Living Future 20

The International Living Future Institute has announced the recipients of its 2020 Living Future Hero Awards. The new Heroes were recognized at the Institute’s Living Future 2020 Online conference, its largest annual event on regenerative design and sustainable, green building. The Living Future Hero award was created to acknowledge and celebrate individuals in the regenerative design community who have dedicated…

Living Future 2020 Online Highlights Increasing Momentum and Scale of Living Buildings Around the World May 7, 2020 (SEATTLE) – Living Future 2020 Online opened today showing how leaders around the world are “Sustaining Hope Within Crisis,” by bringing innovative projects to life.  From a winery and eco-retreat to an urban office building and school of public policy, people are…

The 3form family of companies double-down on a higher standard for innovation, sustainability, and human well-being Editor’s Note: We’re excited to share this story from guest author Mike Johnson, Sustainability Director of LightArt/3form. We are also grateful for their sponsorship of our annual Living Future Conference. Learn more about LightArt/3form and the Living Future event. Between a global pandemic and…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 2020 Online. This week, we are featuring Rami Vagal, Senior Sustainability Manager at Mohawk Industries, our Luminary Sponsor of LF20. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? Rami Vagal: Sustainability, its relevance and what it means, continues to…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 2020 Online. This week, we are featuring Erin English, Practice Leader at Biohabitats. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? Erin English: A thriving, healthy, diverse, and happy group of people living in harmony with what sustains us…

Mohawk Group recently announced their sponsorship for Living Future 2020 Online. We are so grateful for their partnership and are including their press release below. You can see their original press release here. CALHOUN, Ga. April 21, 2020—Mohawk Group announced today that the commercial flooring manufacturer is the Luminary sponsor of the annual Living Future Conference. This year’s event, a…

In 1970, Federal legislation and alliterative marketing brought us the triangle of the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. For most in the generations X and Y, now M and i, this familiar SchoolHouse Rock-esque mantra comes immediately to mind when we are met with the question: what are you doing for the earth?  Those three words have become a source…

Did you know? Living Future Accreditation (LFA) requires 36 LFA CE credits, and attending our annual conference Living Future 2020 (now online) will help get you there! What’s more, nearly all of this education can also contribute to your AIA LU|HSW credits, with a few sessions offering triple the value to satisfy Passive House Institute US continuing education requirements as…

A Special Invitation Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jason F. McLennan, Founder of the International Living Future Institute and the Living Building Challenge. Jason is a keynote at this year’s Living Future Unconference, now online around the world for the first time in history. In this post, Jason shares how he is #SustainingHope during this crisis and…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 2020 Online. This week, we are featuring David Trubridge, Artist, Designer of Lighting and owner of David Trubridge Ltd. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? David Trubridge: Taken literally, being sustainable means being able to go on…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 20. This week, we are featuring Sonja Bochart IIDA LEED AP BD+C WELL AP, Principal at Shepley Bulfinch + Biophilic Design Consultant. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? Sonja Bochart: Sustainability – to maintain and support people…

We asked Living Future 19 Just Scholar and Certification Manager at Dvele Ivonne Zuñiga about major takeaways from the experience. Applications for those interested in environmental justice and want to attend Living Future 20 for free closed on March 1st. Thank you to everyone who applied! ILFI: How did Living Future impact your work as a sustainability professional? Ivonne Zuñiga:…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 20. This week, we are featuring Sara Neff, Vice President of Sustainability at Kilroy Realty. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? Sara Neff: Sustainability looks BIG to me right now. We only have a…

With the arrival of a new decade comes the momentum to turn words into action around climate change. The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) created the Zero Carbon (ZC) certification as a way for teams to fully decarbonize their buildings and meet their climate action goals. While this is no small feat, we have now seen several instances of corporations…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A series to showcase some of the incredible change-makers who are speaking at Living Future 20. This week, we are featuring Stacy Smedley, Director of Sustainability at Skanska USA. Natalie Quek: What does sustainability look like to you? Stacy Smedley: Sustainability is something that weaves its way through everything we do, both personally…