Living Future
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🏡Regenerative Buildings
🌎 Zero Carbon
🌼 Healthy Materials
⚖️ Just Communities
Building a future worth living in.
🌎 Zero Carbon
🌼 Healthy Materials
⚖️ Just Communities
Building a future worth living in.
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For us, a Living Future blends people, nature, and the spaces we inhabit. It’s more than a building. It’s a movement.
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
“Black Friday” hasn't always been about shopping.
The term first appeared in 1951 in Factory Management and Maintenance magazine. It was a joke about workers calling in sick to get a 4-day weekend.
By the 60s, it was police shorthand for traffic chaos.
The term first appeared in 1951 in Factory Management and Maintenance magazine. It was a joke about workers calling in sick to get a 4-day weekend.
By the 60s, it was police shorthand for traffic chaos.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Black Friday” hasn't always been about shopping.
The term first appeared in 1951 in Factory Management and Maintenance magazine. It was a joke about workers calling in sick to get a 4-day weekend.
By the 60s, it was police shorthand for traffic chaos.
The term first appeared in 1951 in Factory Management and Maintenance magazine. It was a joke about workers calling in sick to get a 4-day weekend.
By the 60s, it was police shorthand for traffic chaos.
Can a building heal the planet? The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's fully #LivingBuilding Certified Brock Environmental Center proves it can. It's net-zero energy AND water.
Watch how this incredible classroom is teaching the next generation about #RestorativeDesign in real-time: https://bit.ly/4p4bnq9
Watch how this incredible classroom is teaching the next generation about #RestorativeDesign in real-time: https://bit.ly/4p4bnq9
The Macon and Joan Brock Classroom • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Virginia Beach City Public Schools and CBF are partnering on a unique environmental science program for high school students at CBF's Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach. The program uses the...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Can a building heal the planet? The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's fully #LivingBuilding Certified Brock Environmental Center proves it can. It's net-zero energy AND water.
Watch how this incredible classroom is teaching the next generation about #RestorativeDesign in real-time: https://bit.ly/4p4bnq9
Watch how this incredible classroom is teaching the next generation about #RestorativeDesign in real-time: https://bit.ly/4p4bnq9
Next week is the finale of our Equity in the Built Environment series! Join us to explore how policy landscapes can act as design parameters for spatial justice. We’ll share tools to dismantle harmful ideologies and build community power.
Don't miss this Member CEU Webinar: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
Don't miss this Member CEU Webinar: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Next week is the finale of our Equity in the Built Environment series! Join us to explore how policy landscapes can act as design parameters for spatial justice. We’ll share tools to dismantle harmful ideologies and build community power.
Don't miss this Member CEU Webinar: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
Don't miss this Member CEU Webinar: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
Are you curious about how a Just label impacts your organization? Talk with the program’s Senior Manager and get answers to your questions during Wednesday’s FREE Just Info Session!
Sign up today! https://bit.ly/4hl5mRY
Sign up today! https://bit.ly/4hl5mRY
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Are you curious about how a Just label impacts your organization? Talk with the program’s Senior Manager and get answers to your questions during Wednesday’s FREE Just Info Session!
Sign up today! https://bit.ly/4hl5mRY
Sign up today! https://bit.ly/4hl5mRY
Living Future is powered by people. The Faces of Living Future celebrates the architects, engineers, builders, contractors, manufacturers, policymakers, & advocates who make up this incredible community.
Register for LF26 by 12/19 to save & get a free book: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
Register for LF26 by 12/19 to save & get a free book: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Living Future is powered by people. The Faces of Living Future celebrates the architects, engineers, builders, contractors, manufacturers, policymakers, & advocates who make up this incredible community.
Register for LF26 by 12/19 to save & get a free book: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
Register for LF26 by 12/19 to save & get a free book: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
The 2025 Living Future Materials Report—Design to the Nines: Using Regenerative Materials to Restore Earth’s Nine Planetary Boundaries—shows how #RegenerativeMaterials can help restore the systems that support all life.
Access the free report: https://bit.ly/48gOmc6
Access the free report: https://bit.ly/48gOmc6
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The 2025 Living Future Materials Report—Design to the Nines: Using Regenerative Materials to Restore Earth’s Nine Planetary Boundaries—shows how #RegenerativeMaterials can help restore the systems that support all life.
