BEFORE2030 - A LIVABLE FUTURE For people, planet, and all life
CONSERVE ENERGY, INSULATION, SMART DESIGN, ETC.
I’ve already touched on this a little in, Champion renewable energy, but what else is there?
With self-reliant education, the ability to innovate becomes widespread, leading to better solutions and design. Knowledge of systems leads to better resource use, conservation, including the all-important water infrastructure. Sustainability is now the thread running through all industry.
What if our neighborhoods were so well re-designed, with citizen participation and revivified community involvement, that we didn’t feel the need to leave them, or go for a Sunday drive? Mass movement of people by the car or other means must be reduced. What are the design implications of this? We’re going to need designers: architects, city planners, engineers, pushing those pencils, oh, I mean, computer-design applications. Also recognizing, that this new opportunity is going to affect our grandchildren’s ability to enjoy a thriving life.
To reach our new world, we’re going to be very busy. To get there, short term, we may have to increase consumption and energy use, what an irony!
Further info:
Paul Chatterton, Unlocking Sustainable Cities, 2019
I’ve already touched on this a little in, Champion renewable energy, but what else is there?
With self-reliant education, the ability to innovate becomes widespread, leading to better solutions and design. Knowledge of systems leads to better resource use, conservation, including the all-important water infrastructure. Sustainability is now the thread running through all industry.
What if our neighborhoods were so well re-designed, with citizen participation and revivified community involvement, that we didn’t feel the need to leave them, or go for a Sunday drive? Mass movement of people by the car or other means must be reduced. What are the design implications of this? We’re going to need designers: architects, city planners, engineers, pushing those pencils, oh, I mean, computer-design applications. Also recognizing, that this new opportunity is going to affect our grandchildren’s ability to enjoy a thriving life.
To reach our new world, we’re going to be very busy. To get there, short term, we may have to increase consumption and energy use, what an irony!
Further info:
Paul Chatterton, Unlocking Sustainable Cities, 2019
