Excerpt from Designed for the Future — 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World

Abstract

In Designed for the Future^①, author Jared Green, who writes about cities and design for numerous publications, asks eighty of today’s most innovative architects, urban planners, landscape architects, journalists, artists, and environmental leaders the same question: What gives you the hope that a sustainable future is possible? Their imaginative answers show the way to our future success on earth and begin a much-needed dialogue about what we can realistically accomplish in the decades ahead. As an excerpt, this article introduces the author’s conception and intent of this book, and selects some inspiring ideas contributed by three leading landscape architects.

Keywords

Designed for the Future — 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World / Sustainable Future / Thomas Balsley / Kongjian Yu / Nina-Marie Lister

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2014 Higher Education Press