Access the free report: https://bit.ly/48gOmc6
Access the free report: https://bit.ly/48gOmc6
For decades, efficiency metrics alone haven’t solved our climate and social challenges. At #LF26, explore how #RegenerativeDesign and #NatureBasedSolutions create scalable impact—and learn how to make the case to clients.
Register by 12/19 to save $200 + get a free book!: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Register by 12/19 to save $200 + get a free book!: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For decades, efficiency metrics alone haven’t solved our climate and social challenges. At #LF26, explore how #RegenerativeDesign and #NatureBasedSolutions create scalable impact—and learn how to make the case to clients.
Register by 12/19 to save $200 + get a free book!: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Register by 12/19 to save $200 + get a free book!: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Join us Dec 10 for Toast to the Nines—a free virtual gathering celebrating this year’s regenerative materials wins + a first look at what’s ahead in 2026. Featuring our new industry report highlights & sponsor stories.
Register: https://bit.ly/4oSIb54
Register: https://bit.ly/4oSIb54
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Join us Dec 10 for Toast to the Nines—a free virtual gathering celebrating this year’s regenerative materials wins + a first look at what’s ahead in 2026. Featuring our new industry report highlights & sponsor stories.
Register: https://bit.ly/4oSIb54
Register: https://bit.ly/4oSIb54
Bold design can be a lifeline.
See how Oregon’s tallest mass timber PSH tower merges biophilic design + trauma-informed spaces to create 90 homes for elders at LF26.
Register for #LF26 by Dec 19 to save $200 + get an Ecotone book perk: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #HousingJustice
See how Oregon’s tallest mass timber PSH tower merges biophilic design + trauma-informed spaces to create 90 homes for elders at LF26.
Register for #LF26 by Dec 19 to save $200 + get an Ecotone book perk: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #HousingJustice
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Bold design can be a lifeline.
See how Oregon’s tallest mass timber PSH tower merges biophilic design + trauma-informed spaces to create 90 homes for elders at LF26.
Register for #LF26 by Dec 19 to save $200 + get an Ecotone book perk: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #HousingJustice
See how Oregon’s tallest mass timber PSH tower merges biophilic design + trauma-informed spaces to create 90 homes for elders at LF26.
Register for #LF26 by Dec 19 to save $200 + get an Ecotone book perk: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #HousingJustice
The #BuiltEnvironment can heal or harm. Join the finale of our Member CEU Equity in the Built Environment series with Colloqate Design to explore tools that advance design justice and community power. Register today: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #DesignJustice
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #DesignJustice
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The #BuiltEnvironment can heal or harm. Join the finale of our Member CEU Equity in the Built Environment series with Colloqate Design to explore tools that advance design justice and community power. Register today: https://bit.ly/4r5g6cg
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #DesignJustice
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #DesignJustice
Want to choose wood products that truly protect forests?
This Guardian piece unpacks major forestry certifications—from #FSC to the #LivingProductChallenge—and what they mean for people + planet.
Read more: https://bit.ly/443GWI0
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#LivingFuture #SustainableMaterials
This Guardian piece unpacks major forestry certifications—from #FSC to the #LivingProductChallenge—and what they mean for people + planet.
Read more: https://bit.ly/443GWI0
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#LivingFuture #SustainableMaterials
Can wood be good? Green forestry standards demystified, from FSC to SFI
The tree-shaped badge on your next desk might certify the gold standard of forestry – or very little. Here’s how to tell
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Want to choose wood products that truly protect forests?
This Guardian piece unpacks major forestry certifications—from #FSC to the #LivingProductChallenge—and what they mean for people + planet.
Read more: https://bit.ly/443GWI0
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#LivingFuture #SustainableMaterials
This Guardian piece unpacks major forestry certifications—from #FSC to the #LivingProductChallenge—and what they mean for people + planet.
Read more: https://bit.ly/443GWI0
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#LivingFuture #SustainableMaterials
We’re seeking volunteers to help bring Living Future 2026 to life in Seattle. Apply by Feb 2 and choose three 4-hour shifts during conference week. Selected volunteers receive 50% off their pass. Be part of shaping a living future for all.
