Foreword by Kathrina Simonen
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Acronyms and Definitions
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Story of Carbon: The Birth of the Universe, of Carbon, and of Life
Chapter 2: A Brief History of Green Building: Waking Up to Climate Emergency
Box 2.1: The Existing Building Solution by Larry Strain
Chapter 3: Life Cycle Analysis: Tracking Carbon's Stocks and Flows
Chapter 4: Metals and Minerals: Steeling Ourselves
Chapter 5: Concrete: Many Ways to Make a Rock
Box 5.1: Asphalt: the Other Concrete
Box 5.2: The Case for Modern Earthen Building by Lola Ben Alon
Box 5.3: Human Health is Climate Health by Gayatri Datar
Box 5.4: Entering the Market as an Earth Block Producer by Lisa Morey
Box 5.5: Can We Grow Carbon-Storing Buildings? by Wil Srubar
Chapter 6: Biological Architecture: Wood and Mass Timber, Agricultural By-Products, Purpose- Grown Crops, Waste Stream Fibers, and Lab-Grown Materials
Box 6.1 Landscape: Connecting the Carbon Conversation by Pamela Conrad
Chapter 7: Witches' Brew: Plastics, Chemistry, and Carbon
Chapter 8: Construction: On Site and Under Zero
Chapter 9: Education: We All Need Schooling to Make This Possible
Chapter 10: Circular Economy: Extending the Lifespan of Captured Carbon
Chapter 11: Policy and Governance: Twenty-first Century Cat Herding
Chapter 12: A Just Transition: Building a Better Society Means More than Capturing Carbon
Box 12.1: A Manifesto for the Pivotal Decade by Ann Edminster
Chapter 13: The Next Three Decades: Where Do We Go from Here?
15 by 50 Box 13.1 Case study,
Trent University's Forensic Science Building Chapter 14: What's Next? Wow. Just, wow.
Endnotes
About the Contributors
About the Authors