1/6: In the AEC Industry, as it is elsewhere, addressing social/environmental justice issues is also a fundamental component of addressing #climatechange.
via @MetropolisMag @okamoto__
#equity #socialjustice #architecture #urbanplanning
metropolismag.com/architecture/s…
2/6: "Social impact thinking—particularly at the community level—needs to be introduced in the early stages of forming a design brief, sometimes years before an RFP is even issued. And the power to form a brief that takes equity seriously lies disproportionately..."
3/6: "with the client, be it a developer, building owner, city agency, nonprofit, or foundation."
"#Equity can’t be an add-on; it actually needs to be foundational." - Jacqueline Patterson, director of the @NAACP's Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
4/6: This is an area where I think the #Prosocial process has great potential, as laid out at prosocial.world & in the new book "Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups" - lnkd.in/eWtR8U6.
@EvoInstitute
5/6: I think it has the potential for baking #equity in from the very beginning, addressing some of the time/cost concerns of using multiple third party mechanisms, as well as addressing the question of accountability & follow up.
6/6: I'd like to see #Prosocial become a key tool referenced or even required in built environment certification systems.
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