This is an interesting article, Design for Adaptation: Living in a Climate Changing World,
from BuildingGreen.com.
This article explains how buildings should be designed to adapt to a changing world, since the likelihood of climate change abruptly altering the world around us is high. It's kind of sad, but practical. It includes advice like raising buildings and mechanical equipment off the ground, since floods and sea levels might destroy the building otherwise. There's lots of emphasis on passive heating/cooling, use of on-site generated renewable energy, and rain water harvesting.
I would have added, were it my article, a section urging urban food growing and seed banking, since if a community finds itself unable to acquire food from long distances in the event of an emergency, it would be better to have a plan already in place for this important aspect of life. Communities ought to do this anyway, for their own well-being as well as decreasing dependence on industrial farming and petroleum. I don't think enough people realize what is happening in the world of farming and how our ability to find viable seeds in the event of catastrophe is rapidly diminishing.
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This article explains how buildings should be designed to adapt to a changing world, since the likelihood of climate change abruptly altering the world around us is high. It's kind of sad, but practical. It includes advice like raising buildings and mechanical equipment off the ground, since floods and sea levels might destroy the building otherwise. There's lots of emphasis on passive heating/cooling, use of on-site generated renewable energy, and rain water harvesting.
I would have added, were it my article, a section urging urban food growing and seed banking, since if a community finds itself unable to acquire food from long distances in the event of an emergency, it would be better to have a plan already in place for this important aspect of life. Communities ought to do this anyway, for their own well-being as well as decreasing dependence on industrial farming and petroleum. I don't think enough people realize what is happening in the world of farming and how our ability to find viable seeds in the event of catastrophe is rapidly diminishing.
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