Closed-Loop and Limitless
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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Philosophy and theory on what green should be.
What is an Architect?
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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The Blame Game
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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#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 »Questions and Answers
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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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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Cost Effectiveness
I don’t know if I should class this as a language discussion or a systems thinking discussion, but in the understanding that true solutions come […]
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 […]
Continue reading »Pipelines, Pipelines, Everywhere a Pipeline…
Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL, NED pipeline in New England…everywhere you look there are pipelines proposed, debated, implemented. And this is typically how it goes…no […]
Continue reading »Entitlement Needs a Partner
My son and I attended Brain Candy at Proctor’s in Schenectady this past Friday. We both love Adam Savage and my son is a fan […]
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