Great roundup from Australian property manager of last month's Living Future unconference in Portland ow.ly/BNKx30konEb Frasers Property Australia

This week's "report on climate change from the UN ... is truly sobering. But it also lays out ... roadmaps to avoid catastrophe, and it makes clear that the building sector would have to play a role in any route out of this mess. @KendedaLBC ow.ly/CCrW30maeBT

Congrats to Georgia Tech for being ranked among the "Top 50 Green Colleges." ow.ly/T2Vc30mMWot

U.N. biodiversity report says 1 million species face extinction: "The report’s authors declared that the world’s governments should address the global decline of biodiversity together with human-caused climate change." ow.ly/NVTs30oEoCY

Is Atlanta backing away from its #cleanenergy commitment? "At the hearings on Georgia Power's long-range energy plan, another obstacle to Atlanta's climate goals seemed to be the city itself. No one showed up, even though City Hall is across the street." ow.ly/4cHy30oS5Is

Contractors should be open to new ways of doing things. This means cultural change, more education and training, [and a] more engaged workforce.” ow.ly/KwMW30oVELE

In Vancouver, a 5,000-square-foot single-family @livingbuildingproject is underway ow.ly/i9dz30oYaKX

A tantalizing challenge from an electrical engineer on #netpositive project: "It helped me realize the bigger potential of campuses to holistically adopt innovative and sustainable designs." ow.ly/VmhU30pIMBq #kendedabuilding Living Building Challenge @PAE_Engineers

Great column from @kendedafund donor Diana Blank on the motive behind the #KendedaBuilding: We all know we must find a way to be "more in balance with the natural world." ow.ly/sVax30pKO7y

High-powered task force created by IWBI will consider how healthy buildings can better meet #covid19 -style threats. Among the chairs: a former US #surgeongeneral & Joseph Allen at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ow.ly/hRgJ30qtcUW

This epidemic could change the way we heat, cool and ventilate buildings. An life task force takes on short-term and long-term threats of #covid19 in buildings in general & HVAC systems in particular. ow.ly/takA30qv1Dw

Article on Living Future 2020: Progress reported on zero-carbon buildings. Plus a brief take on Jason F. McLennan keynote. Looking forward to Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱 keynote today. #LF20 ow.ly/YTPv30qEkJb

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the Epsten Group, a Salas O'Brien Company now occupies the first #Petal-certified Living Building Challenge Challenge office in metro Atlanta. Check out these photos and details on the project. ow.ly/cVkk30rb2Ur

In Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, PCC Markets Community Market becomes first grocer to achieve Living Building Challenge Petal certification for Materials, Place and Beauty. Two other PCC stores are on a similar path, with another three to follow ow.ly/bzt230ro1yq

No more huffing puffing for #strawbuildings: "It’s been a long, hard slog. But a California startup is on the cusp of manufacturing a product that could begin a reversal in the role buildings play in climate change." ow.ly/CsB530rsuoD Endeavour Centre

Oslo, Norway, unveils plans for its own version of #aerotropolis — with net positive energy and driverless cars ow.ly/FjIT30j180T Aerotropolis Atlanta Airport City @AeroCIDs

Georgia House, Senate will need talks to settle on transit bill ow.ly/YA0630j8BtV

Parting words from archittect/urbanist @kahngaroux after covering Atlanta for @CurbedAtlanta: "In this historically robust development cycle, too many buildings have gone up that detract from Atlanta’s ambitions of walkability and connectedness." ow.ly/ic5A30jfwMp