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The 2010 Imperative
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The 2010 Imperative is an initiative issued by Architecture 2030 that proposed ecological literacy, largely missing from the curriculum in the United States, would become a key element of design education by 2010, in order to combat global warming and world resource depletion. The initiative The 2010 Imperative called for the following: * Beginning in 2007, educators should add to all design studio problems the following requirement: "Solutions to design problems must engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuel." * By 2010, all academic design curricula shall achieve complete ecological literacy in design education, including the following areas of study: : design / studio : history / theory : materials / technology : structures / construction : professional practice / ethics * By 2010, all design school campuses shall achieve a carbon-neutral footprint. This may be accomplished by implementing innovative sustainable design strategies, generating on-site renewable power and/or purchasing a maximum of 20% renewable energy and/or certified renewable energy credits (RECs, Green tags). See Also
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