Lloyd Alter
Lloyd Alter is managing editor of TreeHugger and editor of the Design section. He has been an architect, developer, inventor and prefab promoter. He now writes for green websites TreeHugger and Planet Green, and teaches sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design.
In the course of his work developing small residential units and prefabs, Lloyd became convinced that we just use too much of everything- too much space, too much land, too much food, too much fuel, too much money, and that the key to sustainability is to simply use less. And, the key to happily using less is to design things better.
Concerns about uncontrolled demolition and development led to a passion for historic buildings and neighbourhoods, so Lloyd got involved in the local preservation movement and served as President of theArchitectural Conservancy of Ontario from 2009 to 2011.
Latest Stories from Lloyd Alter - Page 16
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Pope Benedict quits; Was advocate of a cleaner, greener lifestyle
When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.
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Bercy Chen completes high-tech update of traditional pit house
Taking a traditional native American design and updating it for the 21st Century
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Transformer desk turns into bedroom
Athanasia Leivaditou designs the perfect desk for all-nighters, described as 1.6 Square Meter of Life
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Tired Title, Boffo Finish in "It's Not Easy Being Green"
Who says the New York Times is ignoring climate and the environment? David Leonhardt writes about the importance of doing something about climate, in a political climate that makes it tough.
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New Society Publishers Lives Another Day
It's tough out there in the book biz, but one of our favourite green publishers gets saved by its founders.
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The Week in Design, From Shipping Containers to Shipping Pallets
What else did you expect? How about literal dumpster diving and the world's greenest building?
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Should We All Be Working a Four Day Week? (Survey)
It's good for the environment and good for families. A British architecture firm goes for 4 and explains why.
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Go To Sleep in a Sleepbox
The tiny sleeping rooms designed for airports land in an old Moscow building; they are more than a hostel and less than a hotel.
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Agenda 21 Update: Tinfoil Hats in Iowa, Republicans Fight Back
It's Crazytown in Des Moines as Republicans fight Soviet style collectivism, AKA sustainable development
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What's the Best Way to Read a Book?
A recent experience doing a book review on an iPad raises some questions.
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Temporary Shipping Container City Built in Amsterdam
O+A use shipping containers the way they were meant to be used
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Treehuggers May Kill Fort Lauderdale Megaproject
Starchitect Bjarke Ingels' three-tower project is on site of Florida's largest rain tree
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New Technique of 3D Printing Works With Embryonic Stem Cells
We don't have a Kinko's for Kidneys yet, but we are getting closer.
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RIP Danforth Toan, Architect of Brutalist Libraries
It isn't a fashionable style these days, but Toan used it to build some very impressive libraries.
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"Hen House" Treads Lightly on the Scottish Landscape
A small holiday house by Rural Design Architects is designed to act as "a visitor in the ancient landscape."
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SLIDESHOW: "Hen House" Treads Lightly on the Scottish Landscape
More detail on Rural Design Architects' holiday house on the Isle of Skye
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A Call for the 0.1% to Save the Planet with a Billionaire League of Justice
Thomas Watson suggests it might be our best hope of putting humanity on a sustainable path
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Green Building under Threat: Feds May Drop LEED Endorsement
The General Services Administration wimps out, looks for "additional input" as big chem gets ready to party
