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...It’s about enabling people to experience the seasons,” Behnisch says, referring to the lavish window gardens and green roofs that bring a year-round tropical feel to his buildings. And of course, there’s the whole “save the environment” thing. “You’ve all seen [the] Al Gore movie,” Behnisch hints...
...While Gordon claims that many students are involved in the process, there is a great majority of students who have no idea what green architecture means...
...Lost in reveries of green bliss, Sharp rattles off a laundry list of explanations. “All energy sources would be clean and renewable,” she enthuses. “All organic waste would be composted and reused on site. All landscaping would be organic and native, there would be a green roof, you’d have students and faculty alike all conscious and conscientious about being conservative with resource use, and you’d have organic food being served in dining halls...
Everyone’s a little bit Irish on St. Paddy’s Day. Come to think of it—in Boston, everyone actually is Irish. Sport some green and celebrate in the most Irish city in the country...
...obviously, right? Nein. From little blue bins in Fortune 500 office buildings to handmade signs in pre-school, this lesson is passed down as an absolute truth—but not everyone is buying it. Even in the midst of Harvard’s new environmental initiatives, such as Green Allston, the Green Cup, and other eco-friendly programs, not everybody is gung-ho about the environment. Reasons for anti-Green and Green-neutral thinking abound, starting with plain and simple dendrophobia. “I hate trees,” Frances I. Martel ’09 declares...