Environmental Awareness Week 2011 - Collective Thoughts On Sustainability.

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How important is sustainability?sustainability?

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Los Angeles

How important are WE?

Kent TurnerLos AngelesKent TurnerPresident, Cannon Design North AmericaSt. Louis

“It’s where I live.”

Sustainability is like your bank account, if you are not adding more than you are taking away, you are going to be in big trouble.

Amber LangChicagoJD BalzliWestern Region Sustainability CoordinatorLos Angeles


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Sustainability is critical for us all as there is not an endless supply of resources.

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Rich KahnAssociate PrincipalNew York City

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Sustainability is something that should be on everyone's minds because it impacts all of us and the generations of our family in the future.Los Angelesthe future.

Shawn MartinHuman Resources AssistantBuffalo Office

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Mark NelsonFacilities OptimizationBoston


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If in 10 years we’re still talking about Sustainability and Green Design as though it was a specialty market niche we’re doomed--as citizens of this earth, as practitioners and Los Angelesthis earth, as practitioners and stewards of the built environment.

Andreas HauslerPM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader Pro Tem New York City


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It is the most pressing opportunity.

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Alexander Sexsmith Los Angeles

Changing the destination of a million streams is at once easier and more difficult when they have all merged. So too should sustainability work at both a local level as well as strive to impact level as well as strive to impact massive global initiatives.

John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&CSan Francisco, CA


Los Angeles

Environment sustainability is like maintaining personal hygiene at a different scale.

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JT HsuarchitectLos Angeles

Sustainability should be a way of life:Eat, Sleep, Sustain, Work, Recycle, Play…….

Tarun KumarArchitectMumbai


Los Angeles

Very important, if we want our earth to be a clean, healthy place to be for years to come.

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Kimberly FeinbergMarketing CoordinatorLos Angeles

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“A sustainability commitment to the built environment needs to start with the old design concept of energy conservation embraced passionately with new concepts of energy master plans which optimize form, functional, financial, and on-site carbon performance.”optimize form, functional, financial, and on-site carbon performance.”

Ted Fowler PE, LEED AP, CDTNY RegionBuffalo Office

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Namrata Betigiri, Leed APArchitect/Regional CoordinatorMumbai

“Sustainability should not necessarily take priority - it should become the greatest common denominator of all our endeavors.”endeavors.”

JD BalzliWestern Region Sustainability CoordinatorLos Angeles

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“Isn’t it simply a matter of life or death?”

Los Angeles

Donna TerzanoProject ArchitectNYC Office

“The world shrinks everyday, bringing regional practices into conflict on a global scale. These conflicts grow exponentially creating a hugely complex subject, with massive implications. Sustainability is about

“Act Now; If one would change the direction of this world, one must turn the tiller early. ”

massive implications. Sustainability is about finding the harmony in those interactions.” John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&CSan Francisco, CA

John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BC&DSan Francisco, CA

“Possessing this kind of knowledge and experience comes with a moral obligation to share it. Our Earth needs us to do this now more than ever.more than ever.

Mike Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED APSenior AssociateBoston

“Preserving the earth’s rich resources is our prerogative. As a Engineer it is a privilege to be able to do this through responsible design solutions. We can all use skill and knowledge to make a difference.”difference.”

Doug ListerMechanical EngineerPhoenix

“future proof (adj.)1. designed not to be obsolete in

the future”- Wiktionary

Sergiu OpriseArchitectToronto

Because Sustainability & Design have a common purpose:common purpose:High-Quality-Sexy-Awesomeness

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Sustainability is a personal act of faith. Like god or religion, faith can be strong or weak – but it’s essential to have faith in our ability to act in best interest of our planet & resources we are gifted by nature. It transcends race, colour, profession transcends race, colour, profession & geographical boundaries.

Suhas BambardekarArchitectMumbai, India

“The earth is what we all have in common.”

– Wendell Berry

Sara SchonourLighting DesignerBoston

“Because extinct is no way to live.”

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Namrata Betigiri, Leed APArchitect/ Regional Coordinator

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“Be the change you want to see in the world.”-- Mahatma Gandhi

Trish Beagle, Human Resources, Buffalo

“I don’t come to your house and make a mess…so?

