Craig Jarvis is an architectural designer with a passion for simplicity and sustainability. He worked in London on heritage-listed buildings in his early career, and spent 13 years in Melbourne running his own commercial building, project management, and architectural design firm. In 2004, Craig moved to Christchurch and bought a piece of bare land by the beach. He has spent the past five years in a 13sqm off-grid tiny house with his two young children.
Where do we start with living in a sustainable home?
Off grid? Smaller?
Why the hell are we still using CCA in New Zealand... This concerns me, alarms me, scares the shit out of me... New Zealand... why are we killing ourselves... Stop looking at a problem in isolation and look at a complete picture...
Healthy building need to be a basic for us!
The toxic ingredients in our buildings are alarming. Why are we diminishing and destroying our connection with nature with our buildings? Energy efficiency should not be our sole focus.
Energy efficiency is NOT sustainability!
The catalyst - wake up - method, materials and motivation... the catalyst is out connection!
Biophillia - our connection with nature - our love of life! Our ability to sustain life... physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and emotionally. What is happening to the human being who occupies the space... are we connecting with life and nature, or removing?
Nature deficit disorder... the last child in the woods...
"our children spend more time building tree-houses on ipads than in trees" We need to encourage them to interact with nature....
Connection with all of life..
The MAGIC is what we see and feel when we connect with nature. It changes our quality of life...
Google - relationship between employees and connection with nature... outstanding results...
Patient recovery with a window compared to those without.... significant positive effects...
Get outside... get in amongst nature...
Include biophillia in the building of our homes, our schools, our hospitals...
Work with the laws of nature - not against them....
Using materials that are 'right and safe' for us to live in...
Design for the quality of life!!!!
We need to nurture our love of nature, our love of life... it is critical to our wellbeing... it needs to be acknowledged, protected and nurtured...
Dream - one day that all homes will feed us, inspire us, heal us, and fill us with wonder and awe and mystery...
Homes that embrace a love of life....
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