Time and Tide: Prioritizing Research to Advance Sustainable Design
by Ralph Knowles
As the profession prioritizes research to advance sustainable design, we must keep the low-tech in mind—such as passive strategies and a design perspective that includes human activity and the dimension of time. More

SEED Network Advances Community Design
by Laura Neil
The Social/Economic/Environmental Design (SEED) Network makes much progress of its major initiatives to advance its mission of advancing the right of every person to live in a socially, economically and environmentally healthy community. More

AIA/COTE and the Climate Project Focus on Climate Change and Design Solutions
AIA/COTE is collaborating with the Climate Project, a Tennessee-based group founded by former Vice President Al Gore, to train people to deliver presentations about climate change and its remedies. To date, this organization’s trainees have given tens of thousands of presentations. More

Architects Lead Discussion on The 11th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film, The 11th Hour, was released in the United States in August and September, and AIA/COTE leaders were on hand at theaters in various cities to lead discussions with community members after the screenings. More