Harlen MillerArchitectLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio

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What do you think it means to commit to means to commit to

sustainability?

“Commitment means making sustainability part of your life… not for yourself, but for the purpose of building a better quality of life for the people around you – for the people you love.”

“DOING is the best way of SAYING…..

before going through the rest of the slideshow, set your monitor’s settings on power saving mode….as these children deserve light too”

people you love.”


Sachin MulayAssociate ArchitectMumbai

“Committing to sustainability requires responsibility, holding yourself holding yourself accountable.”

Emil CuevasBoston

To think long-term on a daily basis

Alexander Sexsmith Los Angeles

“To commit to sustainability is to embark on a long happy journey”

Purvashri HatkarMumbai

“It's the habit of awareness that my everyday choices have permanent repercussions for the planet.”

Melissa GormanArchitectLos Angeles

“We need to save our planet for future generations”


print less& save paper

Mrinal BhatiaInterior DesignerMumbai

I think it means much more than present discussions tend to favor.I think it means to recognize that there is not enough stuff in the world to go around. For me to have more means someone somewhere must means someone somewhere must have less. I think until we confront this all other responses are temporary.

Kent TurnerPresident, Cannon Design North AmericaSTL

“To leave a healthy environment to my children and their generation.”


ReduceReuseRecycleRETHINKRETHINK

Barbara KendzioraWNY RegionBuffalo Office

“It means taking the steps to be a part of conserving resources and being responsible for our part in making the world a greener place.”place.”

Kimberly FeinbergWest RegionLos Angeles

“Sell your car.”

Harlen MillerHarlen MillerArchitectLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio

“Growing our own food

provides my family joy

and sustenance.”sustenance.”

Sue BoemanMidwest

Chicago office

“To make an effort beyond your usual practice to do good to the environment and humanity”

Jenny TseArchitectureLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio


“Commitment means making sustainability part of your life… not for yourself, but for the purpose of building a better quality of life for the people around you – for the people you love.”“Los Angelespeople you love.”


To work and play with others - those who are here now and those in coming generations.in coming generations.

Rand EkmanChicago

“Keep your mind on the future with your actions of the moment.”

Bret EathorneConfluenceChicago

“To awake, to be conscious; ignorance is no longer an excuse.”

Drew HermannAccountingBuffalo

“Committing to sustainability means engaging in a higher standard of living.”

Jenna RuthWestern RegionSan Francisco

“Sustainability for me starts with conservation. How I can design systems that conserve resources now, and for future generations.”

Michael J. RossiniElectrical EngineerBoston

What does Environmental

Awareness Week Awareness Week mean to you?

“Having a special week focused on Environmental Awareness means that we have not yet internalized critical ideas and practices to where they are a natural part of our work; they remain an overlay.

I look forward to a time when hosting a week of events to raise awareness will become redundant. ”

Jayashri DeshmukhArchitectToronto

“It’s about fostering inspiration and creativity, not guilt and shame.”

Stuart BroussardLos Angeles

“The first day is about awareness and the second day begins a life long commitment.”

Donna TerzanoProject ArchitectNYC Office

“Environmental awareness week to me means that Cannon Design is making large strides to make the world more sustainable through our projects and our operations as a firm. It’s something that I’m proud to be a part of as a Cannon Design firm. It’s something that I’m proud to be a part of as a Cannon Design employee.”


“EAW is a chance to refocus, repurpose, and to be inspired.”


“We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time whenhumanity must choose its future. As the world becomesincreasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holdsgreat peril and great promise. To move forward we mustrecognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of culturesand life forms we are one human family and one Earthcommunity with a common destiny. We must join together tobring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect fornature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a cultureof peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoplesof Earth declare our responsibility to one another, to the greaterof Earth declare our responsibility to one another, to the greatercommunity of life, and to future generations.”

From: The Earth Charter Preamble

Andreas HauslerPM/PA/Sustainable Design LeaderNew York City

Commit

What do you think it means to commit to means to commit to

sustainability?

“Stop Talking – Start Walking.

