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Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers

Description:
TED talk from architecht Michael Green about the impacts of wooden skyscrapers and how the skyline has changed throughout time with hopeful implications towards a more wooden based one.

Related Topics:
2. Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.
3. Biological processes depend on energy flow through the Earth system.
5. Energy decisions are influenced by economic, political, environmental, and social factors.

Associated Grade Levels:
7-89-1011-12Public

Related Sub-Topics

2.3 Earth’s weather and climate are mostly driven by energy from the Sun.

2.7 The effects of changes in Earth’s energy system are often not immediately apparent.

3.1 The Sun is the major source of energy for organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part

3.6 Humans are part of Earth’s ecosystems and influence energy flow through these systems.

5.1 Decisions concerning the use of energy resources are made at many levels.

5.7 Energy decisions are influenced by social factors.