Integrative Process 2: Reciprocity
I was listening to the soundtrack from “Chicago” today, on my way to the NYS Green Building Conference in Syracuse, NY. One of my favorite […]
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Integrative Process 1: Opportunity
I am preparing to speak this coming week at a Youth Climate Summit where the theme is “Make it Happen”. I started thinking about climate […]
Continue reading »Choose “Compost” over a Silver Bullet
“There is no silver bullet, but educating girls is like silver buckshot.” What does this mean? It tries to communicate that we can be much […]
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I am working on a resiliency project with an excellent consultant and wonderfully attentive owner involvement. I have been meeting with the consultant and one […]
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Biophilia at Fallingwater
I turned 50 a week or two ago, and I needed some inspiration. My husband planned a trip for us to Fallingwater, so I could […]
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#becausescience
I took an on-line biomimicry course over the last few weeks via www.canvas.net (take a look and see what’s there for you). It was very […]
Continue reading »Step One Is This:
One of the issues holding us back is arrogance. We have no time and not enough resources to continue to think we know it all, […]
Continue reading »Nature-Informed Business
I recently gave a presentation at Building Energy 2017 in Boston, called Redundancy, Diversity, Connectivity: optimizing your projects, your business, your life, and I was […]
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Language: Redundancy is NOT a Dirty Word
“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]
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Time We Learn from Whales
A friend shared a video today about whales, and how we are now discovering that their presence in the oceans is part of an exceptionally […]
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