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Uneasy Green

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer filePublication details: urbanNext, September 7, 2017.Description: 5336 wordsISSN:
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Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: The frog is right: it’s not that easy being green—although we are constantly being led to believe that it is. Millennia of human technological civilization have hardwired into our brains an unfailing confidence in our perception of the natural world, as well as in the ability of technology to easily intervene on our behalf in order to ensure our comfort and security—and, when necessary, to ameliorate or repair any damage we may cause in the process.
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Actar, Doug Jackson, Energy and sustainability, Essay, SOUPERgreen!, Urban Paradigms

Active Building, Architectural boundary, Architectural paradox, Architectural Uneasiness, Architecture’s challenge, Cultural legacy, Discipline, Ecological researches, Environmental degradation, Environmental imbalances, Essay, New Statements on Nature, Responsive Environment, Sustainable behaviours

Published in SOUPERgreen! Souped Up Green Architecture, 2017 -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2015934501

The frog is right: it’s not that easy being green—although we are constantly being led to believe that it is. Millennia of human technological civilization have hardwired into our brains an unfailing confidence in our perception of the natural world, as well as in the ability of technology to easily intervene on our behalf in order to ensure our comfort and security—and, when necessary, to ameliorate or repair any damage we may cause in the process.

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