Luther College's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from Luther College:

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Central Missouri's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from the University of Central Missouri:

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Pratt's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from the Pratt Institute:

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Illinois's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from the University of Illinois:

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UC's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from the University of California System:

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Haywood Community College's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from Haywood Community College:

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William Paterson's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from William Paterson University:

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Carleton College's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from Carleton College:

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NYU's ACUPCC Climate Leadership Video

The colleges and universities that are finalists for the 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards have been invited to create videos, which are now part of a voting contest, hosted by Planet Forward.  To be eligible, institutions must be a part of the ACUPCC network, and up to date with their public reporting.  The winner of the voting contest won't necessarily win one of the Climate Leadership Awards, but will have their video publicized in national media outlets.

I'll be posting one of the videos each day.  Here's the video from NYU:


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Bjarke Ingels - Hedonistic Sustainability

This is a great TED talk about how sustainability - through smart design - can improve quality of life, and help more people satisfy their basic needs more effectively, while processing and cycling resources at a sustainable rate.



The concept of the "8 House" was particularly striking to me.  A few years ago, I mocked up this conceptual slide of what a mixed-use development could look like that would have all of the elements of primary production, industry, work, life and play.  The core pattern was a figure 8 with a closed-loop industrial ecology system interacting with a mixed-use residential/commercial system; all walkable with minimal need for imports and excess capacity to export efficiently by rail:

Obviously, this is highly over-simplified and conceptual, but it's exciting to see how design can maximize daylight and solar gain, balance public and private green-space for the community, and easily engage in both urban and rural / natural environments without a vehicle. It's a inspiring to see that something moving in this direction already exists.

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