Apply: https://bit.ly/4i89HJB
Apply: https://bit.ly/4i89HJB
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We’re seeking volunteers to help bring Living Future 2026 to life in Seattle. Apply by Feb 2 and choose three 4-hour shifts during conference week. Selected volunteers receive 50% off their pass. Be part of shaping a living future for all.
Apply: https://bit.ly/4i89HJB
Apply: https://bit.ly/4i89HJB
The #LivingFuture2026 Early Bird deadline is now Dec 19th! Early Bird registrants will receive a code for either a free digital copy or 50% off a physical copy of any Ecotone publication!
Don't wait! Secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign
Don't wait! Secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The #LivingFuture2026 Early Bird deadline is now Dec 19th! Early Bird registrants will receive a code for either a free digital copy or 50% off a physical copy of any Ecotone publication!
Don't wait! Secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign
Don't wait! Secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4nPK162
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign
Thank you to everybody who joined us at last night's #LivingFuture2026 Ramp Up in Seattle! Together, we can move the needle towards a #LivingFuture. Thank you, Mithun, for opening your space at Pier 56 and making this possible.
Join us when we're back in Seattle this April! https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us when we're back in Seattle this April! https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thank you to everybody who joined us at last night's #LivingFuture2026 Ramp Up in Seattle! Together, we can move the needle towards a #LivingFuture. Thank you, Mithun, for opening your space at Pier 56 and making this possible.
Join us when we're back in Seattle this April! https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us when we're back in Seattle this April! https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
How did HP, ZGF, PAE & Swinerton lead a tech lab to #ZeroCarbon certification? Learn how early collaboration & MEP life cycle analysis turned decarbonization goals into action at #LivingFuture2026 session A Tech Lab’s Journey to Zero Carbon.
Register today and save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Register today and save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How did HP, ZGF, PAE & Swinerton lead a tech lab to #ZeroCarbon certification? Learn how early collaboration & MEP life cycle analysis turned decarbonization goals into action at #LivingFuture2026 session A Tech Lab’s Journey to Zero Carbon.
Register today and save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Register today and save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Congrats to the organizations that finalized their #Just labels in October! 🎉They are part of a growing movement leading the way in workplace equity & transparency.
Learn more about this framework to evaluate employee experience transparently: https://bit.ly/just-intro.
Learn more about this framework to evaluate employee experience transparently: https://bit.ly/just-intro.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congrats to the organizations that finalized their #Just labels in October! 🎉They are part of a growing movement leading the way in workplace equity & transparency.
Learn more about this framework to evaluate employee experience transparently: https://bit.ly/just-intro.
Learn more about this framework to evaluate employee experience transparently: https://bit.ly/just-intro.
For us, a Living Future blends people, nature, and the spaces we inhabit. It’s more than a building. It’s a movement.
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For us, a Living Future blends people, nature, and the spaces we inhabit. It’s more than a building. It’s a movement.
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
Join us at #LivingFuture2026. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture #RegenerativeDesign #FutureOfDesign #DeepTimeThinking #ClimateJustice #DesignLegacy
The new #CommonMaterialsFramework Implementation Toolkit from our friends at mindful MATERIALS is here! Living Future is proud to align our programs with the CMF to make product data easier to use and trust across platforms and projects.
Download: https://bit.ly/cmf-implementation-toolkit
Download: https://bit.ly/cmf-implementation-toolkit
Common Materials Framework Implementation Toolkit | mindful MATERIALS
mindful MATERIALS—together with our Forum Members and Partners—has aggregated 30+ years of collective progress to create this Toolkit: a practical resource to make sustainable material decisions, spec...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The new #CommonMaterialsFramework Implementation Toolkit from our friends at mindful MATERIALS is here! Living Future is proud to align our programs with the CMF to make product data easier to use and trust across platforms and projects.
Download: https://bit.ly/cmf-implementation-toolkit
Download: https://bit.ly/cmf-implementation-toolkit
The #LivingFuture2026 program is live! This year’s lineup brings together global leaders & practitioners driving change in the #BuiltEnvironment.
