Environmental Awareness Week 2011 - Collective Thoughts On Sustainability

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How important is sustainability?

“Western Region Sustainability Coordinator

Los Angeles

How important are WE?

Kent Turner

President, Cannon Design North America

St. 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 Coordinator

Los Angeles


Los Angeles

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

Rich Kahn

Associate Principal

New York City

It is the future … … with purpose and intentionRand EkmanChicago


Los Angeles

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.

Shawn MartinHuman Resources AssistantBuffalo Office

To be sustainable is to:• last longer•run better•cost less to operate

That goes for our buildings as well as the planet we live on

Mark NelsonFacilities OptimizationBoston


Los Angeles

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 stewards of the built environment.

Andreas HauslerPM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader Pro Tem

New York City


Los Angeles

It is the most pressing opportunity.

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 massive global initiatives.

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


Los Angeles

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

JT Hsu

architect

Los Angeles

Sustainability should be a way of life:

Eat, Sleep, Sustain, Work, Recycle, Play…….

Tarun Kumar

Architect

Mumbai


Los Angeles

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

Kimberly FeinbergMarketing CoordinatorLos Angeles

“Commitment means power for our future”

Gabrielle RossitAssociate / Interior DesignerToronto


“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.”

Ted Fowler PE, LEED AP, CDT

NY Region

Buffalo Office

Namrata Betigiri, Leed AP

Architect/Regional Coordinator

Mumbai

It is important to reassure MOTHER NATURE that her kids respect her magnanimity. Protect the earth .

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

JD BalzliWestern Region Sustainability CoordinatorLos Angeles

take care of your mom


Los Angeles

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

Donna Terzano

Project Architect

NYC 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 finding the harmony in those interactions.” John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&C

San Francisco, CA

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

John Lucht

CDT, LEED AP+BC&D

San 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.

Mike Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED AP

Senior Associate

Boston

“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.”

Doug Lister

Mechanical Engineer

Phoenix

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

the future”- Wiktionary

Sergiu OpriseArchitectToronto

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

Troy Hoggard


Los Angeles

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Gigi GrizantiBenefits & Compensation ManagerBuffalo

“Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

-Steve Jobs

Nick CameronChicago Office

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 & geographical boundaries.

Suhas Bambardekar

Architect

Mumbai, India

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

– Wendell Berry

Sara SchonourLighting DesignerBoston

“Because extinct is no way to live.”

PAULETTE AMBELLAN, Research AnalystNortheast

Grand Island

Namrata Betigiri, Leed APArchitect/ Regional Coordinator

Mumbai

http://thelightisall.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-photo-of-day-saving-water.html

Consider earth as a living spirit.

Let’s not take its kindness for granted.

Let’s save water.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/callincaptures/3448625644/in/photostream

“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 Miller

Architect

Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

Commit

What do you think it 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.”

JD Balzli

Western Region Sustainability Coordinator

Los Angeles

“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”

Sachin Mulay

Associate Architect

Mumbai

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

Emil Cuevas

Boston

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 Hatkar

Mumbai

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

Melissa Gorman

Architect

Los Angeles

“We need to save our planet for future generations”

Rich Kahn

Associate Principal

New York City

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 have less. I think until we confront this all other responses are temporary.

Kent TurnerPresident, Cannon Design North America

STL

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

JT Hsu

architect

Los Angeles

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

RETHINK

Barbara Kendziora

WNY Region

Buffalo 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.”

Kimberly Feinberg

West Region

Los Angeles

“Sell your car.”

Harlen Miller

Architect


“Growing our own food

provides my family joy and sustenance.”

Sue Boeman

Midwest

Chicago office

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

Jenny Tse

Architecture



Los Angeles

“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.”

JD Balzli


Los Angeles

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

Rand Ekman

Chicago

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

Bret Eathorne

Confluence

Chicago

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

Drew Hermann

AccountingBuffalo

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

Jenna Ruth

Western Region

San Francisco

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

Michael J. Rossini

Electrical Engineer

Boston

What does Environmental

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 Deshmukh

Architect

Toronto

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

Stuart Broussard

Los Angeles

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

Donna Terzano

Project Architect

NYC 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 employee.”

Shawn Martin

Human Resources Assistant

Buffalo Office

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

JD Balzli


Los Angeles

“We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.”

From: The Earth Charter Preamble

Andreas HauslerPM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader

New York City

Commit

What do you think it 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 option.”

Andreas Hausler

Architecture

New 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 like making the choice not to have a car – it all takes commitment.”

