5. Sustainability is a big word today We hear the word sustainable being used all the time and in many ways so for me the best short question about sustainability was asked at the Living Futures Conference: “What if we lived here as if we planned to stay?” Oddly as a species in general or… read more
If you get us, you will see and support what we are doing at JC Scott eco Design. Come see and support our community, our ecology, local business & gain a better understanding of natural West Coast Design through our 100 Mile Design business principles, through what we display and promote in our studio gallery and… read more
4. Celebrate & appreciate where you are by using local materials and indigenous architecture There are several advantages to paying attention to where you are in terms of design, because local materials have the lowest carbon footprint and because regional architectural methods usually have been adapted to climatic conditions and available materials. For example this Courtenay restaurant… read more
3. Your carbon footprint really does matter because we are well past inconvenient now. At huge expense, the petrochemical, coal and fuel apologists and their media powers of obfuscation have hidden the truth about the risks we all face by ignoring science. A huge number of North Americans don’t believe in global warming, even during… read more
2. You are more than what you eat, you are also what you breathe, so VOC’S or allergy free? IAQ – VOC’S do you know what these mean? It’s quite important that you do. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is ameasure of the cleanliness or toxicity of the air you breathe indoors. In North American homes… read more
1. What if we lived and behaved as if we planned to stay here? What would we do differently? This expression about planning to stay here (in our communities and on the earth) was raised at Living Future 2012, The Living Building Symposium held this May by the Cascadia Green Building Council in Victoria, BC…. read more
With hope for the future and experience based vision, community based timeless values have moved into greater focus and importance for me. Ten checkpoints that I use for my decision making are worth sharing. Does my design and planning process produce something that is made locally, minimizing transportation needs and energy consumption and enhancing local business and… read more
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Despite the zealous attempts by Moses Znaimer and virtually every other ‘cool’ Zoomer of my generation, an apparently self evident fact is being ignored. The fact? Zoomers are no longer actually cool or with-it, yet they (we for many of us) are in deep denial of this. Hearing the recent Grammy Awards referred to by… read more
JC Scott takes an impactful snap shot of a girl chasing bubbles, leading him to question the actions we take now which will leave an indelible mark on the planet to be inherited by a younger generation. I lead a pleasant life. For example I took this photo at a winery dinner this summer, attended… read more
What the minimum wage shift moving toward (but still a long way from) a living wage means for the hospitality industry is radical and timely evolution. It signals the end of an anachronistic, patriarchal system, which is only one step ahead of farm labour, which remains medieval, except for the robots. Books like Kitchen Confidential… read more
JC ScottQ. Why would a designer select and specify Vancouver Island Marble Quarries products for their projects?A 1. Much of Western and Northern Vancouver Island is comprised of limestone with large marble deposits. The material is both abundant and local.2. Only some of the marble is of good quality in large enough seams without cracks and… read more