Explore the sessions and build your schedule: https://bit.ly/4qFr5cd.
Register today and save $200 with the Early Bird Rate: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Explore the sessions and build your schedule: https://bit.ly/4qFr5cd.
Register today and save $200 with the Early Bird Rate: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The #LivingFuture2026 program is live! This year’s lineup brings together global leaders & practitioners driving change in the #BuiltEnvironment.
Explore the sessions and build your schedule: https://bit.ly/4qFr5cd.
Register today and save $200 with the Early Bird Rate: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Explore the sessions and build your schedule: https://bit.ly/4qFr5cd.
Register today and save $200 with the Early Bird Rate: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp.
Join our next webinar for a deep dive into the new Fostering Equity & Wellness Report, featuring panelists from Mithun, Side x Side, BranchPattern, and Neumann Monson Architects!
Register today—this special event is open to both free and Professional Members: https://bit.ly/47NtDO4
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#LivingFuture
Register today—this special event is open to both free and Professional Members: https://bit.ly/47NtDO4
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#LivingFuture
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join our next webinar for a deep dive into the new Fostering Equity & Wellness Report, featuring panelists from Mithun, Side x Side, BranchPattern, and Neumann Monson Architects!
Register today—this special event is open to both free and Professional Members: https://bit.ly/47NtDO4
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#LivingFuture
Register today—this special event is open to both free and Professional Members: https://bit.ly/47NtDO4
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#LivingFuture
Despite today’s headwinds, our community is designing boldly for the next 100 years. Join us at #LivingFuture2026 to explore real #RegenerativeDesign projects reshaping the #BuiltEnvironment and connect with those driving lasting impact. Early Birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Despite today’s headwinds, our community is designing boldly for the next 100 years. Join us at #LivingFuture2026 to explore real #RegenerativeDesign projects reshaping the #BuiltEnvironment and connect with those driving lasting impact. Early Birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
What excites you most about #LF26 in Seattle? Here's our top 3:
1. Regeneration in Action
2. Building What’s Next
3. Starting and growing Partnerships
We're counting down the days until we gather & hope that will include you!
Early birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture
1. Regeneration in Action
2. Building What’s Next
3. Starting and growing Partnerships
We're counting down the days until we gather & hope that will include you!
Early birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What excites you most about #LF26 in Seattle? Here's our top 3:
1. Regeneration in Action
2. Building What’s Next
3. Starting and growing Partnerships
We're counting down the days until we gather & hope that will include you!
Early birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture
1. Regeneration in Action
2. Building What’s Next
3. Starting and growing Partnerships
We're counting down the days until we gather & hope that will include you!
Early birds save $200: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
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#LivingFuture
Fostering Equity & Wellness: 10 recommendations from Just organizations to help leaders move from intent to action. Learn how to assess, formalize policy, and center employee health so people & organizations thrive.
Download FREE: https://bit.ly/46V11kv
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#WorkplaceEquity #CompanyLeadership
Download FREE: https://bit.ly/46V11kv
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#WorkplaceEquity #CompanyLeadership
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fostering Equity & Wellness: 10 recommendations from Just organizations to help leaders move from intent to action. Learn how to assess, formalize policy, and center employee health so people & organizations thrive.
Download FREE: https://bit.ly/46V11kv
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#WorkplaceEquity #CompanyLeadership
Download FREE: https://bit.ly/46V11kv
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#WorkplaceEquity #CompanyLeadership
For 20 years, #LivingFuture has united visionaries and practitioners across the built environment. In April 2026, we gather again not just to discuss change, but to make it a reality.
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026. Early Bird pricing is live. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026. Early Bird pricing is live. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
October 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For 20 years, #LivingFuture has united visionaries and practitioners across the built environment. In April 2026, we gather again not just to discuss change, but to make it a reality.
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026. Early Bird pricing is live. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026. Early Bird pricing is live. https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Step into a space where bold ideas and collective action will shape the next century of our #BuiltEnvironment.
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026, April 14-17.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026, April 14-17.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Step into a space where bold ideas and collective action will shape the next century of our #BuiltEnvironment.
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026, April 14-17.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp
Join us in Seattle for #LivingFuture2026, April 14-17.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42mtjmp