Eco-literacy, like numeracy and literacy, is the idea that we should all have a basic fluency in ecological ideas and their implications in personal and social life. how do the energy and materials we use connect to the ecosysems around us? With each passing year, I hoped that my university students would turn up with…
A hallmark of sustainable is a system where components serve more than one purpose. This observation, whether treated as a question or a requirement, can be built into student projects of any design discipline, either as the basis for a design brief or of a critical essay. Here are a few examples to inspire discussion….
If you’re working with architecture and landscape architecture students, are you introducing them to Living Buildings and the Living Building Challenge? This post lays the groundwork for you to get them talking and thinking about Living Buildings: given the history of the green buiding movement, what have we learned about moving forward constructively? Living Buildings…
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