times, 2010.0218
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/science/earth/18enviros.html?ref=earth

Could Poorly Performing Projects Kill Green Building? - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2010.0218
http://www.djc.com/news/en/12014996.html

New Product-Safety Tools Put Focus on Building Materials - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2010.0218
http://www.djc.com/news/en/12015063.html

16 'Endangerment' Lawsuits Filed Against EPA before Deadline - New York Times, 2010.0217
http://nyti.ms/c7Vioq

People and Places, by Nancy Novitski
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2010/0217/news_1-1.html

	C.F. Moller in Horsens, Denmark - DDI Architects, PC,
	with Odell Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
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	Vancouver, Canada - WATG in Yountville, California -
	Sasaki Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
	Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture in Dover, Delaware -
	merzproject in Show Low, Arizona - Clark Nexsen in
	Norfolk, Virginia - Interactive Resources in Novato,
	California - EwingCole in East Stroudsburg,
	Pennsylvania - IA Interior Architects in Los Angeles,
	California - SHW Group in Houston, Texas - Elkus
	Manfredi Architects in Boston, Massachusetts...
 
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