Change our buildings, save our planet
Andrew Himes |
TEDxSeattle
• November 2021
Andrew Himes’ 2021 TEDxSeattle talk is an impassioned plea for buildings that help solve climate change instead of contributing to it. With a sense of hope, Andrew asserts that working together to solve the climate crisis gives us the opportunity to “regain a sense of our shared humanity.”
As Andrew explains, the materials used in construction, the movement of those materials, and the current massive building boom combine to make the buildings in which we live and work one of the leading causes of carbon emissions. The good news is that we already know how to create buildings that store carbon and help heal the planet. We can reuse and improve buildings instead of tearing down or using new materials, and we can all demand that the buildings in our community are built to protect us instead of harm us.
3:52 How buildings contribute to climate change
8:50 How to design and build smarter, healthier buildings
10:50 Living Concrete
More to explore:
Learn more about Andrew’s work at the Carbon Leadership Forum
https://carbonleadershipforum.org/
Read about the Climate Pledge Arena mentioned in Andrew’s talk
https://climatepledgearena.com/
Listen to Bill Gates discuss the innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_innovations_we_need_to_avoid_a_climate_disaster/transcript?language=en