Ran Boydell
@ranboydell.bsky.social
Australian architect working in Aus+UK, pioneer of sustainable homes, built environment research, posts on #climatechange #netzero #architecture #housing #ecoart #leadership
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
Perhaps the most important point in the declaration is:
> 10. Acknowledges that the global transition towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development is irreversible and the trend of the future.
> 10. Acknowledges that the global transition towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development is irreversible and the trend of the future.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Perhaps the most important point in the declaration is:
> 10. Acknowledges that the global transition towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development is irreversible and the trend of the future.
> 10. Acknowledges that the global transition towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development is irreversible and the trend of the future.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"The era when American politics could make or break global climate cooperation are over."
Christiana Figueres @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
Christiana Figueres @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"The era when American politics could make or break global climate cooperation are over."
Christiana Figueres @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
Christiana Figueres @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap."
@theeconomistnews.bsky.social
@theeconomistnews.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap."
@theeconomistnews.bsky.social
@theeconomistnews.bsky.social
Maybe, just maybe, we are at some level of 'optimal technology'? Feels like we have most of what we need to solve the problems we have? Some of the #AI stuff emerging will be useful of course, but I'm not convinced that unleashing it will abandon is going to help, and it might make things worse...
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Maybe, just maybe, we are at some level of 'optimal technology'? Feels like we have most of what we need to solve the problems we have? Some of the #AI stuff emerging will be useful of course, but I'm not convinced that unleashing it will abandon is going to help, and it might make things worse...
"Australia should already have become a renewables global powerhouse..."
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Australia should already have become a renewables global powerhouse..."
The rest of this paragraph in the PC report suggests otherwise...
"Over the longer term, boosting our resilience to climate perils has the potential to lower the costs of disaster recovery. Productivity benefits will also flow from a healthier population, and our quality of life will improve."
"Over the longer term, boosting our resilience to climate perils has the potential to lower the costs of disaster recovery. Productivity benefits will also flow from a healthier population, and our quality of life will improve."
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The rest of this paragraph in the PC report suggests otherwise...
"Over the longer term, boosting our resilience to climate perils has the potential to lower the costs of disaster recovery. Productivity benefits will also flow from a healthier population, and our quality of life will improve."
"Over the longer term, boosting our resilience to climate perils has the potential to lower the costs of disaster recovery. Productivity benefits will also flow from a healthier population, and our quality of life will improve."
The weird thing about this article is there is zero mention of what young people think about climate discussion in politics even though its a 'teen' magazine?!
> this Australian research showed #climate top issue after housing + jobs
research.monash.edu/en/publicati...
> this Australian research showed #climate top issue after housing + jobs
research.monash.edu/en/publicati...
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The weird thing about this article is there is zero mention of what young people think about climate discussion in politics even though its a 'teen' magazine?!
> this Australian research showed #climate top issue after housing + jobs
research.monash.edu/en/publicati...
> this Australian research showed #climate top issue after housing + jobs
research.monash.edu/en/publicati...
Q. was a waste management plan approved?
> global built environment is ramping up actions like adaptive reuse to avoid demolition, or circular economy to salvage and reuse/recycle materials
> contrast this with the message conveyed by Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House in 1979
> global built environment is ramping up actions like adaptive reuse to avoid demolition, or circular economy to salvage and reuse/recycle materials
> contrast this with the message conveyed by Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House in 1979
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Q. was a waste management plan approved?
> global built environment is ramping up actions like adaptive reuse to avoid demolition, or circular economy to salvage and reuse/recycle materials
> contrast this with the message conveyed by Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House in 1979
> global built environment is ramping up actions like adaptive reuse to avoid demolition, or circular economy to salvage and reuse/recycle materials
> contrast this with the message conveyed by Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House in 1979
Just thinking of similar scenes in Gaza...
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just thinking of similar scenes in Gaza...
In the UK the majority of new houses used to be built by small developers/builders but that has flipped to the big developers, and something like half are built by the big corporates.
(will try and find that data if anyone wants it...)
(will try and find that data if anyone wants it...)
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In the UK the majority of new houses used to be built by small developers/builders but that has flipped to the big developers, and something like half are built by the big corporates.
