Sustainability As Legacy

Our future and that of our children and grandchildren is being created by the very decisions we make today. If that sounds like a pretty big responsibility rest assured that it is also a golden opportunity!

With the consequences of our choices we can leave a legacy for the future, and what bigger legacy could there be than that of sustainability? Although 'sustainability' is a much used (and often misused) word with a shifting definition, it essentially means that by definition something going to last long into the future.

The alternative is simple; making a mess, safe in the knowledge we won’t be here to clean it up. Not a great legacy to leave....

It’s the paradox of having the technology and intelligence to build incredible homes that create their own energy (and also give back to the grid), while willfully ignoring the consequences of burning fossil fuels at an ever-increasing rate.

And what of Social Sustainability? Consider the paradox of the housing crisis sitting right alongside an epidemic of elder loneliness and lack of great care provision.

We should be creating homes that not only work well for us now but well into the future, providing space and facility for our future selves and future generations. Long term, comfortable well designed homes.

We as individuals have more power than ever before, and not just in terms of what we buy, but also in how we invest in the homes we choose to live in.

It’s all about creating the future through our actions today, that’s our legacy.