Building Alive, Designing to Thrive

Well- it's finally time! My sister delivered her first baby girl- Zoe Maureen. Zoe is the third of my nieces- Avery (below, right) , and Genevieve (below, left)  beating her out by a few months each. All of this new life got me thinking- what kind of world are we leaving for these babies? We all know the gloom and doom: rising sea levels, extreme weather events, food shortages, public health crises- the list goes on and on. But these little beings have their whole lives in front of them. Lives with a wealth of knowledge available to them with the touch of a button. Their futures will be stories of great opportunity, or great tragedy. I choose to believe people want to do the right thing- sometimes we need to be forced out of our business as usual mentality to do it. But overall, humans don't want to hurt other people or animals, we just have been numbed to the fact that all of our actions have that impact. You throw trash 'away', flip on a switch for po