The natural building blocks of sustainable architecture | Michael Green

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a fifth option? Architect Michael Green proposes an entirely new, natural medium inspired by the structure of trees and plants. Learn more about the carbon-sequestering solution to our construction conundrum that's laying the groundwork for a truly sustainable future.

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0:14.0	What does it mean for a building to be sustainable?
0:18.2	Architect Michael Green challenges our idea of sustainability and takes us through the materials
0:22.8	that are used to build our worlds in his 2023 talk from Ted at Destination Canada.
0:29.1	He shows us how to build for humans using nature as a guide coming up after a short break.
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