On the Day of a Global Climate Strike, Canadian Architects Commit to Action on the Climate Crisis
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada?s (RAIC) Committee on Regenerative Environments is calling on Canadian architectural and design firms to commit to combatting the climate crisis by signing a new Canadian Architects Declare pledge.
?Climate change is a reality and how we design our buildings has a huge impact on that,? says Mona Lemoine, MRAIC, chair of the committee and an architect based in Vancouver, BC. ?We do have the capability to make changes with the knowledge, research, and technology that exists today. It?s an exciting time because we can make a difference.?
Today?s declaration comes on the day when architects around the world are supporting students in a Global Climate Strike, part of a week of events surrounding the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. The week of global action includes strikes on September 20 and September 27 in Canada and around the world, where students and adults will take to the streets to demand climate action. The international climate strike movement began in 2018 with Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg. The declaration, titled Canadian Architectural Professionals Declare Climate and Biodiversity Emergency and Commit to Urgent and Sustained Action, is a grassroots effort developed by architects across the country and members of the RAIC Committee on Regenerative Environments. It is based on the UK?s Architects Declare initiative, which has about 630 signatories.
?Our interconnected crises of climate breakdown, ecological ...
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