1. Commit

2. How important is sustainability?

3. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles How important are WE? Kent Turner President, Cannon Design North America St. Louis

4. “It’s where I live.” Sustainability is like your bank account, if you are not adding more than you are taking away, you are going to be in big trouble. Amber LangChicago JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

5. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Sustainability is critical for us all as there is not an endless supply of resources. Rich Kahn Associate Principal New York City

6. It is the future … … with purpose and intention Rand Ekman Chicago

7. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Sustainability is something that should be on everyone's minds because it impacts all of us and the generations of our family in the future. Shawn Martin Human Resources Assistant Buffalo Office

9. run better

10. cost less to operateThat goes for our buildings as well as the planet we live on Mark Nelson Facilities Optimization Boston

11. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles If in 10 years we’re still talking about Sustainability and Green Design as though it was a specialty market niche we’re doomed--as citizens of this earth, as practitioners and stewards of the built environment. Andreas Hausler PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader Pro Tem New York City

12. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles It is the most pressing opportunity. Alexander Sexsmith Los Angeles

13. Changing the destination of a million streams is at once easier and more difficult when they have all merged. So too should sustainability work at both a local level as well as strive to impact massive global initiatives. John Lucht CDT, LEED AP+BD&C San Francisco, CA

14. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Environment sustainability is like maintaining personal hygiene at a different scale. JT Hsu architect Los Angeles

15. Sustainability should be a way of life: Eat, Sleep, Sustain, Work, Recycle, Play……. Tarun Kumar Architect Mumbai

17. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Very important, if we want our earth to be a clean, healthy place to be for years to come. Kimberly Feinberg Marketing Coordinator Los Angeles

18. “Commitment means power for our future” Gabrielle Rossit Associate / Interior Designer Toronto

19. How important is sustainability?

20. “A sustainability commitment to the built environment needs to start with the old design concept of energy conservation embraced passionately with new concepts of energy master plans which optimize form, functional, financial, and on-site carbon performance.” Ted Fowler PE, LEED AP, CDT NY Region Buffalo Office

21. It is important to reassure MOTHER NATURE that her kids respect her magnanimity. Protect the earth . Namrata Betigiri, Leed AP Architect/Regional Coordinator Mumbai

22. “Sustainability should not necessarily take priority - it should become the greatest common denominator of all our endeavors.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

23. take care of your mom

24. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “Isn’t it simply a matter of life or death?” Donna Terzano Project Architect NYC Office

25. “The world shrinks everyday, bringing regional practices into conflict on a global scale. These conflicts grow exponentially creating a hugely complex subject, with massive implications. Sustainability is about finding the harmony in those interactions.” John Lucht CDT, LEED AP+BD&C San Francisco, CA “Act Now; If one would change the direction of this world, one must turn the tiller early. ” John Lucht CDT, LEED AP+BC&D San Francisco, CA

26. “Possessing this kind of knowledge and experience comes with a moral obligation to share it. Our Earth needs us to do this now more than ever. Mike Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED AP Senior Associate Boston

27. “Preserving the earth’s rich resources is our prerogative. As a Engineer it is a privilege to be able to do this through responsible design solutions. We can all use skill and knowledge to make a difference.” Doug Lister Mechanical Engineer Phoenix

28. “future proof (adj.) 1. designed not to be obsolete in the future” - Wiktionary Sergiu Oprise Architect Toronto

30. Because Sustainability & Design have a common purpose:High-Quality-Sexy-AwesomenessTroy Hoggard

31. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. Gigi Grizanti Benefits & Compensation Manager Buffalo

32. “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” -Steve Jobs Nick CameronChicago Office

33. Sustainability is a personal act of faith. Like god or religion, faith can be strong or weak – but it’s essential to have faith in our ability to act in best interest of our planet & resources we are gifted by nature. It transcends race, colour, profession & geographical boundaries. SuhasBambardekar Architect Mumbai, India

34. “The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry Sara Schonour Lighting Designer Boston

36. Namrata Betigiri, Leed AP Architect/ Regional Coordinator Mumbai Consider earth as a living spirit. Let’s not take its kindness for granted. Let’s save water. http://thelightisall.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-photo-of-day-saving-water.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/callincaptures/3448625644/in/photostream

37. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” -- Mahatma Gandhi Trish Beagle, Human Resources, Buffalo

38. “I don’t come to your house and make a mess…so? Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

39. Commit

40. What do you think it means to commit to sustainability?

41. “Commitment means making sustainability part of your life… not for yourself, but for the purpose of building a better quality of life for the people around you – for the people you love.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “DOING is the best way of SAYING….. before going through the rest of the slideshow, set your monitor’s settings on power saving mode ….as these children deserve light too” Sachin Mulay Associate Architect Mumbai

42. “Committing to sustainability requires responsibility, holding yourself accountable.” Emil Cuevas Boston

43. To think long-term on a daily basis Alexander Sexsmith Los Angeles

44. “To commit to sustainability is to embark on a long happy journey” Purvashri Hatkar Mumbai

45. “It's the habit of awareness that my everyday choices have permanent repercussions for the planet.” Melissa Gorman Architect Los Angeles

46. “We need to save our planet for future generations” Rich Kahn Associate Principal New York City

47. print less& save paperMrinal BhatiaInterior DesignerMumbai

48. I think it means much more than present discussions tend to favor. I think it means to recognize that there is not enough stuff in the world to go around. For me to have more means someone somewhere must have less. I think until we confront this all other responses are temporary. Kent TurnerPresident, Cannon Design North America STL

49. “To leave a healthy environment to my children and their generation.” JT Hsu architect Los Angeles

50. Reduce Reuse Recycle RETHINK Barbara Kendziora WNY Region Buffalo Office

51. “It means taking the steps to be a part of conserving resources and being responsible for our part in making the world a greener place.” Kimberly Feinberg West Region Los Angeles

52. “Sell your car.” Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

53. “Growing our own food provides my family joy and sustenance.” Sue Boeman Midwest Chicago office

54. “To make an effort beyond your usual practice to do good to the environment and humanity” Jenny Tse Architecture Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

55. “Commitment means making sustainability part of your life… not for yourself, but for the purpose of building a better quality of life for the people around you – for the people you love.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

56. To work and play with others - those who are here now and those in coming generations. Rand Ekman Chicago

57. “Keep your mind on the future with your actions of the moment.” Bret Eathorne Confluence Chicago

58. “To awake, to be conscious; ignorance is no longer an excuse.” Drew Hermann AccountingBuffalo

59. “Committing to sustainability means engaging in a higher standard of living.” Jenna Ruth Western Region San Francisco

60. “Sustainability for me starts with conservation. How I can design systems that conserve resources now, and for future generations.” Michael J. Rossini Electrical Engineer Boston

61. What does Environmental Awareness Week mean to you?

62. “Having a special week focused on Environmental Awareness means that we have not yet internalized critical ideas and practices to where they are a natural part of our work; they remain an overlay. I look forward to a time when hosting a week of events to raise awareness will become redundant.” JayashriDeshmukh Architect Toronto

63. “It’s about fostering inspiration and creativity, not guilt and shame.” Stuart Broussard Los Angeles

64. “The first day is about awareness and the second day begins a life long commitment.” Donna Terzano Project Architect NYC Office

65. “Environmental awareness week to me means that Cannon Design is making large strides to make the world more sustainable through our projects and our operations as a firm. It’s something that I’m proud to be a part of as a Cannon Design employee.” Shawn Martin Human Resources Assistant Buffalo Office

66. “EAW is a chance to refocus, repurpose, and to be inspired.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

67. “We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.” From: The Earth Charter Preamble Andreas Hausler PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader New York City

68. Commit

69. What do you think it means to commit to sustainability?

70. “Stop Talking – Start Walking. Get up, Speak up, Act up. Be a witness! Silence and complacency is no longer an option.” Andreas Hausler Architecture New York City

71. “To me, it means doing the best you can every day to make the effort to live a sustainable life. Doing the small things, like turning off a light you’re not using or throwing a can in the recycling bin instead of the trash and the big things like making the choice not to have a car – it all takes commitment.” Annie Lehatto Region Los Angeles

72. For me it means living close to work and commuting by bike, supporting local farmers and buying organics, reusing containers and picking recyclables out of the trash, mending clothes, unplugging electronics, taking shorter showers, and turning the heat down. I certainly don’t do everything I should, but I try to live conscientiously. I try to understand the impacts that my actions have on others, and on the planet, and make better choices wherever I can. Jennine TalbotBoston

73. “It means to make sustainability a priority in everything you do…thinking beyond the immediate reward.” Morgan Newman Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

74. “To make sustainability a factor in every decision.” Stuart Broussard Western Region Los Angeles

75. “It means taking responsibility for the harm we and those before us have already caused and working together to make it right for all those who come long after we are gone.” DONNA TERZANO Region NYC Office

76. “Our Family takes on two new sustainable practices each year. This year we got rid of our front lawn” Sue Boeman Project Manager Chicago

77. Because if you don't commit, you aren't going to do it. Sustainability should not be a fad diet, it should be a lifestyle. Amber Lang Chicago

78. “It means incorporating sustainability efforts into your daily life, whether the activity be large or small the impact on the environment as a whole is significant.” Shawn Martin New York Region Buffalo Office

79. Commitment to Sustainability is Leaving no Trace Behind “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles Black Rock City, NV. ‘0’ footprint, 357 days a year. Ahmed Naguib Confluence Team Member Chicago

80. “While there can be no denying the importance of Sustainability, too many of us think that reducing our facilities’ energy consumption and recycling office paper is where it ends. We have to move beyond the notion that doing less harm is good enough, and embrace lifestyle changes that will lead to healing the environment.” Jeff Nudi Principal Phoenix Office

81. “It is said that the greenest building is the one that already exists. Greener still is the one that is not built at all.” Deborah Kreuze Senior Editor and Writer

82. “An internal commitment to leading a more environmentally responsible day-to-day life, while working externally to replace the aging unsustainable system that supports it.” John Lucht CDT, LEED AP+BD&C San Francisco, CA

83. Commit

84. Why do you give a damn about the Earth?

85. I give a damn because these hands, are hoping for a brighter future. Jessica Figenholtz Associate Chicago

86. “For the futureof my children and all children.” Mike Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED AP Senior Associate Boston

87. Because of her. Jill Gimesky Human Resources Chicago

88. “Because the impact I make on this earth now is going to effect those in the future.” Shawn Martin Human Resources Assistant Buffalo Office “Earth is a MIRACLE, a TREASURE, a gift where LIFE is a mystery, Earth is HOME.” . ShilpaNaik Architect Mumbai

89. “I want this planet to be around for my kids and their future generations” Rich Kahn Associate Principal New York City

90. “Because I love being outside and being in nature rather than concrete and smog.” Amber Lang Chicago

91. “Because its my home!” Purvashri Hatkar Mumbai

92. “I want to do what I can to make the world, my city, my neighborhood a better place for my daughter and her friends.” Teri Wright Architect / project manager Chicago

93. “Because Science is stronger than Rhetoric.” Drew Hermann Accounting Buffalo

94. “I call it home.” Donna Terzano Project Architect NYC Office

95. Why do you give a damn about the Earth?

96. “Because I love running its rocky trails, swimming its cool rivers and scaling its towering mountains.” Christopher Whitcomb Buffalo

97. There are so many reasons it seems the opposite is the real question. How could you not? Alexander Sexsmith Los Angeles

98. “Because there’s still time left to change.” Emil Cuevas Boston

99. “The earth is the place I call Home.” JT Hsu architect Los Angeles

100. I don’t. I give a damn about humanity. Kent Turner President, Cannon Design North AmericaSTL

101. “Because I hope to be here for a long time, along with my family, friends, and future generations.” Kimberly Feinberg Marketing Coordinator Los Angeles

102. “I'm an architect so I care about beauty. Actually, the term 'earth' is not really accurate, and this probably sounds all hippy-ish but, really sustainability is about the ecosystem, which is really 'life', it's the sustainability of the lives of all living creatures.” Melissa Gorman Architect Los Angeles

103. “Because it’s my mother.” Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

104. “The ecology is a circulatory system and whatever we do now eventually affects our lives in the future and the generations beyond.” Jenny Tse Architecture Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

