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Dash Kerswill
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Nurturing health and wellbeing through awe of nature, joy of food, beauty of art and literature, and the interconnectedness of life. ♾
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July 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🌍 World Environment Day — a reminder that the choices we make shape our shared future. In the built environment, every materials decision is an opportunity to reduce harm, to advance #health, and to champion #sustainability in ways that ripple far beyond any single building. 💚 #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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This is definitely a case of the early bird gets the worm! This is an early one, but so worth it. ⏰ Set your alarm!
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The new #AIA Materials Pledge reporting requirements are coming—and the time to prepare is now. Set your alarm, bribe yourself with donuts, whatever it takes. 🍩☕ Just don’t miss this stellar 7:30 am session on Saturday, June 7th. #Sustainability #Architect #MaterialsPledge
June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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At #LivingFuture2025, Charley Stevenson accepted Full Living Building Certification for the Class of ’66 Center at Williams College—an honor for the Materially Better team. Proud to be a part of this project team, turning #inspiration into #real-world impact. #SustainableDesign #education
May 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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We’re combining CSI MasterFormat with #AI to better organize our healthier materials library—making it faster and easier to find products for #SustainableDesign. Read the latest on how we’re reshaping Red2Green’s backend for the future: materiallybetter.com/bringing-ord... #ConstructionInnovation
Bringing Order to Innovation: How AI and CSI MasterFormat Are Shaping Red2Green’s Future Materially Better Sustainable Materials Leadership for the Built Environment
Red2Green is harnessing AI and CSI MasterFormat to bring clarity, consistency, and innovation to sustainable product categorization. Our smarter system empowers architects, builders, and consultants t...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Excited to celebrate the Davis Center at #WilliamsCollege winning a #SCUP Merit Award for Building Additions, Renovation, or Adaptive Reuse! Materially Better (formerly Integrated Eco Strategy) was proud to contribute to this impactful project. 👏 www.scup.org/award-winner...
#SustainableDesign
Williams College - Davis Center, Williams College
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May 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Industry experts will discuss materials reuse to cut #carbonemissions — sharing practical tips from a new Project Manager’s Guide to Reuse. Catch Charley Stevenson or Matt Root to request a meeting for a Red2Green demo. #circularity #carbonleadership
www.livingfutureconference.org/event/6d6243...
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Experts like Julie Hiromoto of HKS discuss moving from harm reduction to fostering positive city outcomes. Explore the #builtenvironment 's impact on #cognitivehealth and discover strategies for brain-healthy cities.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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We're excited to hear our #sustainability #partners from Brightworks, Perkins&Will, & Harvard speak on chemical class-based avoidance. Red2Green supports this initiative. See you at @livingfuture.bsky.social 2025. #sustainabilitytips #builtenvironment
www.livingfutureconference.org/event/6d6243...
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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CMF creates a common language for disparate #sustainability standards. We've integrated it into Red2Green so you can easily meet the #AIA Materials Pledge by choosing healthier materials in our R2G library. Learn more at @livingfuture.bsky.social 2025. www.livingfutureconference.org/event/6d6243...
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Matt Root joined Kristen Simmons and Mathew Tuttelman at the Boston Globe Sustainability Summit to discuss sustainable homes–sharing insights to make homes eco-friendly, reducing carbon footprints and lowering utility costs. #environment #greenliving #green #decarbonization #sustainable #ecofriendly
April 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Our #sustainability #partners will present at the #Biobased Construction summit at @livingfuture.bsky.social 2025. @lindsaythebaker.bsky.social, @newframeworks.bsky.social , and @lonarerickp.bsky.social will offer strategies and case studies. If you see Charley Stevenson or Matt Root say hello!
April 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Grace Farms convened leaders from various sectors to strategize on transforming the market by focusing innovative research and technology to apply Design for Freedom Principles to combat #forcedlabor, promote ethical #decarbonization, and prioritize #circularity practices in the #builtenvironment.
March 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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“...Throughout our lifetimes, we accumulate #environmental #toxins and #poisons present in the world today. The result is essentially a 55-gallon barrel of toxic sludge in [us]…” Learn more and find steps to protect yourself in this blog from Materially Better. materiallybetter.com/why-are-we-s...
Patient sitting in a doctors office. Image shows desk, doctor's torso with hands poised in an explanatory fashion. Only the patient's hands are visible, clasped together with tension as she listens. Professional-style green pesticide container is the focal point with a person administering the chemicals on weeds in what appears to be a lawn. Two men wearing respiratory gear, protective eyewear, and rubber gloves work with liquids in test tubes. Young, bearded man with glasses holds a sign which reads "Here is a short list to get you started:"
December 30, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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A perfect #comfortfood #meal for a former #newyorker (is anyone ever really a *former* New Yorker?) on a cold, wintry night. It's all #vegan too. Back to #veggies tomorrow.
