community – Page 4

Balance – Fail, and Learn

Posted on January 28, 2019 by greenerjsa

I went to San Diego to speak at the inaugural conference on Wellness in Buildings. It was excellent. A small, focused, and incredibly intelligent group […]

Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Process, The Profession, Uncategorized

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Posted on January 19, 2019 by greenerjsa

Oh how I am changing. I am discovering that Integrative Process (IP) and Dynamic Governance (DG) have traction in the world of design and construction, […]

community, Inspiration, Language, Personal Reflections, Process

Game Night, the Serenity Prayer, and Advocacy in the Anthropocene.

Posted on October 8, 2018 by greenerjsa

My friends and family got together to go apple picking and play games yesterday. It was a bit drizzly, but warm as we over-loaded our bags […]

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

A Fine Line

Posted on September 29, 2018 by greenerjsa

I struggle, nearly every day, to find the right place for the line that divides know-it-all lecturing from leadership. The line that divides aggressive bossiness […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections

Our Need for Nature

Posted on September 9, 2018 by greenerjsa

I realized as my son and I were hiking in the Adirondacks this last Friday that we spent a week planning, drove 2.5 hours each […]

Bio-synergistic design, community, health, Outdoors!, Sustainability in Depth

This is Inequity

Posted on June 17, 2018 by greenerjsa

I often ride my bike to work. I try to do this on good weather days in the summer and start as early as I […]

community, Critical commentary, Personal Reflections, resilience

Communication: Perception vs. (?) Reality

Posted on May 27, 2018 by greenerjsa

I had an interesting and incredibly revealing discourse on FB today. In brief, I posted a meme, which was naturally oversimplified and declarative, and spend […]