(will try and find that data if anyone wants it...)
(will try and find that data if anyone wants it...)
"It's like the seatbelt law, the ban on under-18s drinking alcohol, it's where cultural change comes from."
Anika Wells MP
Anika Wells MP
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"It's like the seatbelt law, the ban on under-18s drinking alcohol, it's where cultural change comes from."
Anika Wells MP
Anika Wells MP
"clear issues in the way our properties are marketed that is pumping up prices and wasting people's time."
Millie Muroi
Millie Muroi
October 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"clear issues in the way our properties are marketed that is pumping up prices and wasting people's time."
Millie Muroi
Millie Muroi
"It is easy to forget that those 'forces' are statistical summaries of the deeds of millions of men and women who act on their beliefs in pursuit of their desires."
@stevenpinker.bsky.social commenting on Isabel Wilkerson's 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
@stevenpinker.bsky.social commenting on Isabel Wilkerson's 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"It is easy to forget that those 'forces' are statistical summaries of the deeds of millions of men and women who act on their beliefs in pursuit of their desires."
@stevenpinker.bsky.social commenting on Isabel Wilkerson's 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
@stevenpinker.bsky.social commenting on Isabel Wilkerson's 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
Rising trend for warmer temperatures shows in latest monthly climate data - on.ft.com/4nBBEew via @financialtimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Rising trend for warmer temperatures shows in latest monthly climate data - on.ft.com/4nBBEew via @financialtimes.com
BP = Beyond Petroleum by 0.40%...
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BP = Beyond Petroleum by 0.40%...
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"It's culture not capacity" > a builder used that line at a workshop almost a decade ago and I have been quoting it ever since. To make change happen the collective social mindset needs to change, then we will start using the technical capacities we already gave, and quickly develop others we need.
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"It's culture not capacity" > a builder used that line at a workshop almost a decade ago and I have been quoting it ever since. To make change happen the collective social mindset needs to change, then we will start using the technical capacities we already gave, and quickly develop others we need.
Supply chain costs have been taking blame for #housebuilding affordability, and lumber has seen 2 massive spikes post-covid but is now pretty much back to previous levels. So where is the money going?
Source: finance.yahoo.com
Source: finance.yahoo.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Supply chain costs have been taking blame for #housebuilding affordability, and lumber has seen 2 massive spikes post-covid but is now pretty much back to previous levels. So where is the money going?
Source: finance.yahoo.com
Source: finance.yahoo.com
'Bottom end' rather than 'low end' of the housing market would be a better way to describe prefabs, but however you frame it investing in the type of houses most people would only live in if they can't afford anything else suggests the opposite of confidence in the economy.
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
'Bottom end' rather than 'low end' of the housing market would be a better way to describe prefabs, but however you frame it investing in the type of houses most people would only live in if they can't afford anything else suggests the opposite of confidence in the economy.
So what if US #carbon emissions reduce more slowly, they are just one chunk of global emissions, the biggest being China and they are going rapidly in the right direction. Current US policy will be an ugly pimple in history, everyone else needs to get on with the job.
Image @visualcap.bsky.social
Image @visualcap.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So what if US #carbon emissions reduce more slowly, they are just one chunk of global emissions, the biggest being China and they are going rapidly in the right direction. Current US policy will be an ugly pimple in history, everyone else needs to get on with the job.
Image @visualcap.bsky.social
Image @visualcap.bsky.social
“The client wanted to do this, not to burn or combust oil or gas. As architects, developers, businesses, clients, citizens, we all have to think like this. I look at this building, this lake and these Alps and it is pretty convincing that we can.”
Pierre de Meuron
Pierre de Meuron
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The client wanted to do this, not to burn or combust oil or gas. As architects, developers, businesses, clients, citizens, we all have to think like this. I look at this building, this lake and these Alps and it is pretty convincing that we can.”
Pierre de Meuron
Pierre de Meuron
EV will soon dominate the market because they are better than ICE cars. Different battery options might hasten the change around the margins, or ensure lower environmental harm from production. Another Bucky quote...
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
EV will soon dominate the market because they are better than ICE cars. Different battery options might hasten the change around the margins, or ensure lower environmental harm from production. Another Bucky quote...