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Articles
on Sustainability
Center for Free Market Environmentalism
(CFME). "The Property
and Environment Research Center (PERC) is the nation's oldest and
largest institute dedicated to original research that brings market
principles to resolving environmental problems. Located in Bozeman,
Montana, PERC pioneered the approach known as free market
environmentalism, which is based on the following tenets.
* Private
property rights encourage stewardship of resources.
* Government subsidies often degrade the environment.
* Market incentives spur individuals to conserve resources and protect
environmental quality.
* Polluters should be liable for the harm they cause others."
Web sites
Adaptive
Environments, human-centered design
World Changing,
"models, tools, and ideas for building a bright green future"
A Better
Boston
SustainAbility
The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum in New York has announced
that William McDonough, FAIA, has
received the 2005
National Design Award for exemplary achievement in the field
of environmental design.
This award recognizes "excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the
quality of life" and is the nation's highest design honor. It is
given "for a body of realized work," rather than for any one
specific project.
The William McDonough +
Partners architectural firm is known internationally as "architects,
planners, and leaders in sustainable design." The firm "leads
the design community in creating intelligent and effective architecture
and community plans . . . by delivering innovative solutions, enhancing
the quality of life, and celebrating nature's
abundance."
William McDonough is known on the Cape as the architect for the Woods Hole
Research Center's Gilman Ordway
Campus. "The Center studies forests and global carbon and nitrogen
cycles to determine the effects of deforestation and human activities on
the environment; its new campus demonstrates how modern building
construction can harmonize with a habitable earth." |
