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What it would take to end trickle-down equity in buildings and beyond

April 5, 2019

By Shawn Fisher Hesse
Architecture and design have radically changed for the sake of sustainability in recent decades. It's past time to consider the effects of the built environment for all communities.
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Life-cycle assessments must better align with circularity

March 28, 2019

By Lise Laurin
How come we tend to look at the implications of one end-of-life action but not others?
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Built to last: The business case for living buildings in 2019

February 12, 2019

By James Connelly
And four value propositions that have incentivized companies and organizations such as NRDC, Etsy and Google to complete them.
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Building the built environment to mimic nature

February 4, 2019

By Joel Makower
The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Innovative author Janine Benyus on how biomimicry and “the genius of biome” can fight rising emissions.
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The greenprint: designing buildings for both clients and the environment

December 21, 2018

By Cindy Wasser and Katie Ellman
A Q&A with architects specializing in energy efficiency to ask about what the future of the built environment looks like in the era of climate change.
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How Ruth Gates used social design to protect the coral reefs

December 8, 2018

By Cheryl Heller
The unique collaboration means more science and more communication.

Janine Beynus and Paul Woolford: Uncovering nature's secrets to reinvent cities

November 5, 2018

WithJoel Makower, Janine Benyus and Paul Woolford
How biomimicry, architecture and engineering are conspiring to re-invent how offices, factories and cities are designed, built and operate.
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Here's how Paris is building the eco-community of the future

June 20, 2018

By Susannah Shmurak
The Clichy-Batignolles eco-district aims to set a new standard in sustainable urban design.
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Viridian revisited: An interview with Bruce Sterling

March 30, 2018

By Alan AtKisson
The future ain't what it used to be.
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How 4 billion years of diversity can help us surpass our 'clone-drone' workstyles

March 8, 2018

By Tamsin Woolley-...
Although we are "apes, not ants," we nevertheless can learn from superorganisms to evolve for the greater group.