Environmental Awareness Week 2011 - Collective Thoughts On Sustainability.

How important is
sustainability?

How important are WE?
“Western Region Sustainability Coordinator
Los Angeles
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 Lang
Chicago
JD Balzli
Western Region Sustainability Coordinator
Los Angeles

Sustainability is critical for us all
as there is not an endless supply
“of resources. Coordinator
Western Region Sustainability
Los Angeles

Rich Kahn
Associate Principal
New York City

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

Shawn Martin
Human Resources Assistant
Buffalo Office

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Mark Nelson
Facilities Optimization
Boston

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 Angeles
stewards of the built environment.

Andreas Hausler
PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader Pro Tem
New York City

It is the most pressing
opportunity. Coordinator
“Western Region Sustainability
Los Angeles

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 Lucht
CDT, LEED AP+BD&C
San Francisco, CA

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

JT Hsu
architect
Los Angeles

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

Tarun Kumar
Architect
Mumbai

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

Kimberly Feinberg
Marketing Coordinator
Los Angeles

“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

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Namrata Betigiri, Leed AP
Architect/Regional Coordinator
Mumbai

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

“Isn’t it simply a matter of life or
death?”
Los Angeles
Donna Terzano
Project Architect
NYC Office

“The world shrinks everyday, bringing
“Act Now; If one would change
regional practices into conflict on a global
scale.direction of this world, one
the These conflicts grow exponentially
creatingturn thecomplex subject, with
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massive implications. Sustainability is about
finding the harmony in those interactions.”
John Lucht
John Lucht
CDT, LEED AP+BC&D
CDT, LEED AP+BD&C
San Francisco, CA
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

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the future”
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Sergiu Oprise
Architect
Toronto

Because
Sustainability &
Design have a
common purpose:
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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
& geographical boundaries.

Suhas Bambardekar
Architect
Mumbai, India

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

Sara Schonour
Lighting Designer
Boston

“Because extinct is no way to live.”

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Northeast
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Architect/ Regional Coordinator
Mumbai
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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 Miller
Architect
Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

What do you think it
means to commit to
sustainability?

“Commitment means making
“DOING is the best way of SAYING…..
sustainability part of your life… not
for yourself,settings onrest of the slideshow, set
before going through the the purpose of
your monitor’s
but for power saving mode
building achildren deserve lightof life for
….as these better quality too”
the people around you – for the
people you love.”
Sachin Mulay
JDAssociate Architect
Balzli
Mumbai
Los Angeles

“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' the habit of awareness that
s
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 Bhatia
Interior Designer
Mumbai

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 Turner
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

“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 Angeles

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
Accounting
Buffalo

“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
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 Hausler
PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader
New York City

“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 Talbot
Boston

“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'commit, you
t
aren'going to do it. Sustainability
t
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

Commitment to
Sustainability is
Leaving no
Trace Behind
“
Black Rock City,Region Sustainability a
Western NV. ‘0’ footprint, 357 days Coordinator
year.
Los Angeles

Ahmed Naguib
Confluence Team Member
Chicago

“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 Nudi
Principal
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

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 future
of my children
and all children.”

Senior Associate
Boston

Because of her.

Jill Gimesky
Human Resources
Chicago

“Because the impact I make on
“Earth is a MIRACLE,

this earth now is going to effect
a TREASURE,
those in the future.”
a gift where LIFE is a mystery,
Earth is HOME.”
.
Shawn Martin
Shilpa Naik
Buffalo Office
Architect
Mumbai

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

Rich Kahn
Associate Principal
New York City

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

Amber Lang
Chicago

“Because its my home!”

Purvashri Hatkar
Mumbai

“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 Wright
Architect / project manager
Chicago

“Because Science is stronger
than Rhetoric.”

Drew Hermann
Accounting
Buffalo

“I call it home.”

Donna Terzano
Project Architect
NYC 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 Cuevas
Boston

“The earth is the place I call
Home.”

JT Hsu
architect
Los Angeles

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

Kent Turner
STL

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

Kimberly Feinberg
Los Angeles

“I' an architect so I care about
m
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 ' , it'
life' 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

“It’s where I live.”

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

Because….
“Those who deny 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

“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
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
Los Angeles

It means not only making our living
space a better place to be,
but also for those
“The world shrinks everyday, bringing
regional practices into conflict on a global
beneath the
scale. These conflicts grow exponentially
sea.
creating a hugely complex subject, with
massive implications. Sustainability is about
finding the harmony in those interactions.”
John Lucht
CDT, LEED AP+BD&C
San Francisco, CA

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

Annie Lehatto
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,Coordinator sadness, art,
Western Region Sustainability love,

flowers, music. Why would we not
Los Angeles

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

“Worth more than your car.”
Los Angeles
Harlen Miller
Architect

If we LEED, others will follow.

Mary J. Waz
Administrative Assistant
Buffalo

“It' imperative to understand how
s
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 Angeles

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

Pat Mahoney
Technology Services Group
Buffalo, NY

“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 Angeles

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

Annie Lehatto
Los Angeles

SUSTAINABILITY : GOOD DESIGN : QUANTITY
CONSCIOUSNESS

Hemant Purohit
Architect.Associate
Mumbai Office
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“Important enough to change the
wayRegion Sustainability Coordinator
“Western we live.”
Los Angeles

Stuart Broussard
Los Angeles Office

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