Tag: <span>sustainable design</span>

We’re gonna need a smaller boat: Re-imagining residential water systems

In the US, we use more than double the amount of water per person than any other country in the world. An estimated 57% of our public water supply is used for residential use. The most recent 2010 USGS report estimates per capita US residential water use to be 88 gallons per day (gpd), which translates …

“Rio, Déjà vu” – Reflecting on Rio+20

The 2012 Fall Series of the National Climate Seminar kicked off last week at Bard Center for Environmental Policy with a conversation with Hunter Lovins and Aimée Christensen regarding the outcomes and missed opportunities of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development held this past June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. …

Keeping Portland “Weird”

I can’t begin to express how great it is to be back on the West Coast, not to mention in the great city of Portland, OR!  Over the years, Portland has grown in popularity, serving as a sustainable icon for the rest of the nation.  In a most recent study …