FREE Lecture: Life-Centered Design Abby Thompson Take Carol Venolia‘s FREE Life-Centered Design Lecture a today! There’s more to ecological building than doing less harm. In Carol’s free lecture, you’ll learn the ten things we human organisms crave from our surroundings so that you can create built environments that bring us back into harmony with the rest of nature – a crucial step in reviving the biosphere. This course is developed in partnership with the Sustainable Building Advisor. About Carol Venolia In my quest to understand how to have the best of nature and indoor living, I became an architect and spent over twenty years designing homes that nurture people and the planet via natural lighting, heating, and cooling and the joys of garden rooms. I also brought my insights to a wider audience by writing two books: Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being (1988, Tenspeed/Celestial Arts), and Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House (Sterling/Lark, 2006, with Kelly Lerner). penning the “Design for Life” column in Natural Home & Garden Magazine for over 9 years; giving lectures and workshops all over North America; heading up a college program in Ecodwelling. Through these activities, I’ve learned a lot about people’s hunger for nature. About Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) The Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) is a certificate program with a longstanding reputation for depth and quality. Graduates are field-tested and possess a comprehensive understanding of sustainable building practice. The SBA is complementary to other industry credentials, like LEED AP, LEED GA, CGBC, CPHC, BPI, and HERS. Sustainable Building Advisors are architects, planners, builders, engineers, consultants, and building operators who value resilience, whole system thinking, and sustainable practices. Other SBA HeatSpring Courses: Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) with Ann Edminster Free Lecture: Integrative Design Process with Bill Reed Free Lecture: Electrical Loads in High Performance Buildings with Chris Calwell Free Lecture: Low Carbon Building with Bruce King Sustainable Building Originally posted on August 24, 2015 Written by Abby Thompson Abby is HeatSpring's Product Marketing Manager located in Boston, Massachusetts. She is passionate about people and education, particularly in diversifying the burgeoning fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Abby works with instructors to build new courses and engages with our community of students and experts through HeatSpring Magazine and social media. More posts by Abby
There’s more to ecological building than doing less harm. In Carol’s free lecture, you’ll learn the ten things we human organisms crave from our surroundings so that you can create built environments that bring us back into harmony with the rest of nature – a crucial step in reviving the biosphere.
About Carol Venolia In my quest to understand how to have the best of nature and indoor living, I became an architect and spent over twenty years designing homes that nurture people and the planet via natural lighting, heating, and cooling and the joys of garden rooms. I also brought my insights to a wider audience by writing two books: Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being (1988, Tenspeed/Celestial Arts), and Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House (Sterling/Lark, 2006, with Kelly Lerner). penning the “Design for Life” column in Natural Home & Garden Magazine for over 9 years; giving lectures and workshops all over North America; heading up a college program in Ecodwelling. Through these activities, I’ve learned a lot about people’s hunger for nature.