CD NOTES / Pause Scenario

1. What If We Never Built Another New Building?

   Great example of the Pause scenario today from Reasons to be Cheerful: If [architect Barbara Buser] were in charge, “I would stop every project,” she says emphatically, “then review them all through the lens of sustainability. If a project cannot meet strict carbon targets, it shouldn’t be built.” Instead of measuring success in Swiss francs, she argues, “the currency should be CO2.” There’s a new film about her work coming soon. *GL-8/24/26