Get up, Speak up, Act up.

Be a witness! Silence and

complacency is no longer an complacency is no longer an

option.”

Andreas HauslerArchitectureNew York City

“To me, it means doing the best you can every day to make the effort to live a sustainable life. Doing the small things, like turning off a light you’re not using or throwing a can in the recycling bin instead of the trash and the big things instead of the trash and the big things like making the choice not to have a car – it all takes commitment.”

Annie LehattoRegionLos Angeles

For me it means living close to work and commuting by bike, supporting local farmers and buying organics, reusing containers and picking recyclables out of the trash, mending clothes, unplugging electronics, taking shorter showers, and turning the heat down. I certainly don’t do everything I should, but I try to live conscientiously. I try to understand the impacts that my actions I try to understand the impacts that my actions have on others, and on the planet, and make better choices wherever I can.

Jennine TalbotBoston

“It means to make sustainability a priority in everything you do…thinking beyond the immediate reward.”

Morgan NewmanArchitectLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio

“To make sustainability a factor in every decision.”

Stuart BroussardWestern RegionLos Angeles

“It means taking responsibility for the harm we and those before us have already caused and working together to make it right for all those who come long after we are gone.”gone.”

DONNA TERZANORegionNYC Office

“Our Family takes on two new sustainable practices each year.

This year we got This year we got rid of our front lawn”

Sue BoemanProject ManagerChicago

Because if you don't commit, you aren't going to do it. Sustainability should not be a fad diet, it should be a lifestyle.be a lifestyle.

Amber LangChicago

“It means incorporating sustainability efforts into your daily life, whether the activity be large or small the impact on the environment as a whole is significant.”significant.”

Shawn MartinNew York RegionBuffalo Office


Los AngelesBlack Rock City, NV. ‘0’ footprint, 357 days a year.

Commitment to Sustainability is

Leaving no Trace Behind

Los Angelesyear.

Ahmed NaguibConfluence Team MemberChicago

“While there can be no denying the importance of Sustainability, too many of us think that reducing our facilities’ energy consumption and recycling office paper is where it ends. We have to move beyond the notion that doing less harm is good enough, and embrace harm is good enough, and embrace lifestyle changes that will lead to healing the environment.”

Jeff NudiPrincipalPhoenix Office

“It is said that the greenest building is the one that already exists. Greener still is the one that is not built at all.”is not built at all.”

Deborah KreuzeSenior Editor and Writer

“An internal commitment to leading a more environmentally responsible day-to-day life, while working externally to replace the aging unsustainable system that aging unsustainable system that supports it.”

John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&CSan Francisco, CA

Commit

Why do you give a damn about the Earth?damn about the Earth?

I give a damn because these hands, are hoping for a brighter future.

Jessica FigenholtzAssociateChicago

“For the futureof my childrenand all children.”


Because of her.Because of her.

Jill GimeskyHuman ResourcesChicago

“Because the impact I make on this earth now is going to effect those in the future.”

“Earth is a MIRACLE,

a TREASURE,

a gift where LIFE is a mystery,

Earth is HOME.”


Earth is HOME.”.

Shilpa NaikArchitectMumbai

“I want this planet to be around for my kids and their future generations”


“Because I love being outside and being in nature rather than concrete and smog.”

Amber LangChicago

“Because its my home!”

Purvashri HatkarMumbai

“I want to do what I can to make the world, my city, my neighborhood a better place for my daughter and her friends.”

Teri WrightArchitect / project managerChicago

“Because Science is stronger than Rhetoric.”

Drew HermannAccountingBuffalo

“I call it home.”

Donna TerzanoDonna TerzanoProject ArchitectNYC Office

“Because I love running its rocky trails, swimming its cool rivers and scaling its towering mountains.”mountains.”

Christopher WhitcombBuffalo

There are so many reasons itseems the opposite is the realquestion. How could you not?

Alexander SexsmithLos Angeles

“Because there’s still time left to change.”

Emil CuevasBoston

“The earth is the place I call Home.”


I don’t. I give a damn about humanity.


“Because I hope to be here for a long time, along with my family, friends, and future generations.”


