Category: Bio-synergistic design

Integrative Process 2: Reciprocity

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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

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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 […]

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Choose “Compost” over a Silver Bullet

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“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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Co-creation

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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

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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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#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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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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Nature-Informed Business

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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

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“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

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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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