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  • 1.  UNPRECEDENTED! If you think you're not making a difference, think again.

    Posted 02-10-2020 09:00 AM

    Link: carbon-positive.org

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    Edward Mazria FAIA
    Founder And Executive Director
    Architecture 2030
    Santa Fe NM
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  • 2.  RE: UNPRECEDENTED! If you think you're not making a difference, think again.

    Posted 02-12-2020 08:33 AM
    Thanks for posting this Ed ... we are looking forward to sharing biogenic, carbon-storing materials at Carbon Positive '20!

    Good to see Embodied Carbon prominently featured in Architect Magazine this week:

    David Arkin, AIA

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    Arkin Tilt Architects
    Ecological Planning & Design
    1101 8th St. #180, Berkeley, CA  94710
    510/528-9830 ext. 202
    www.arkintilt.com

    David Arkin, AIA, Architect
    LEED Accredited Professional
    CA #C22459/NV #5030

    Co-Director, California Straw Building Association
    CASBA is a project of the Tides Center

    "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."
    - A. J. Muste 









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  • 3.  RE: UNPRECEDENTED! If you think you're not making a difference, think again.

    Posted 03-31-2020 09:48 AM

    Ed,

    The article at the link above was great! I had it bookmarked from back in February, and had even sent the link to some colleagues. Now, when I follow any of those breadcrumbs, I get a page not found or simply land on the home page for Carbon Positive.

    Did this article or post appear anywhere else that I could find read it again?

    Thanks for your inspiring work!

    Christopher Reinhart, LFA, CPHC, WELL AP
    Director, Sustainability + Research
    Cripe Architects + Engineers
    creinhart@cripe.biz
    812-325-5989



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    Christopher Reinhart Assoc. AIA
    Cripe Architects + Engineers
    Indianapolis IN
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  • 4.  RE: UNPRECEDENTED! If you think you're not making a difference, think again.

    Posted 03-31-2020 09:48 AM

    Hello again, Ed,

    You can ignore my previous inquiry. It seems as soon as I gave up finding the article itself and moved on to some image searches related to embodied carbon, I stumbled back across the article accidentally, here: https://architecture2030.org/big-announcement/

    Anyway, thanks again for all you do!
    Chris




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    Christopher Reinhart Assoc. AIA
    Cripe Architects + Engineers
    Indianapolis IN
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