Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have Dropped 17 Percent During the Pandemic

This year we could see a 7 percent drop overall in global emissions, more than double the 3 percent drop following the 2008 financial crisis.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

A Sustainability Checklist for Policymakers

The choices that governments make to restart their economic engine, including the long-term social, economic, and environmental co-benefits they seek to achieve through their stimulus investments, will be extraordinarily consequential in ensuring that they can build back stronger and better.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Climate Change

From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Stockholm Environment Institute: Wild Meat Consumption in the Time of COVID-19: to Ban or to Regulate?

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the wildlife trade and particularly wild meat consumption under the spotlight. Could regulating the different uses of wild animal species be a more effective response than a total ban?

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Creating Healthy and Just Bio-Regions

Dramatic changes taking place locally, regionally, globally, demand that we rethink strategies to improve public health, especially in disadvantaged communities where the cumulative impacts of toxicant exposure and other environmental and social stressors are most damaging.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Biodiversity Fact Sheet: Animal Husbandry, Livestock Production

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity is essential to maintain ecosystem services, agricultural production and ultimately human nutrition and quality of life.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Livestock Farming with Care: Towards Sustainable Production of Animal-Source Food

This concept of “Livestock Farming with Care” is founded on care ethics with an integrated approach based on four principles.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

There Are Diseases Hidden in Ice, and They are Waking Up

Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Antibiotics and Factory Farms

The overuse and misuse of antibiotics in the meat industry is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistance in the U.S. and across the world.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

300 Rescued Orangutans Can’t Be Released into the Wild Due to Coronavirus Risk

Orangutans that were rescued and are in sanctuaries are staying put because of coronavirus. About 300 rescued orangutans were scheduled to be released into the wild but their release has been delayed.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Framework for Design Excellence

The Framework for Design Excellence is made up of 10 measures, formerly known as the COTE Top Ten. It organizes our thinking, facilitates conversations with our clients and the communities we serve, and sets meaningful goals and targets for climate action.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Living Building Challenge 4.0 Standard

The Living Building Challenge is an attempt to dramatically raise the bar from a paradigm of doing less harm to one in which we view our role as a steward and co-creator of a true Living Future.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Biophilia Hypothesis

The idea that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

14 Patterns of Biophilic Design

Biophilic design can reduce stress, enhance creativity and clarity of thought, improve our well-being and expedite healing; as the world population continues to urbanize, these qualities are ever more important.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Resilience in a Pandemic

Resilience is about being prepared for the unexpected, about keeping safe during emergencies, and about bouncing back (and, yes, bouncing forward) from disturbances. Our resilience as individuals, as communities, and as countries is being tested. Let’s take a look at why resilience is so important during pandemics and what we can do to improve that resilience.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

What is Resilience?

Resilience is the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and to maintain or regain functionality and vitality in the face of stress or disturbance. It is the capacity to bounce back after a disturbance or interruption.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general

Let’s Grow: Can Biophilia Help Combat the Coronavirus?

In his recent book The Biophilia Effect, Clemens G. Arvay cites many such experts, whose research suggests an entirely different approach to protecting ourselves from illnesses, both physical and mental.

SustainabilityAlexa ChmuraMay 29, 2020research-general