Tag: Sustainability

• October 8, 2013

  Prefab lives? Prefab’s lost question

  After the housing crisis, prefab homes have been making a reappearance. ‘Prefab lives!,’ Allison Arieff proclaims jubilantly. For green builders, the venture is to see whether the best of industrial design and manufacturing can be put in service of a sustainable mission. Questions soon turn technical: how to cut costs; how to use green materials;…
• July 27, 2012

  A beautiful soul in a beautiful world: Toward a better understanding of sustainability

  On my run yesterday, I dreamed up the title of the informal talk I’ll be giving at the Future Perfect Festival to be held in Stockholm at the end of August. It is: “A Beautiful Soul in the Beautiful World: Toward a Better Understanding of Sustainability.” It may seem a non-starter for a festival on…