FutuREstorative for UCLAN Centre Sustainability Development

F"U"T"U"R"E"S"T"O"R"A"T"I"V"E"MARTIN'BROWN''@fairsnape''

Mar4n'draws'on'experience'from'a'career'

in' the' built' environment,' a' life4me' of'

outdoor' ac4vity,' surfacing' concepts' from'

ecology' and'wildness'writers' and' thinkers'

alongside' today’s' leading' advocates' and'

innovators.'''

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There' are' many' examples,' concepts' and'

arguments' presented' here' that' you' will'

love,' like' and' agree' with,' others' you' will'

not'and'will'want'to'challenge'–'and'that's'

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CHAPTER ONE THE CHALLENGE

The"Past""Every"Project"Ma?ers"""COST"–"a"sustainability"barrier?""From"GREY"to"GREEN""BREXIT"""''

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A Sense of Urgency

The Numbers

Paris Agreement climate change target 2deg C

Aim for 1.5 Deg C

2016 Carbon ppm all time high reached March 2016 407ppm

Built Environment 40% of problem, 40% of solution

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2.0 > 1.5

407  > 350

40% > 40%

There are no non-radical approaches left before us in addressing climate change

Namoi Klein, This Changes Everything (2015)

Reducing built environment carbon emissions (50% from 1990 levels by 2025) is now out of reach with current practice.

UK Green Construction Board (2015)

We no longer have luxury of just being less bad.

Martin Brown Future Restorative 2016

A Sense of Urgency

BUSINESS AS USUAL

RESTORATIVE

CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY THINKING OF REDUCING IMPACT,

BEING LESS BAD

FUTURE RESTORATIVE SUSTAINABILITY THINKING OF

POSITIVE IMPACT - DOING MORE GOOD

GREEN

SUSTAINABLE

CHAPTER TWO FUTURESTORATIVE KEY CONCEPTS

Tipping"Point""We"Are"Nature""RegeneraMve"Health""Planetary"Boundaries""Responsible"Influence""Rethinking""CollaboraMon""""""''

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CHAPTER THREE HEALING THE FUTURE

Salutogenesis""Biophilia""SDG’s""EducaMon""Sustainability"without"Barriers""Value""Mindfulness''

‘Impossible'is'not'a'fact,'it'is'an'a[tude’'Chris4ana'Figueres'

CHAPTER FOUR RESTORATIVE APPROACHES NATURE, EARTH, LIGHT AND AIR

"Rewilding"Nature,"Buildings"and"People""Soil""Circadian"LighMng""Buildings"as"air"cleansers"''

‘Light'is'Medicine’''Paul'Scialla''

CHAPTER FIVE RESTORATIVE APPROACHES ENERGY, WATER, MATERIALS, WASTE AND CARBON

"Buildings"as"power"and"water"plants""Healthy"RestoraMve"Materials""Circular"Economy""Taking"Carbon"out"of"ConstrucMon"""''

'‘The'materials'we'build'with'can'affect'our'wellbeing'as'much'as'the'

food'we'eat,'the'water'we'drink'and'the'air'we'breathe.’'HBN'

CHAPTER SIX THE NEW ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ STANDARDS

Living"Building"Challenge""Well"Build"Standard""One"Planet"Living""Natural"Step"''

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‘Compliance'is'not'a'vision’'Ray'Anderson'

CHAPTER SEVEN A DIGITALLY FUELLED RESTORATIVE FUTURE

Building"InformaMon"Management""Lean"BIM""BioV"the"new"data""Social"Media""Industry"4.0"''

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‘Sharership'is'the'new'Leadership’'Munish'Da^a'

CHAPTER EIGHT FUTURESTORATIVE RESOURCES

AcMon"Plan"""Study"Module""Thought"Leaders""Contributors""Bibliography""Demonstrators""Social"Media"''

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CHAPTER EIGHT: FUTURESTORATIVE RESOURCES 157

THE FUTURESTORATIVE STUDY PROGRAMME

A module-based programme, based on FutuREstorative has been developed, for use online, in workshops, classrooms, lecture halls and forest glades. The programme takes students through a greater understanding of the concepts and thinking explored and developed throughout this book.

MODULE AREA OF STUDY

CULTURE AND CHALLENGES

1Understanding of the tradition, history and culture along with the challenges that the built environment faces in making the transition to a restorative, sustainable sector.

CONCEPTS

2Exploring and understanding the key concepts for a restorative sustainability. Exploring the teachings and insights of thought leaders, books and publications.

NEW THINKING

3AExploring and understanding the potential net-positive impact of the built environment on human and ecological health.

3B Exploring and understanding the impact and influence of Nature, Earth, Light and Air on health and wellbeing

3C Exploring and understanding the impact and influence of Energy, Water, Materials, Waste and Carbon

CERTIFICATIONS

4Exploring and understanding the philosophies, ecological background and rise in interest and application of new, restorative sustainability standards

DIGITAL

5 Exploring and understanding the impact and influence of the digital age on restorative sustainability potential.

"Study"Module""

On"Line""Workshops""Classrooms""Lecture"Halls""Forest"Glades"

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EPILOGUE:

‘It’s Just Sustainability’

Throughout this book we have seen many innovations, many inspirations and many approaches that will help us make the transition towards a restorative sustainable future.

Yet none of this innovation, technology, biomimicry, biophilia or digital thinking will progress our sustainability performance if we do not have a matched and parallel improvement in equality, equity, diversity and justice.

And now, as we strive now for a 1.5°C cap on global warming and the attendant carbon reduction, we need to ensure that equity and equality remain at the top of every sustainability agenda.

There can be no sustainability in an unequal world. Indeed sustainability should embrace the three E’s of ecology, economy and equality.

As part of our sustainability journey, the language of construction also needs to evolve – from one that is perhaps too combative, technical and confrontational to one that is mindful, and embraces a language of collaboration, sharing, care and love. There are signs that the language of business is changing as it incorporates more diverse, open and inclusive approaches.

I am heartened by the interest in and pursuit of schemes such as BCorp and JUST recognition by built environment organisations, clients and manufacturers, yet such social responsibility recognitions really do need to become commonplace here in the UK.

I return to and close, for now, with one of the most important and powerful of the Living Building Challenge’s aims: the transition to a socially just, ecologically restorative and culturally rich future.

Why"a"Monarch"Bu?erfly?"

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F"U"T"U"R"E"S"T"O"R"A"T"I"V"E"MARTIN'BROWN''@fairsnape''