Editor’s note: “Juliet Grable is a freelance writer whose work covers a range of topics related to sustainability, regenerative design and construction. She has served as the Managing Editor for Green Builder Magazine, and has contributed to many national and regional publications including Earth Island Journal, Sierra, Audubon, and Home Power.” Here she shares what makes the subject of our…
The Brock Environmental Center
This is an excerpt from Juliet Grable’s Brock Environmental Center for a Living Chesapeake. DESIGNING WITH NATURE The Living Building Challenge Standard mandates the incorporation of biophilic elements into the design of buildings in order to nurture the innate human attraction to natural systems and processes. The ILFI considers this natural connection essential to physical health and mental well-being. Much…