Q+A

What role can the built environment play in supporting the transgender community? Last year, to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, ILFI’s Danielle Gonzalez shared her experiences outside ILFI as a transgender consultant and educator and shed light on the impact Just organizations can make towards supporting the transgender community. We now delve deeper to explore the larger role the built…

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…

Could this be the Future of High-Quality Regenerative Housing? Imagine a housing solution that is not only affordable and prefabricated but also Core Green Building Certified. When you hear these terms, what thoughts and images come to mind? For one of the teams participating in the Affordable Housing Pilot Project by the International Living Future Institute, it signifies an incredible…

Getting to Know the ILFI Board We sat down recently with board member Julie Hiromoto to ask her thoughts on ILFI’s direction, the building industry, and how her passion for dancing shaped her work on regenerative design. Given what you know about us, what is the most important thing the Institute does for the community? The International Living Future Institute…

As part of our commitment to a future that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative–for all–ILFI is proud to support dozens of affordable housing projects across the country. This year we celebrate and recognize this critical work at the Affordable Housing Summit, June 17, 2021. The Summit features topics such as inclusive community engagement, trauma-informed design, biophilic design,…