Traditional potato knish on a pizza baking stone fresh from the oven. A slice of margarita pizza on a baking stone, fresh and hot from the oven. Half of a vegan veggie pizza on a baking stone, fresh and hot from the oven. An adorable napping calico cat. Because #cats make everything a little better.
February 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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While the #cats slide into #caturday , preparing for the next winter snowstorm, I'm settled in with a witty, beautiful observation of life's wins, losses, and reclamations found in small spaces with unexpected companions. A Gentleman in Moscow is truly a book for any age. #booksky #amortowles #books
Fluffy, longhaired black and white cat lays on a neutral color rug with his attention focused off to his left. Attentive tuxedo cat with vibrant green eyes lounges on a quilt comfortably on a bed. Calico cat with intense yellow-green eyes lingers on a purple afghan with a catnip salmon stuffed toy. A hand holds a softcover copy of the book A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Fairy tree light can be seen glowing in the background.
February 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Is #hope a guiding force in your life? #janegoodall and #markmanson both offer up #actionable advice for anyone looking for a little sanity and contentment in a too-often contentious world. #goodreads #caturday #booksofbluesky #catsofbluesky #naturewriting
Softcover Book: Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson. Cover is aqua blue with black and white type. Hardcover Book: The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Arava. Dust jacket has portrait of Goodall against dark, natural background.
January 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#nature #photography #morningsun #shadows #trees #snowfall
Early morning sun behind an enclave of bare trees casts long shadow stripes across freshly fallen snow.
January 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities and the Pleasures of Solitude
by Stephanie Rosenbloom is a perfect grey #wintry day #read. #cat conveniently fits behind book. 😊 What's on your winter #booklist and who's on you lap while you read?
Book cover of Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities and the Pleasures of Solitude by Stephanie Rosenbloom Face of sleeping Calico cat.
January 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We call him our little guy, but he's really a big dude tucked into this cozy plush box on a windy #wintry day. #cat #cats #lifeisgood #simplepleasure
Large, longhaired black and white cat tucked cozily into a small grey, plush box attached to a cat tree. Large, longhaired black and white cat poking out of the two openings of a small grey, plush box attached to a cat tree. He faces the camera with his eyes closed. Face and tail of a large, longhaired black and white cat poking his head out from a small grey, plush box attached to a cat tree. Face and paw of a large, longhaired black and white cat poking his head out of an opening of a small grey, plush box attached to a cat tree. He is looking into the camera.
January 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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How Healthier Products Embody Social Justice

The Materially Better Team believes that seeking #healthier building products presents substantial opportunities for addressing #social, #racial and #environmental #justice issues. Here's why: materiallybetter.com/how-healthie...
How Healthier Products Embody Social Justice – Materially Better
The Materially Better Team believes that seeking healthier building products presents substantial opportunities for addressing social, racial and environmental justice issues. Here is why:
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January 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Just because, you know, #cats! 😊 Or as we know them in this house, Zen masters.
Black cat rests on a red and black plaid blanket on a futon couch with his face turned toward the light. Burgundy drawers and bookshelf seen in the background. Close up of a peaceful Callico cat napping with her head on someone's chest. She appears to be smiling and very content. Tuxedo cat sitting on a burgundy rug in front of a bright yellow bookcase. Her head is turned toward the light opposite her lower body. Black and white cat on a plush, burgundy plaid blanket in a cheeky pose with his paw raised to his mouth as though mimicking an "oh my!" expression in a 1950s era sitcom.
January 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Winter—a perfect time for a quiet journey inward to prepare for the rebirth and outward expansion of #spring. ♾

What's on your #winter #booklist?
Book on antique table: John Kirkwood's The Way of the Five Seasons: Living with the Five Elements for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Harmony sit next to photo of a black cat.
January 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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It was a total #foodie day. So many different #flavors, #colors, and wonderful #textures. We finished off the evening with roasted potatoes and carrots with spinach, tofu, and chickpeas in an Indian inspired yogurt #curry served over saffron rice on a bed of mixed salad greens. #nutritious #vegan
Plated entree of roasted potatoes and carrots with spinach, tofu, and chickpeas in an Indian inspired yogurt curry served over saffron rice on a bed of mixed salad greens.
January 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM