Jennifer D Barnes
@jdbarnes.bsky.social
Architect working through the lens of #Nature-Positive Design. We are all part of a larger system.
#Biodiversity, #Biophilia, #Biomimicry, #UrbanNature, #EcosystemHealth, #Regeneration
#Biodiversity, #Biophilia, #Biomimicry, #UrbanNature, #EcosystemHealth, #Regeneration
- Architecture doesn’t just shape buildings - it shapes ecosystems.
- Every project has the potential to help heal nature.
- #Nature-Positive Design aims to regenerate natural systems at every step and scale of its process, from extraction of materials through the entire life of the project.
- Every project has the potential to help heal nature.
- #Nature-Positive Design aims to regenerate natural systems at every step and scale of its process, from extraction of materials through the entire life of the project.
September 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
- Architecture doesn’t just shape buildings - it shapes ecosystems.
- Every project has the potential to help heal nature.
- #Nature-Positive Design aims to regenerate natural systems at every step and scale of its process, from extraction of materials through the entire life of the project.
- Every project has the potential to help heal nature.
- #Nature-Positive Design aims to regenerate natural systems at every step and scale of its process, from extraction of materials through the entire life of the project.
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I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr.
But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.
If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.
But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.
If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.
February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr.
But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.
If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.
But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.
If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.
From Tim Snyder’s On #Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th c,” Lesson # 1: “Do not obey in advance.” Those who anticipate the demands of a #repressive government and submit to these demands before they are made, are “teaching #power what it can do.” Via NYT OpEd #StandUp #fascism
February 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
From Tim Snyder’s On #Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th c,” Lesson # 1: “Do not obey in advance.” Those who anticipate the demands of a #repressive government and submit to these demands before they are made, are “teaching #power what it can do.” Via NYT OpEd #StandUp #fascism
What are the odds that Elon and X take this down before tomorrow? Hill is an AR republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee
February 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What are the odds that Elon and X take this down before tomorrow? Hill is an AR republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee
@murray.senate.gov thank you for holding the floor!!! We are grateful for the energy you’re bringing to stop this insanity. And a big NO TO VOUGHT!
With gratitude,
a concerned constituent
With gratitude,
a concerned constituent
February 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
@murray.senate.gov thank you for holding the floor!!! We are grateful for the energy you’re bringing to stop this insanity. And a big NO TO VOUGHT!
With gratitude,
a concerned constituent
With gratitude,
a concerned constituent
Welcome to Bluesky @cantwell.senate.gov We need your voice and action, not press releases. Our democracy is evaporating before our eyes. DO SOMETHING! Sincerely, your constituent
February 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Welcome to Bluesky @cantwell.senate.gov We need your voice and action, not press releases. Our democracy is evaporating before our eyes. DO SOMETHING! Sincerely, your constituent
It’s the biggest data breach in US history and absolutely illegal. This weekend Elon Musk and 6 young men took over the US Treasury system (including YOUR data). I’m breaking my promise to only post environmental solutions bc everyone needs to hear this
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Elon Musk gains access to Treasury Dept.'s federal payment system: Sources
abcnews.go.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s the biggest data breach in US history and absolutely illegal. This weekend Elon Musk and 6 young men took over the US Treasury system (including YOUR data). I’m breaking my promise to only post environmental solutions bc everyone needs to hear this
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social have you seen this?? Mic drop on #DEI and the critical need for a message - a resonant IDEA that motivates us and proclaims that we will not give up. Pls invite Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on your show youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ
Kimberlé Crenshaw at the National Urban League Demand Diversity Emergency Session on DEI
YouTube video by African American Policy Forum
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January 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social have you seen this?? Mic drop on #DEI and the critical need for a message - a resonant IDEA that motivates us and proclaims that we will not give up. Pls invite Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on your show youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ
Salmon can swim freely through a major watershed near the CA/OR border for the first time in more than a century - the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion #biodiveristy #restoration #ecology www.opb.org/article/2024...
Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for first time in a century
Crews used excavators Wednesday to breach rock dams that have been diverting water upstream of two dams that were already almost completely removed, Iron Gate and Copco No. 1. The work allows the rive...
www.opb.org
August 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Salmon can swim freely through a major watershed near the CA/OR border for the first time in more than a century - the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion #biodiveristy #restoration #ecology www.opb.org/article/2024...
Renewables yield benefits across systems - including financial #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefits | Renewable energy | The Guardian
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May 29, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Renewables yield benefits across systems - including financial #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...
Fascinating! Check out these maps to see how rain/snow patterns are likely to change in the western US over the next several decades. Article by Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk #climatechange waterdesk.org/2024/04/nati...
10 visuals that show how climate change is transforming the West’s snow and water supply
The latest National Climate Assessment warns of a shrinking snowpack and serious downstream consequences.
waterdesk.org
May 2, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Fascinating! Check out these maps to see how rain/snow patterns are likely to change in the western US over the next several decades. Article by Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk #climatechange waterdesk.org/2024/04/nati...
Cities can densify without sacrificing access to nature - the amount of public open space has more to do with history, policy, and culture than with density #UrbanNature #biophilia
livingarchitecturemonitor.com/news/cities-...
livingarchitecturemonitor.com/news/cities-...
April 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Cities can densify without sacrificing access to nature - the amount of public open space has more to do with history, policy, and culture than with density #UrbanNature #biophilia
livingarchitecturemonitor.com/news/cities-...
livingarchitecturemonitor.com/news/cities-...
Dear Architects,
Please read this amusing and spot-on letter from your outdoorsy cousin. It truly has never been more critical to work together. #carbon #ecosystemhealth #urbannature #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #architecture www.architectmagazine.com/practice/a-l...
Please read this amusing and spot-on letter from your outdoorsy cousin. It truly has never been more critical to work together. #carbon #ecosystemhealth #urbannature #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #architecture www.architectmagazine.com/practice/a-l...
A letter to Architecture from Landscape Architecture
We can do better together.
www.architectmagazine.com
April 5, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Dear Architects,
Please read this amusing and spot-on letter from your outdoorsy cousin. It truly has never been more critical to work together. #carbon #ecosystemhealth #urbannature #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #architecture www.architectmagazine.com/practice/a-l...
Please read this amusing and spot-on letter from your outdoorsy cousin. It truly has never been more critical to work together. #carbon #ecosystemhealth #urbannature #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #architecture www.architectmagazine.com/practice/a-l...
Call to Action for Earth Day 2024: coming together to demand a real reduction in plastics. Please share! 🌏
www.earthday.org/social-2024/
www.earthday.org/social-2024/
Earth Day 2024 Social Media Toolkit - Earth Day
Make a massive difference in 3 simple steps.
www.earthday.org
April 5, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Call to Action for Earth Day 2024: coming together to demand a real reduction in plastics. Please share! 🌏
www.earthday.org/social-2024/
www.earthday.org/social-2024/
Happy International Forest Day! Investing in forest restoration is critical for climate resilience 🌏https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/international-forest-day-innovation/
Natural forests could help mitigate as much as 30% of carbon emission – if we innovate to help them prosper
Innovation is the theme of this year's #internationalforestday – but nature-based solutions to invest in and protect woodlands remain underfunded
www.weforum.org
March 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Happy International Forest Day! Investing in forest restoration is critical for climate resilience 🌏https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/international-forest-day-innovation/
Greener Buildings in Europe! Approved this week by EU Parliament = zero-emission buildings from 2030. Plus renovating existing buildings, prioritizing worst offenders. Elec vehicle charging, rooftop solar, heat pumps, insulation & heat recovery will be boosted www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) | A9-0033/2023 | European Parliament
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (COM(2021)0802 - C9-0469/2021 - 2021/0426(COD)) Committee on Indust...
