- Architecture doesn’t just shape buildings - it shapes ecosystems. - Every project has the potential to help heal nature. - #Nature-Positive Design aims to regenerate natural systems at every step and scale of its process, from extraction of materials through the entire life of the project.

I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr. But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away. If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.

From Tim Snyder’s On #Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th c,” Lesson # 1: “Do not obey in advance.” Those who anticipate the demands of a #repressive government and submit to these demands before they are made, are “teaching #power what it can do.” Via NYT OpEd #StandUp #fascism

It would be ridiculous if it were not so chilling. Shame on Google for obeying in advance! Do not capitulate to #fascism, people!! #Standup

What are the odds that Elon and X take this down before tomorrow? Hill is an AR republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee

@murray.senate.gov thank you for holding the floor!!! We are grateful for the energy you’re bringing to stop this insanity. And a big NO TO VOUGHT! With gratitude, a concerned constituent

Welcome to Bluesky @cantwell.senate.gov We need your voice and action, not press releases. Our democracy is evaporating before our eyes. DO SOMETHING! Sincerely, your constituent

It’s the biggest data breach in US history and absolutely illegal. This weekend Elon Musk and 6 young men took over the US Treasury system (including YOUR data). I’m breaking my promise to only post environmental solutions bc everyone needs to hear this abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Elon Musk gains access to Treasury Dept.'s federal payment system: Sources

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@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social have you seen this?? Mic drop on #DEI and the critical need for a message - a resonant IDEA that motivates us and proclaims that we will not give up. Pls invite Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on your show youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ

Kimberlé Crenshaw at the National Urban League Demand Diversity Emergency Session on DEI

YouTube video by African American Policy Forum

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Salmon can swim freely through a major watershed near the CA/OR border for the first time in more than a century - the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion #biodiveristy #restoration #ecology www.opb.org/article/2024...

Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for first time in a century

Crews used excavators Wednesday to breach rock dams that have been diverting water upstream of two dams that were already almost completely removed, Iron Gate and Copco No. 1. The work allows the rive...

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Renewables yield benefits across systems - including financial #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...

Fascinating! Check out these maps to see how rain/snow patterns are likely to change in the western US over the next several decades. Article by Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk #climatechange waterdesk.org/2024/04/nati...

10 visuals that show how climate change is transforming the West’s snow and water supply

The latest National Climate Assessment warns of a shrinking snowpack and serious downstream consequences.

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Cities can densify without sacrificing access to nature - the amount of public open space has more to do with history, policy, and culture than with density #UrbanNature #biophilia livingarchitecturemonitor.com/news/cities-...

Dear Architects, Please read this amusing and spot-on letter from your outdoorsy cousin. It truly has never been more critical to work together. #carbon #ecosystemhealth #urbannature #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #architecture www.architectmagazine.com/practice/a-l...

A letter to Architecture from Landscape Architecture

We can do better together.

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Call to Action for Earth Day 2024: coming together to demand a real reduction in plastics. Please share! 🌏 www.earthday.org/social-2024/

Earth Day 2024 Social Media Toolkit - Earth Day

Make a massive difference in 3 simple steps.

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Happy International Forest Day! Investing in forest restoration is critical for climate resilience 🌏https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/international-forest-day-innovation/

Natural forests could help mitigate as much as 30% of carbon emission – if we innovate to help them prosper

Innovation is the theme of this year's #internationalforestday – but nature-based solutions to invest in and protect woodlands remain underfunded

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Greener Buildings in Europe! Approved this week by EU Parliament = zero-emission buildings from 2030. Plus renovating existing buildings, prioritizing worst offenders. Elec vehicle charging, rooftop solar, heat pumps, insulation & heat recovery will be boosted www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) | A9-0033/2023 | European Parliament

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (COM(2021)0802 - C9-0469/2021 - 2021/0426(COD)) Committee on Indust...

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$500m earmarked for Salmon - 100 river and stream miles of fish passage along the Green River near Seattle, much inaccessible to salmon since 1910 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Biden earmarks half a billion for salmon on upper Green River

President Joe Biden on Monday earmarked $500 million that’s slated to be used to create a path past the Howard Hanson Dam for juvenile fish heading downstream.

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Sufficiency! What a foreign concept to our consumptive society. Yes. Less.

Lloyd Alter@lloydalter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Being part of the UNEP conference on buildings and climate in Paris was an amazing experience. The final Minister's Declaration is a truly important document that lays out what we have to do with planning and buildings, including references to what I talked about, sufficiency.

Among its many benefits, Urban Nature brings the cool reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corrid...

How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city is driving down temperatures -- and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.

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Weighing trees from space: Changes in tree weight (biomass gains & losses) indicate how much carbon is sequestered as they grow, and how much is emitted with degradation and deforestation. www.betterworlds.com/shows/nature...

Weighing Trees From Space to Measure Carbon Impact

How geospatial technology is enabling companies to act on climate change and transition to a nature positive economy.

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Nature is our best ally [and mentor] in supporting a vibrant, healthy planet www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/...

The race to a nature-positive future: What every sector needs to do

Last December, the world took an important step towards resetting its relationship with nature. Amidst unparalleled biodiversity loss and a worsening climate emergency, the Kunming-Montreal Global Bio...

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What does it mean to design a truly Nature-Positive building? It’s daunting. And so incredibly important. Via Architecture 2030 and WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development www.wbcsd.org/mqwnk

Exploring nature positive buildings

WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.

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Crazy to me Biodiversity Credits are even a thing! I’m weary of the smoke and mirrors that justify our decisions naturexclimate.substack.com/p/are-we-bar...

Are we barking up the wrong tree with biodiversity credits?

Why one-off biodiversity credits might be the wrong solution for the biodiversity crisis.

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Incredible opportunity for new Seattle green space, stitching the city back together #urbannature www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...

An I-5 Lid Could Free Up 17.4 Acres of New Urban Land

That’s the equivalent of adding two Cal Anderson Parks to downtown.

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European Parliament adopts new Nature Restoration law to support biodiversity and food security across the EU 🌍 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Nature restoration: Parliament adopts law to restore 20% of EU’s land and sea | News | European Parliament

The new law sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.

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Hi @ethanfreedman.bsky.social - can you please add me to your conservation and ecology feed? Thanks! 🌏

Energy efficiency has become easier for us all. NYC is even installing window heat pumps in public housing www.theverge.com/23951214/hea...

The incredible shrinking heat pump

An ambitious plan to electrify thousands of apartments.

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New to me strategy: Buildings as Material Banks (BAMB): #CircularEconomy concept - buildings = repositories of reusable materials after their lifecycle ends. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Buildings as material banks using RFID and building information modeling in a circular economy

Currently, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction community operates in an environmentally problematic linear economy by consuming non-renewa…

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Roof to table! Can’t get much more local. Greenroof Javitz Center, NYC livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/awa...

Award Winning and Innovative Rooftop Farming in the Heart of Manhattan - The Javits Center

The Rooftop farm above the expansion of the Javits Convention Center incorporates numerous sustainable innovations including an orchard, water reuse and more.

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