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Maryland get a "D" on flood disclosure b/c it doesn't require that home buyers be told about past flood damages and much more. I spoke with @TollyTaylor of @wbaltv11 about what needs to happen. @NRDC
wbaltv.com/article/nrdc-home…
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This might be my favourite 2 minutes of tv ever.
@GeorgeMonbiot getting straight to the heart of what we need to do: system change.
#degrowth
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Devastating data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (@NOAA) show 2020s are averaging only 18 days between each billion-dollar disaster … cost of each event adjusted for inflation and disasters include droughts, flooding, cyclones, winter storms, wildfires, etc.
@VisualCap
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#EarthOvershootDay is "the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year." Today is the symbolic day of the year when humanity as a whole crosses over into an unsustainable drawdown of resources.
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In addition to the practice of architecture, we help the profession through volunteering with the AIA. The new updates to the Framework for Design Excellence align beauty and performance. Read more here: aia.org/articles/6644910-aia…
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Since 1 May, nearly three quarters of all Americans (more than 68m people) have faced risks from wildfires, flooding, tropical storms and extreme heat. #ClimateEmergency
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Resilience hubs are perfect in communities lacking broad public services: metropolismag.com/profiles/u…
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“The insurance sector no longer has the luxury of thinking only of the year ahead,” says @ICRicardoLara, California Insurance Commissioner.
Why isn't #StateFarm offering business or personal property insurance to new customers in CA? More from @voxdotcom: bit.ly/45Q1PG6
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During a wildfire, embers cause most home ignitions. Residents can harden homes, minimizing property damage and protecting firefighters. Harden your home to ember intrusion and creating defensible space on private property.
#WildfireAwareness
ALT Graphic of a house with text at top “Are you Firewise” and other tips written around the house: Storage shed located away from home, 100 feet of garden hose attached, chimney cleaned and screened, wood pile, fuel tanks and other burnable materials 30 feet from structures, driveway accessible with address visible, thin and prune coniferous trees, and vegetation mowed 100 feet from any structure.
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In Tokyo, farmers can register their farms as Productive Green Areas and claim a property tax break in exchange for not selling or developing the land. bit.ly/3Lgt0ly
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Even a small architecture firm (like ours) can become a climate-minded practice. Join @AIANational @un_Arch @LakeFlato @DanStine_MN @SustainPerform on March 28 to learn more!
aiau.aia.org/courses/so-you-…
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New @ENERGY & National Labs report on resilience benefits of energy codes & beyond for passive survivability. Benefits for new single family to 2021 IECC provides benefits from 4:1 to 7:1, making a strong financial case for adoption.
energycodes.gov/sites/defaul…
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It’s hard to imagine and so somewhat easier to ignore, but the data tell us that we’re not seeing, and therefore not thinking, clearly. Why put billions in projects intended to serve 50-100 years w/o considering optionality to address extremes? #PlanAhead lnkd.in/gRsptQBQ
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"Construction amnesty" for poor-quality and non-compliant buildings must stop. #disasterriskreduction bbc.com/news/64568826
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“The real disaster is almost always man-made, often in the form of poorly constructed homes and buildings with insufficient rebar and other structural supports, followed by incompetent crisis management in the aftermath of the catastrophe.”
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Tens of thousands of new homes built in North Carolina floodplains...that'll probably flood eventually.
newsobserver.com/news/state/…
via @ByAdamWagner @newsobserver
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My Washington Post subscription allows me to share access to great journalism. Check out this gift article, at no cost to you.
Read here: wapo.st/3ZqJnjQ
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The latest episode of the Livable Low-CARbon City is on the wonderful green(est?) city of @freiburg - a global leader on climate action - doing more than any city in the US.
Plus baugruppen! Passivhaus! Mass Timber! And a lovely Pedestrian Zone
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Should sellers have to disclose that a home has flooded? 21 states say no, including Florida, even tho a home that has flooded before is more likely to flood in the future. floridaphoenix.com/2022/10/0…