www.europarl.europa.eu
March 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Greener Buildings in Europe! Approved this week by EU Parliament = zero-emission buildings from 2030. Plus renovating existing buildings, prioritizing worst offenders. Elec vehicle charging, rooftop solar, heat pumps, insulation & heat recovery will be boosted www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
$500m earmarked for Salmon - 100 river and stream miles of fish passage along the Green River near Seattle, much inaccessible to salmon since 1910 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Biden earmarks half a billion for salmon on upper Green River
President Joe Biden on Monday earmarked $500 million that’s slated to be used to create a path past the Howard Hanson Dam for juvenile fish heading downstream.
www.seattletimes.com
March 12, 2024 at 8:08 PM
$500m earmarked for Salmon - 100 river and stream miles of fish passage along the Green River near Seattle, much inaccessible to salmon since 1910 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Sufficiency! What a foreign concept to our consumptive society. Yes. Less.
Being part of the UNEP conference on buildings and climate in Paris was an amazing experience. The final Minister's Declaration is a truly important document that lays out what we have to do with planning and buildings, including references to what I talked about, sufficiency.
The UNEP Conference on Buildings and Climate could make a real difference
They actually listened and came up with a serious document that puts sufficiency on the menu.
lloydalter.substack.com
March 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Sufficiency! What a foreign concept to our consumptive society. Yes. Less.
Among its many benefits, Urban Nature brings the cool reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corrid...
How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years
With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city is driving down temperatures -- and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.
reasonstobecheerful.world
March 8, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Among its many benefits, Urban Nature brings the cool reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corrid...
Weighing trees from space: Changes in tree weight (biomass gains & losses) indicate how much carbon is sequestered as they grow, and how much is emitted with degradation and deforestation.
www.betterworlds.com/shows/nature...
www.betterworlds.com/shows/nature...
Weighing Trees From Space to Measure Carbon Impact
How geospatial technology is enabling companies to act on climate change and transition to a nature positive economy.
www.betterworlds.com
March 6, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Weighing trees from space: Changes in tree weight (biomass gains & losses) indicate how much carbon is sequestered as they grow, and how much is emitted with degradation and deforestation.
www.betterworlds.com/shows/nature...
www.betterworlds.com/shows/nature...
Nature is our best ally [and mentor] in supporting a vibrant, healthy planet www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/...
The race to a nature-positive future: What every sector needs to do
Last December, the world took an important step towards resetting its relationship with nature. Amidst unparalleled biodiversity loss and a worsening climate emergency, the Kunming-Montreal Global Bio...
www.weforum.org
March 5, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Nature is our best ally [and mentor] in supporting a vibrant, healthy planet www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/...
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What does it mean to design a truly Nature-Positive building? It’s daunting. And so incredibly important. Via Architecture 2030 and WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development www.wbcsd.org/mqwnk
Exploring nature positive buildings
WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
www.wbcsd.org
February 22, 2024 at 8:08 PM
What does it mean to design a truly Nature-Positive building? It’s daunting. And so incredibly important. Via Architecture 2030 and WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development www.wbcsd.org/mqwnk
Crazy to me Biodiversity Credits are even a thing! I’m weary of the smoke and mirrors that justify our decisions naturexclimate.substack.com/p/are-we-bar...
Are we barking up the wrong tree with biodiversity credits?
Why one-off biodiversity credits might be the wrong solution for the biodiversity crisis.
naturexclimate.substack.com
February 28, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Crazy to me Biodiversity Credits are even a thing! I’m weary of the smoke and mirrors that justify our decisions naturexclimate.substack.com/p/are-we-bar...
Incredible opportunity for new Seattle green space, stitching the city back together #urbannature www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...
An I-5 Lid Could Free Up 17.4 Acres of New Urban Land
That’s the equivalent of adding two Cal Anderson Parks to downtown.
www.seattlemet.com
February 27, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Incredible opportunity for new Seattle green space, stitching the city back together #urbannature www.seattlemet.com/news-and-cit...