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Posts in the Sustainability Category

» Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida
Posted: December 3rd, 2009

Think back 50 years. What was Florida like? What would we be today if we knew then what we know now? Would we have designed our cities differently? Would we have built our homes offices and industrial sites? Would our structures be built to withstand hurricane winds, use renewable energy?

These are the questions the Century Commission must ask for the next 50 years. Quite a daunting task but one the 15 members of the Century Commission are up to. Read more…


» Low Impact Development (LID) – a site-based design approach to going ‘green’
Posted: November 18th, 2009

Robin Pelensky, Landscape Designer, LEED® Accredited Professional

Low impact development (LID) strategies and techniques are green, clean and lean — three good reasons why developers, municipalities and homeowners are turning to landscape architects for a more sustainable approach to conventional stormwater management. Read more…