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Book, 2015
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Book, 2015
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In Designed for the Future , author Jared Green 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--covering everything from the cooling strategies employed at Cambodia's ancient temple city of Angkor Wat to the use of cutting-edge eco-friendly mushroom board as a replacement for Styrofoam--show the way to our futuresuccess on earth and begin a much-needed dialogue about what we can realistically accomplish in the decades ahead.
Featuring an international roster of leading design thinkers including:
* Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus * Curator Barry Bergdoll * Educator and author Alan Berger * Environmentalist and author Lester Brown * Architect Rick Cook * Urban Planner Paul Farmer * Critic Christopher Hume * Architect Bjarke Ingels * Landscape designer Mia Lehrer * Architect Rob Rogers * Critic Inga Saffron * Artist Janet Echelman * Environmentalist Jemma Green
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