Annie Lehatto

Region

Los 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 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 Newman

Architect


“To make sustainability a factor in every decision.”

Stuart Broussard

Western Region

Los 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.”

DONNA TERZANO

Region

NYC Office

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

This year we got rid of our front lawn”

Sue Boeman

Project Manager

Chicago

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.

Amber Lang

Chicago

“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.”

Shawn Martin

New York Region

Buffalo Office


Los Angeles

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

Ahmed Naguib

Confluence Team Member

Chicago

Commitment to Sustainability is

Leaving no Trace Behind

“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 lifestyle changes that will lead to healing the environment.”

Jeff NudiPrincipal

Phoenix 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.”

Deborah Kreuze

Senior 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 supports it.”

John Lucht

CDT, LEED AP+BD&C

San Francisco, CA

Commit

Why do you give a damn about the Earth?

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

Jessica Figenholtz

Associate

Chicago

“For the futureof my children

and all children.”


Senior Associate

Boston

Because of her.

Jill GimeskyHuman ResourcesChicago

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

Shawn MartinHuman Resources AssistantBuffalo Office

“Earth is a MIRACLE,

a TREASURE,

a gift where LIFE is a mystery,

Earth is HOME.”.

Shilpa NaikArchitectMumbai

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

Rich KahnAssociate PrincipalNew York City

“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 TerzanoProject ArchitectNYC Office


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

Christopher Whitcomb

Buffalo

There are so many reasons it

seems the opposite is the real

question. How could you not?

Alexander Sexsmith

Los Angeles

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

Emil CuevasBoston

“The earth is the place I call Home.”

JT Hsu

architect

Los Angeles

I don’t.

I give a damn about humanity.

Kent Turner

President, Cannon Design North AmericaSTL

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

Kimberly Feinberg

Marketing Coordinator

Los Angeles

“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 living creatures.”

Melissa Gorman

Architect

Los Angeles

“Because it’s my mother.”

Harlen Miller

Architect


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

Jenny Tse

Architecture



JD Balzli


Los Angeles

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

Annie Lehatto

Los Angeles


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

Stuart Broussard

Los Angeles

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

Bret Eathorne

Confluence

Chicago


JD Balzli


Los Angeles

Because….

“Those who deny [climate change] are accomplices to disaster. Those who doubt it are ignorant fools. Those who think things are going to somehow work out are wishful. There is no other option for mankind : Start living responsibly or perish!”

Andreas Hausler

PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader

New York City

“It’s full of mystery.”

Rand Ekman

Chicago

Commit

What does Environmental

Awareness Week mean to you?

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

Rich Kahn

Associate Principal

New York City

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

Kent Turner

President, Cannon Design North America

STL

“to raise the awareness to the entire company.”

JT Hsu

architect

Los Angeles

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

Kimberly Feinberg

Marketing Coordinator

Los Angeles

“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 finding the harmony in those interactions.” John LuchtCDT, LEED AP+BD&C

San Francisco, CA

It means not only making our living space a better place to be,

but also for those

beneath the

sea.

Amanda Buchheit

St. 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.”

Melissa Gorman

Architect

Los Angeles

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

Harlen Miller

Architect


“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”

Jenny Tse

Architecture


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

JD Balzli


Los Angeles

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

Annie Lehatto

Los Angeles

Commit



Los Angeles

“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 care about that?”

Melissa Gorman

Architect

Los Angeles

“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 today.”


Senior Associate

Boston

Sustainability begins with each person taking a small step that collectively has a large effect. If only 1% of the current US population reduces their water usage by 1 gallon per day the effect is over 1.1 BILLION gallons of water saved per year. Turn off the water when you brush your teeth and you’ve done your part.

Jack McCarthyBoston


Los Angeles

“Worth more than your car.”

Harlen Miller

Architect


If we LEED, others will follow.

Mary J. Waz

Administrative Assistant

Buffalo


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 beyond repair. Therefore...very important.”

Jenny Tse

Architecture


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

JD Balzli


Los Angeles

Because a child born in 2012 will graduate from

High School in 2030

Pat MahoneyTechnology Services GroupBuffalo, NY

http://architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/adopt_the_challenge


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 a better place to live for many more generations to come.”

Annie Lehatto

Los Angeles

SUSTAINABILITY : GOOD DESIGN : QUANTITY CONSCIOUSNESS

Hemant PurohitArchitect.AssociateMumbai Office

http://www.juniodesign.com/


Los Angeles

“Important enough to change the way we live.”

Stuart Broussard

Los Angeles Office

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