Healing the Future: Discussion points from MSc sustainability lecture for Construction Management, exploring the future of sustainability in the sector, and the need to turn around the negative impact into a positive impact.

1. Healing the Future
Sustainability
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2. Martin Brown
• Built
Environment Strategy
• Sustainability
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3. Healing the Future
Sustainability
• Principles
+ Concepts
• Applications
• Discussions
discussion point slides for
Advanced Construction Technology MSc Seminar

5. Built Environment contributes 40%

6. 100yrs global warming in 26 secs
Built Environment contributes 40%

7. "Sustainable
development meets the
needs of the present
without compromising
the ability of future
generations to meet
their own needs."
Not compromising future generations
Brundtland Definition

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Not compromising future generations
Sustainable Development?

9. GREY TO GREEN
cornucopian accomodationalist
Do nothing
now
Technology
will solve
Resources
are plentiful
Reject as
much as
possible
Do little as
necessary
foresight
Because it
makes sense
gaian
Earth is a
balanced
system
Community
based
Grass roots
Connectivity
Be led by
legislation
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10. Photo by Fairsnape
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11. Photo by Olof S
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12. Photo by Vilseskogen
2013
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13. Photo by AdamKR
2013
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14. Photo by departing(YYZ)
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15. "Sustainable Business is
giving more back to the
environment and nature than
we take”
from The Responsible Business, Yvon
Chouinard
We should use the word sustainability with great care
Sustainable Business?

16. Have we picked the low hanging fruit?
Sustainable Construction

17. It s a mammoth task but we have the tools
Creative Collaboration

18. "Sustainable
construction: its time to
think differently, its time
to heal the future”
Martin Brown
Moving from a 40% negative impact to
40 Percent Positive

19. Carbon and Local
Responsible Construction

20. Managing Resources
Planetary Boundaries

21. Photo by “the Wanderers Eye”
Photo by “The Wanderers
Eye
2013
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22. Green Building
Biomimicry and Biophillia

23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jORau0V62c
Moving from Take, Make, Dump
..
Circular Thinking

24. Social Media and Transparency

25. Material Transparency
Healthy and Responsible

26. “– its time to think differently
– time to heal the future”
Martin Brown
Time to heal the future
40 Percent Positive

28. "Sustainable
construction is when we
move from doing less
bad to doing more
good"
Restorative Sustainability

39. Summary Discussions

40. Recommended Further Reading and ReSearching:
The Responsible Business – Yvon Chouinard
The Circular Economy Foundation
Biophillia – EO Wilson
Fairsnape iSite Blog
UKGBC website and UKGBC Pinpoint
The Living Building Challenge
The Bullitt Centre
The UK Sustainable Construction Strategy 2012
Towards New innovation Collaborations (UCLAN pub)

41. More … follow the issues covered in this
lecture on the Fairsnape iSite blog at:
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