Today John Lynn came to talk to us about 2030. He had an interesting theory: “What we do as a human race is like a storm.” What we do is like a storm and also like sustainability because a storm is powerful, it’s an agent of transportation, it’s constructive/destructive, it’s a dynamic event, it is not a place or a thing and it is a process. The 2030 Challenge was made to decrease the use of carbon and products. It has measurable target goals and a benchmarked timeline. It was adopted by building design leaders. The purpose is to conserve landscapes, protect environments, and make vibrant public places and more. We want to have buildings carbon neutral. Lynn’s definition of sustainability (and we have heard many) is to know the storm, find beauty, trust beauty, and live beauty. Lynn talked about LEED and how we need to make this place (earth) a green place. I think it would be cool if all interior architecture students became LEED accredited. He showed us some interesting computer made models of how living areas might be able to be to be green. They didn’t seem so realistic looking though since some were big yards with most everything green except the houses themselves. Lynn talked about how beauty is seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “…Beauty is the creator of the universe.” Beauty is seen differently in the eyes of everyone as a single person. So, the question was asked, “How do you see beauty?”
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