It's Our World - Now What Can We Do? (Part 3 of 3)

PLEASE NOTE, THE AUTHOR INTENDS TO PUBLISH THIS ARTICLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ALL DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, AND CRITICISM WILL BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE THE WRITING GOES INTO PRINT. IDEALLY, THE GOAL IS TO REACH OUT TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND SPARK INSIGHTFUL, INTELLECTUAL DEBATE.                                                                                                                                                                                                       -KUHLEKTIV 

Now,

what can we do?

My dear architecture student, you are in the most powerful position of all! For you see, buildings (the objects of our all-nighters and caffeine addictions) consume nearly three quarters of all electricity produced in the United States! Embarrassingly, 76% of all the coal, oil and gas burned is used simply for the operation of our country’s buildings; globally, this number is even bigger.

The USA is the world's largest producer of CO₂ emissions (per capita). In our country, buildings produce nearly half of all CO₂ emissions surpassing both the transportation and industry sectors.[1]

It's Our World - The Cold Hard Facts (Part 2 of 3)

Please note, the author intends to publish this article in the near future. All discussion, comments, and criticism will be carefully considered before the writing goes into print. Ideally, the goal is to reach out to the larger community of students and spark insightful, intellectual debate.                                                                                                                                                                                                       -kuhlektiv 

Here are some numbers:

2.0 - (0.8 + 0.8) = 0.4

2.0

That’s the number of degrees Celsius the earth's average temperature can be raised in order for life as we know it to 

continue. (Read: water and food in stable supply for SOME nations, inescapable sci-fi-like conditions for others)

It's Our World (Part 1 of 3)

Please note, the author intends to publish this article in the near future. All discussion, comments, and criticism will be carefully considered before the writing goes into print. Ideally, the goal is to reach out to the larger community of students and spark insightful, intellectual debate.                                                                                                                                                                                                       -kuhlektiv 

Students:

Lend me your attention, your easily divided and hard won attention, for I have a plea. I have a bone to pick with the institutions that have shaped the world in which we are about to emerge. For 22 years I have been taught that my teachers know best, that mom and dad's ways of life were to be emulated, and that with age come wisdom. In the world of our parents and teachers, we are nothing of value without this hard won wisdom; 

"Children should be seen and not heard."

But here's the thing: