Editor's Picks #230

2011-09-25T17:25:57-04:00

In a recent Washington Post article architect Roger K Lewis wrote about a recent article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology which examined how commercial architecture’s similarity across nation provides mobile Americans with a sense of stability. Donna Sink, thinks it has less to do with with concepts like "familiarity-seeking" and more to do with the profit motives of developers.

In the second part of the CONTOURS: Whither Goest Thou, Green Economy: feature, Sherin Wing looks at the how the R-word index and the drag that the so-called PIIGS is having on the economy, are impacting the greening of the economy. Her essay attempts to put aside overblown rhetoric about 'New Sustainability Champions', and looks to a recent joint report by the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group. The report she argues "highlights sixteen companies in developing nations that deploy environmentally-conscientious business practices which, incidentally, have ensured their economic success. So, the green economy seems to be emerging in the developing world more significantly than in the developed world. Much of this is out of market necessity."

holz.box offers up his own take on the trajectory of the green economy "passivhaus retrofits: green jobs (planning, construction), significantly reduced energy bills (up to 95% reduction, owners keeps money in the country ins...

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Editor's Picks #230