We wouldnt be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with this tara burton. She is the release of her new book. The contributing editor at the american interests in a columnist at religious news services. She is written on religion and secularism with the National Geographic the New York Times and more and holds doctorate in theology from oxford. Ross is a columnist for the New York Times oped page. He is the author of to change a church bad religion and prayer just privilege. He was a Senior Editor for the atlantic he is the film critic for the national review. He lives in new haven with his wife and three children. Without further ado please join me in welcoming cara and russ. Thank you so much for all of you. For joining us here in the exciting virtual experience in the disembodied way of talking about a book. Thank you for letting me interrogate you about the future of religion in the United States and beyond. I just want to make two comments before we start the first is that i
Still about society and its still about us Little Planet on the brink we spoke to several leading experts in the 1st. Look at just look at the only real sense. Is recite the future of architecture welcome to arts and culture where well be asking that question and also coming up. Versus substance redefining the parisian woman beyond cliches about how the lips and fancy scarves. And transforming i mean nasty old mattress into a belgian waffle or maybe a spicy taco trash fast food sculptures by artist. But 1st the fridays for future Youth Movement against Climate Change has inspired people around the globe including architects here in germany a group called architects for future is pushing to reform construction for instance by renovating buildings instead of demolishing them the goal is to help stop global warming. Were told we need to build more especially living space but the big question is how do you do that sustainably the building industry is responsible for more Greenhouse Gas emi
More Climate Friendly to do this they say we need more refurbishing and less demolition. And we need to use a lot more of whats already there no matter how efficiently and sustainably a new building is constructed in terms of c o 2 using whats already there is much better. Buildings use a lot of whats called embodied energy the sum of all the energy needed for construction when theyre torn down that energy is wasted yet buildings are still being earmarked for demolition like munichs arabella high rise just 50 years old and the citys main train station its claim that refurbishing is more expensive than rebuilding but that doesnt factor in the cost of the embodied energy. There is another way for its new office space the n. G. O. Cradle to cradle in berlin chose to refurbish with recyclable materials. But the electric id electric wiring is a good example normally we dont see the wiring because. Its built into the structure of the building so its difficult to replace here we have a surfac
More Climate Friendly to do this they say we need more refurbishing and less demolition the missing fema and we need to use a lot more of whats already there no matter how efficiently and sustainably a new building is constructed in terms of c o 2 using whats already there is much better. Buildings use a lot of whats called embodied energy the sum of all the energy needed for construction when theyre torn down that energy is wasted yet buildings are still being your market for demolition like munichs arabella high rise just 50 years old and the citys main train station its claim that refurbishing is more expensive than rebuilding but that doesnt factor in the cost of the embodied energy. There is another way for its new office space the n. G. O. Cradle to cradle in berlin chose to refurbish with recyclable materials. But electric idea like requiring is a good example normally we dont see the wiring because. Its built into the structure of the building so its difficult to replace here w
And cutting tiley from the architects for future say construction needs to be more Climate Friendly to do this they say we need more refurbishing and less demolition. And we need to use a lot more of whats already there no matter how efficiently and sustainably a new building is constructed in terms of c o 2 using whats already there is much better. Buildings use a lot of whats called embodied energy the sum of all the energy needed for construction when theyre torn down that energy is wasted yet buildings are still being your market for demolition like munichs arabella high rise just 50 years old and the citys main train station its claim that refurbishing is more expensive than rebuilding but that doesnt factor in the cost of the embodied energy. There is another way for its new office space the n. G. O. Cradle to cradle in berlin chose to refurbish with recyclable materials. But electric idea like requiring is a good example normally we dont see the wiring because. Its built into th