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Crystallized Pedagogy: Architecture as a Medium for Sustainability Education
The notion that human behavior is influenced by environmental conditions is not novel, though this dynamic is often overlooked and underappreciated in the construction of…
Smart Planes Save Oil
This article, published in the Japanese Nikkei Ecology, explains how the next generation air traffic control technologies could save 10–12% of the oil consumed by…
Industrial Ecology at Walmart
This article, published in the Japanese Nikkei Ecology, gives an overview of industrial ecology, an emerging interdisciplinary field, and explains how a groundbreaking program at…
Climate: Eight Convenient Truths
In this article from Roll Call, Amory Lovins provides eight arguments for Congress to pass climate change legislation. He argues that protecting the climate is…
Sense and Response: A Bioclimatic Dialogue of Place
Preindustrial societies had an intimate connection to their environments in part because survival was dependent on a constructive understanding. This resulted in fantastic forms of…