There are many practical solutions for the built environment. There is now no reason to build anything other than highly efficient sustainable buildings, and we need to encourage and demand that builders and architects make use of the latest thinking and technology. Methods include:
Natural and green building methods and approaches
- Straw bale building
- Cob
- Timber framed and green woodworking
- Adobe
- Walter Segal
- Passive solar
- Pattern Language
- Passive House Technology
Water
- Rainwater harvesting systems
- Sustainable urban drainage
- WETland systems of sewage treatment
Transport routes