The circular economy. Cradle-to-cradle. The regenerative economy. Whatever you call it, an approach to building that eliminates waste would transform the next generation of the built environment.
Journalist Jessica Camille Aguirre has covered climate change for 10 years and sees extremes triggered by global warming as the defining story of our times. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times Magazine.
Back in June, we covered news of research set to be undertaken at Penn State on the subject of embodied carbon in cities. The research, one of many stories this year focusing on embodied carbon, signals a growing awareness in academic and professional circles of the need to include whole-life.