Author: greenerjsa

Architect, camper, mom, knitter, recycler, community minded, love cats, not afraid of snakes or spiders, wife, love outdoors (ocean and Adirondacks especially), am highly amused and uplifted by good people, conversations, and books.

Biophilia at Fallingwater

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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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Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Solutions, Part 2: Challenges in Implementation

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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein In my last blog post I used www.thesolutionsproject.org to illustrate […]

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Critical commentary, Energy, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Solutions, Part 1: Recognizing the Opportunities

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Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, said “without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.” A brilliant comprehension. Scanning […]

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Critical commentary, green business, Materials Management, Sustainability in Depth

Big Traveling, Small Imprints

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What is the measure of success? Is it having more than enough or is it having enough? Is it being able to dictate comfort or […]

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Critical commentary, greener travel, Materials Management, Personal Reflections, Products

Closed-Loop and Limitless

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We live in a closed environment. A biosphere that is, though VERY large and complex, limited. Yet I feel that one of the reasons we […]

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Critical commentary, Materials Management, resilience, Sustainability in Depth

What is an Architect?

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What is an Architect? What is the role of the professional organization representing architects? About a month ago, someone shared a post about Mr. Trump’s […]

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Advocacy, Critical commentary, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

The Blame Game

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Irony – crashing your bike while presenting on bicycle safety. I taught a bike safety class at our “Bring Your Kids to Work” day event […]

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Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

#becausescience

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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 […]

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Advocacy, Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

Questions and Answers

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I have had a few songs in my head over the last days, battling for attention. The first is from Moody Blues – the Question […]

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Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

Step One Is This:

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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, […]

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Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession
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