sustainable design notes

Welcome to my “sustainable design notepad”: a collection of interesting quotes, photos & links to sustainable design information. Sustainable design is… the notion that all design should be thoughtfully fair to the earth's limited resources and to the generations of the future. I believe that every designer is ethically responsible to design only with sustainability in mind. Contact me at [email protected]

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Parks can do double duty as green infrastructure

https://dirt.asla.org/2016/07/27/parks-can-do-double-duty-as-green-infrastructure/

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SHINRIN YOKU

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/17/forest-bathing-is-latest-fitness-trend-to-hit-u-s-where-yoga-was-30-years-ago/

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Native plants by the National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/Garden-For-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants.aspx/?_utm_source=FacebookNWF

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http://www.nwf.org/Garden-For-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants.aspx/?_utm_source=FacebookNWF

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AMERICA’S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND POWER PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION

http://blog.nwf.org/2016/07/finally-americas-first-offshore-wind-power-project-nears-completion/?_utm_source=FacebookNWF

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Living on Earth with Steve Curwood

”Living on Earth with Steve Curwood is the weekly environmental news and information program distributed by Public Radio International. Every week approximately 250 Public Radio stationsbroadcast Living on Earth's news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues. Living on Earth is located at the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts/Boston.”

http://loe.org/about/about.html

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Why Plant Natives

A thorough introduction to using native plants in restoration projects. Prepared by Jeanette Dorner Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington https://www.nps.gov/plants/restore/pubs/intronatplant/intronatplant.doc

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Hello!My name is Ashley and I am a student at the Ohio State University. I am a Pre Medical student that is currently a Neuroscience, Medieval Renaissance major. I Have been thinking about it for a while now and I am ready to drop neuro as a major and I am deciding on either a Sustainable Plant Systems major with a specialty in Landscape Design and a Minor in Horticulture, or a Major in Landscape Architecture. But i dont really know the difference between landscape design and landscape archite

Hi Ashley!I apologize for the delayed response and it doesn't say how long ago you wrote this so I hope you were able to find the answers you were looking for earlier! In the short: landscape design and landscape architecture can be the same thing in practice but some municipalities require a licensed landscape architect stamp before approval of some projects. This is especially true if you want to work for the public realm and not only for residential development. Hopefully this helps! Good luck to you!-Jess

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All about the invasive Gyspy Moth eating foliage off your trees.

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Ad from Chipotle... a new game they are promoting. Looks like a game to learn about how to grow organic foods.

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Animations that are designed to be a basic introduction to sustainable design concepts, created for the general public and students of all ages.

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30 case studies illustrate the transformative effects of sustainable landscape design.

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Why Green is not Sustainable.

"Just because coal is not sustainable does not mean windmills are sustainable at the scale needed to replace coal"

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Are you younger than 28? If so, you've never lived a month of below average temperature

An entire generation has never experienced a whole month of below average global temperatures!

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This... is really exciting! Obama Will address climate change THIS TUESDAY!!!

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Sandra Steingraber on Taking Action from BillMoyers.com

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Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy

Oslo, where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage, is forced to import garbage to supply its waste-to-energy incinerating plants.