Inspiration from Bob Berkebile in this month’s Dwell Magazine. It’s up to us to step up to the plate, raise our standards, and draw the line when it comes to being green.

He looks like true survivor! It must have been ridiculously difficult to get something like LEEDS pushed through. I hear people complaining about it a lot more than I hear people praising it, which distresses me. Anyone who’s tried to do anything meaningful in an organization knows that you have to give and take in order to get the greater good accomplished.

Great stuff and especially admirable considering architects are often the most powerless people in any project, subject to financial needs and client wishes. I guess they use their incredible people skills to make sure we do the right thing.