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Means to act
So what is happening today? How can an architect act as an activist toady? What is the means to act for a change? Even if the development is driven by the single new explorations the change is created by the big mass. Architects need to take a political stand for the environment. During 2019 architects and firms have all over the world declared climate and biodiversity emergency. Professionals has gathered to together work for a change in the policies. Together they are working for a rise of awareness on the climate crisis among their clients and the industry. They are also asking for
a faster change in the design practices and the method following, but they also have concrete ideas how the profession can better their impact on the environment. One of these examples is to create an open source platform to share knowledge and research. Another is to include life cycle costing with the whole life carbon modelling while working on a project to reduce embodied and also operational resource use. 6