105. “It’s where I live.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

106. “Because I have to live in this damn place!” Annie Lehatto Los Angeles

107. Why do you give a damn about the Earth?

108. “Because it shouldn’t be about how long, but how well we live.” Stuart Broussard Los Angeles

109. “Because future generations have as much of a right to it as I do today.” Bret Eathorne Confluence Chicago

110. “It’s where I live.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

111. Because…. “Those who deny [climate change] are accomplices to disaster. Those who doubt it are ignorant fools. Those who think things are going to somehow work out are wishful. There is no other option for mankind : Start living responsibly or perish!” Andreas Hausler PM/PA/Sustainable Design Leader New York City

112. “It’s full of mystery.” Rand Ekman Chicago

113. Commit

114. What does Environmental Awareness Week mean to you?

115. “This is an opportunity for us to make an extra effort in helping our planet” Rich Kahn Associate Principal New York City

116. It means I am caused to stop and think about many things I otherwise too often ignore. Kent Turner President, Cannon Design North America STL

117. “to raise the awareness to the entire company.” JT Hsu architect Los Angeles

118. “A time to assess whether we are doing enough for the environment, and a time to make positive changes toward that end.” Kimberly Feinberg Marketing Coordinator Los Angeles

119. It means not only making our living space a better place to be, but also for those beneath the sea. Amanda Buchheit St. Louis “The world shrinks everyday, bringing regional practices into conflict on a global scale. These conflicts grow exponentially creating a hugely complex subject, with massive implications. Sustainability is about finding the harmony in those interactions.” John Lucht CDT, LEED AP+BD&C San Francisco, CA

120. “Acknowledgement that my tiny individual effort is meaningful. one week to be in the practice of awareness and then to get in the habit. It's sustainability boot camp.” Melissa Gorman Architect Los Angeles

121. “It’s a week to reflect on whether you’ve done your part or not.” Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

122. “To learn and acquire information on what we could do as individuals to company level on saving resources as well as how our decisions impact the environment” Jenny Tse Architecture Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

123. “EAW is a chance to refocus, repurpose, and to be inspired.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

124. “EAW is a time to celebrate the changes we have made and to educate about the changes we can make in the future.” Annie Lehatto Los Angeles

125. Commit

126. How important is sustainability?

127. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “Not to be too melodramatic about it, but the ecosystem of the planet is what has made possible every living thing, including us. And unless there are aliens out there, all of consciousness, love, sadness, art, flowers, music. Why would we not care about that?” Melissa Gorman Architect Los Angeles

128. “To our future generations the excuse that ‘we weren’t absolutely certain of the extent and magnitude of the problem and, besides, we were too busy’ will not even be worth an utterance. We owe these future generations every effort we can make today.” Mike Cavanaugh, AIA, LEED AP Senior Associate Boston

129. Sustainability begins with each person taking a small step that collectively has a large effect. If only 1% of the current US population reduces their water usage by 1 gallon per day the effect is over 1.1 BILLION gallons of water saved per year. Turn off the water when you brush your teeth and you’ve done your part. Jack McCarthy Boston

130. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “Worth more than your car.” Harlen Miller Architect Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio

131. If we LEED, others will follow. Mary J. Waz Administrative Assistant Buffalo

132. “It's imperative to understand how our actions not only affect the environment but the economy, society and our standard of living. Although we are making efforts to address sustainability issues, we've already done enough damage that is beyond repair. Therefore...very important.” Jenny Tse Architecture Los Angeles – Yazdani Studio “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

133. “Sustainability should not necessarily take priority - it should become the greatest common denominator of all our endeavors.” JD Balzli Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

134. Because a child born in 2012 will graduate from High School in 2030 Pat Mahoney Technology Services Group Buffalo, NY

135. “Incredibly important! We need to stop living like there’s no tomorrow and we need to stop living selfishly, expecting other people to make the change. I know it’s totally cheesy, but if we all work together, we can make the earth a better place to live for many more generations to come.” Annie Lehatto Los Angeles “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles

136. SUSTAINABILITY : GOOD DESIGN : QUANTITY CONSCIOUSNESS HemantPurohit Architect.Associate Mumbai Office http://www.juniodesign.com/

137. “Western Region Sustainability Coordinator Los Angeles “Important enough to change the way we live.” Stuart Broussard Los Angeles Office

138. Commit