The Built Environment

Session Seven The Built Environment

Music = "Here Comes the Sun"  George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNS_SUmCJm4

Essential Questions:

• What will a sustainable city of the future look like?

• What cities in the US and globally demonstrate best practices in designing resilient  and sustainable infrastructure?

• How well prepared is Lewes for climate change?

Rick’s Rap  newswww.optimistdaily.com, HW, EQ review

Gathering: “A positive image of a city in 2050 is….”

Guest: John Mateyko, Architect, former Chair, De. Chapter of A.I.A and NESEA

            • Debrief: Reflective Sentence starter

Closing: “Something that I learned today was...”

Reading:

• Natasha Donovan, “10 Climate Conscious Cities – Electric Cars, Rooftop Farms, and Other Ways They’re Preparing for the Future, Yes!Magazine, Winter 2015. yes! magazine

• David Biello, “Climate Change Will Be Solved in Cities—Or Not at All,” Scientific American, 9/23/14 Scientific American

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

                                                Albert Einstein