2021 Sustainability Foreword and Table of Contents Context: The Future of Environmental Responsibility - M. LeFevre The Changing Governance of All Things - D. Gilmore The 10-Minute Neighborhood - K. Sanders Life Cycle Assessment: A Changing Frame - R. Taylor/D. Kestner Planetary Design: The Profound Importance of Our Embedded Nature - G. Reid Design Will Not Change the World - R. Ventura The Circular Economy: Why Not Us? - R. Spears Shifting Perspectives - D. Condon COVID’s Effect on Sustainability - A. Horning Systems Thinking: Four Business Models to Accelerate Environmental Responsibility - P. Sundharam How Purpose Drives Balance - E. Mitchell-Kozack Collective Action: Lessons Learned - D. Davies Re-educating Ourselves: Crossing Boundaries Farther Afield - L. Sale The Road to 2030: Small Steps, Big Changes - R. Reis/T. Powers


Guy Reid

Filmmaker, writer, founder, Planetary Collective and the Constellation Foundation

Planetary Design: The Profound Importance of Our Embedded Nature

“No house should ever be on a hill — or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together, each the happier for the other.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

Earthrise

Just over half a century ago, on December 21st, 1968, a monumental event occurred—one many are unaware of—which changed the course of human history. Image AS08-16-2593 was taken by the crew of Apollo 8 on their outbound journey to the moon, it was the first image of planet Earth ever taken by human hands. Three days later, after having circled the moon four times, the very same crew snapped another irresistable image: the famous Earthrise photo.

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