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A Path to a Better Future Recently I wrapped my first Ecotone project with my ILFI colleagues Michael Berrisford and Juliet Grable and their editorial team, and I am delighted to introduce the new book, The Regenerative Materials Movement (Ecotone, 2023). These dispatches about regenerative materials are a primer on the issues at play in our work.  Using the three…

7 Questions Answered by Miller Hull’s Living Building Challenge Services Director This Q&A is a postscript to the Institute’s webinar on regenerative design, “Bringing the Living Building Challenge into Practice,” held on June 27, 2023.  In this webinar, which is a dynamic extension of a new Ecotone Publishing book, Challenge & Change: Miller Hull’s Living Building Practice, we explore why…

As part of ILFI’s educational offerings, the EMERGE Leadership Project aims to support individuals and organizations committed to bringing about a world where all building designs and projects prioritize life-sustaining solutions. In an online workshop that Kanika Sharma (Associate Principal, Integral Group | LFA) and I offered in the Fall of 2020, we explored ways the model could in particular foster…

Editor’s note: Don’t miss the 40% discount offer for this series at the bottom of this post! The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is excited to share the consolidation of seven Ecotone book titles under one umbrella – the new Living Building Challenge Book Series. Here’s a quick overview of the series and how we envision it as a solution…

Give the gift of knowledge and inspiration to your valued employees and customers. We are offering discounts of 25% to 50% off bulk purchases of Ecotone books to companies and organizations who are interested in giving the holiday gift of an Ecotone book. Visit the Ecotone Bookstore to browse our selection of titles then contact Michael Berrisford at ecotone@living-future.org for…

PRESS RELEASE: Regenerative Retrofit: California’s First Living Building New book from industry leader in green building performance explores building reuse, water and energy independence, biophilic design, and a carbon-free future.  SEATTLE, WA., September 23, 2020—Ecotone Publishing, the industry’s original green architecture and design publisher, today announced the release of the seventh book in the Living Building Challenge Series titled Regenerative…

Editor’s note: As part of the build-up to our Zero Carbon Conference, October 7-8, our Standards + Policy Director Andrew Lee reviews the newest book release from ILFI’s Ecotone Publishing through the lens of decarbonization. Order your copy of the book and sign up for the conference today to become a Zero Carbon Champion! * * * Ecotone Publishing’s most…

Editor’s note: Michael Berrisford is the publisher of ILFI’s publishing label, Ecotone. Here he shares what makes our latest release, Regenerative Retrofit: California’s First Living Building, so special. (Available September 15, pre-order your copy now for a 20% discount. Or, receive a free copy when you register for ILFI’s Zero Carbon Conference by September 9.) The Arch Nexus Sacramento (SAC)…

Ecotone Publishing’s Editor Michael Berrisford sat down (virtually) to talk with architect, author, and father, Jason F. McLennan about his thoughts on how “love” can nourish the built and natural environments, address climate change, right social injustices, and heal the planet. Michael Berrisford (MB): What inspired you to create the book LOVE+GREEN BUILDING: You and Me and the Beautiful Planet?…