“I'm an architect so I care about beauty. Actually, the term 'earth' is not really accurate, and this probably sounds all hippy-ish but, really sustainability is about the ecosystem, which is really 'life', it's the sustainability of the lives of all the sustainability of the lives of all living creatures.”


“Because it’s my mother.”

Harlen MillerHarlen MillerArchitectLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio

“The ecology is a circulatory system and whatever we do now eventually affects our lives in the future and the generations beyond.”beyond.”



JD BalzliJD BalzliWestern Region Sustainability CoordinatorLos Angeles

“Because I have to live in this damn place!”

Annie LehattoLos Angeles

“Because it shouldn’t be about how long, but how well we live.”

Stuart BroussardLos Angeles

“Because future generations have as much of a right to it as I do today.”

Bret EathorneConfluence Chicago


JD BalzliJD BalzliWestern Region Sustainability CoordinatorLos Angeles

Because….“Those who deny �� areaccomplices to disaster. Those who doubt itare ignorant fools. Those who think things aregoing to somehow work out are wishful. Thereis no other option for mankind : Start livingresponsibly or perish!”responsibly or perish!”

Andreas HauslerPM/PA/Sustainable Design LeaderNew York City

“It’s full of mystery.”

Rand EkmanChicago

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What does Environmental

Awareness Week Awareness Week mean to you?

“This is an opportunity for us to make an extra effort in helping our planet”


It means I am caused to stop and think about many things I otherwise too often ignore.


“to raise the awareness to the entire company.”


“A time to assess whether we are doing enough for the environment, and a time to make positive changes toward that end.”end.”


“The world shrinks everyday, bringing regional practices into conflict on a global scale. These conflicts grow exponentially creating a hugely complex subject, with massive implications. Sustainability is about

It means not only making our living space a better place to be,but also for thosebeneath thesea.

massive implications. Sustainability is about finding the harmony in those interactions.” John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&CSan Francisco, CA

Amanda BuchheitSt. Louis

“Acknowledgement that my tiny individual effort is meaningful. one week to be in the practice of awareness and then to get in the habit. It's sustainability boot camp.”sustainability boot camp.”


“It’s a week to reflect on whether you’ve done your part or not.”

Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

“To learn and acquire information on what we could do as individuals to company level on saving resources as well as how our decisions impact the environment”environment”


“EAW is a chance to refocus, repurpose, and to be inspired.”


“EAW is a time to celebrate the changes we have made and to educate about the changes we can make in the future.”can make in the future.”


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“Not to be too melodramatic about it, but the ecosystem of the planet is what has made possible every living thing, including us. And unless there are aliens out there, all of consciousness, love, sadness, art, flowers, music. Why would we not Los Angelesflowers, music. Why would we not care about that?”


“To our future generations the excuse that ‘we weren’t absolutely certain of the extent and magnitude of the problem and, besides, we were too busy’ will not even be worth an utterance. We owe these future generations every effort we can make utterance. We owe these future generations every effort we can make today.”


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“Worth more than your car.”

Harlen MillerLos AngelesHarlen MillerArchitectLos Angeles – Yazdani Studio

If we LEED, others will follow.

Mary J. WazAdministrative AssistantBuffalo


Los Angeles

“It's imperative to understand how our actions not only affect the environment but the economy, society and our standard of living. Although we are making efforts to address sustainability issues, we've already done enough damage that is Los Angelesalready done enough damage that is beyond repair. Therefore...very important.”


“Sustainability should not necessarily take priority - it should become the greatest common denominator of all our endeavors.”endeavors.”


Pat MahoneyTechnology Services GroupBuffalo, NY


Los Angeles

“Incredibly important! We need to stop living like there’s no tomorrow and we need to stop living selfishly, expecting other people to make the change. I know it’s totally cheesy, but if we all work together, we can make the earth Los Angeleswork together, we can make the earth a better place to live for many more generations to come.”


SUSTAINABILITY : GOOD DESIGN : QUANTITY CONSCIOUSNESS

Hemant PurohitArchitect.AssociateMumbai Office

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“Important enough to change the way we live.”

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Stuart BroussardLos Angeles Office

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