Shifting Our Collective Mindset

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Shifting Our Collective Mindset

• Bill Reed, AIA
• Gail Lindsey, FAIA
• Nadav Malin
• Greenbuild 2005, Atlanta

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Roadmap

• Welcome, overview
• Asking the questions that matter (Syracuse Zoo)
• Probing for underlying values (Corporate
  Expansion)
• Regenerative/restorative design (Brattleboro
  Coop)
• Asking questions in your own work

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Questions

• Are green buildings better? How much?
• Do rating systems and metrics help make better
  buildings?
• What does it take to sustain the performance of a
  green building over time?
• Can buildings be symbiotic with natural systems?
• What approaches can create buildings that move
  beyond sustainability to regenerative ecologic
  relationships?

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Probing for Deeper Reasons/Values

• The five whys
• Getting at underlying motivations
• Connecting with values

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Probing Deeper Exercise

• Find a partner nearby
• In each pair, decide who is A and who is B.
• A ask B Why did you come to this conference?
• Probe the response, with additional why?
  questions
• Question to A What did you learn from B about
  why you came?

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Whats Needed for Green Beyond?

Concept by Bill Reed and Barbra Batshalom
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Wrap-up Questions

• What are some deeper questions you want to be
  asking in your projects?
• What is preventing you?
• What would empower you?