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the starkest of terms, that without significant action in the
WELL criteria and building social sustainability for our
next 11 years, the world faces a climate catastrophe.
communities. We're realizing that is not enough."
In September, millions of people took to the streets
Along with moving beyond the superficial layers of
in cities around the world-Paris, Bangkok, London,
eco-friendliness, designers must ask themselves a more
New York-as part of a massive march calling for action
pointed question: Should we even be creating at all?
on climate change, and many around the world-from
"That changes the whole design conversation," says
government coalitions to individuals-are stepping in.
Moira Gannon Denson, IIDA, an associate professor of
The Dutch government, for example, has promised to
interior design at Marymount University in Washington,
reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions 49%
D.C. "Instead of design, design, and then pull back or
by 2030, relative to 1990 levels. And last year, fashion
make changes to make a project sustainable, what if you
industry leaders, including Burberry and H&M, signed
start the conversation with 'What should we be doing?'
the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, which
and then design out to maximize that. It helps to think
establishes a vision to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
systematically differently."
In the design space, a group of U.K. architects pledged
It's one example of the shift in thinking around
this year to change their practices to combat climate
adaptive reuse-especially among her students, the
change. As of publishing, 687 architects have signed the
designers of the future. "They're accepting that the
pledge. "This is fantastic, but the industry
building shells we're working with may
as a whole needs to do more," says Adelia
not be beautiful," she says. But instead of
C. Schleusz, IIDA, RID, design director
calling for a teardown, "they need to
at HKS in Dallas. One of her company's
figure out how to carve them out to
strategic priorities is to continue to
become beautiful."
move the needle and show "that true
The Rise of New Materials
sustainability is so much deeper," she
Part of the new climate consciousness
says. "It's our building materials, it's the
is tapping into a new crop of next-gen
manufacturing process, it's how materials
resources, including eco-friendly materials
are sent from one place to another, and
Moira Gannon Denson, IIDA
made from bacteria, bedrock, and spider
it's taking things beyond just LEED and

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