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D01: Integrating the Whole System - The Practice of Living System Design
Presented by: Bill Reed
Sustainability is ultimately about sustaining all life. The current trend of making buildings, cars, light bulbs, products and processes more efficient is simply the beginning point for achieving this goal. In order to truly achieve sustainability, we will need to redevelop a conscious understanding of the whole system of life-giving processes that shape the places we live in order to reintegrate our building--and our communities--with life on Earth.
The process of creating our shelter, along with producing food, has tremendous impact on planetary health. The corollary is also true; the act of building can also be the act of healing and restoring the community of life. This presentation by Bill Reed introduces the practical concepts of integrating technical and living system design. This is not as hard as it may seem; but it is a real change in the way we think.
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D01:Video Playback available September, 2009
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D01:Quiz
Note: Taking the quiz is intended for individuals seeking the Living Building Leader designation. The quiz is now comprised of 20 questions. You are entitled to take the quiz once, which requires an 80% passing score. Any score below 80% precludes the session from being counted towards your Living Building Leader designation. Please prepare accordingly.
References
Living Systems Approach to Design - AIA keynote given by Bill Reed / PDF
Living Systems, The Internet and the human future - Presented by Elisabet Sahtouris / PDF
Living Systems in Evolution - Presented by Elisabet Sahtouris / PDF
Being Nature’s Mind: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Planetary Consciousness - by Mary Jane Zimmerman / PDF
Integrative Design Collaborative resources via their resource tab
Delving Deeper books and articles, websites, and retreats resources
Presenter
Bill Reed - Principal, Regenesis, et al
An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and regeneration. Bill is a principal in three firms, the Integrative Design Collaborative, Regenesis, Inc., and Delving Deeper – green building consulting, living system design, and education organizations working to lift building and community planning into full integration and co-evolution with living systems. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing an integrative, whole-systems design process. The objective: to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places and therefore the planet.
Relevant experience:
- Founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council;
- Co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003;
- Served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment;
- Chair of the ANSI Committee on Whole System Integration - the Integrative Design and
Construction Process;
- Served as a NESEA Board member;
- LEED Faculty;
- Advisory Board - Environmental Building News;
- Serves on the board of CitiLog.
- Partner in the Real Estate Asset Firm – Revival Funds
Bill is a planning consultant, design process facilitator, and lecturer. He has participated in over 300 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable and Regenerative Design. He has consulted on over two hundred green design commissions and dozens of LEED projects - achieving many certifications – the majority Gold and Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard and MIT to the University of British Columbia. His clients range from New York City Department of Design and Construction, U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Baja, Mexico, Sidwell Friends School, US Green Building Council, Genzyme Corporation, Teknion, LLC, the Willow School, various city planning agencies on the East and West coast, and many private development companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.