SLDI Foundational Primer. The following sequence of articles provides an introduction to the SLDI perspective. 1. Breaking New Ground: How George Washington’s Land Development Ideas Shaped Sustainability The idea of starting “a New American Revolution for Sustainability” was born in 2005 in Washington D.C. as industry experts attended a national conference where keynote speaker William McDonough used his bully pulpit to call for a “Cradle to Cradle” approach to land development. Following McDonough’s speech, a seedling from the oldest known tree in the world was gifted to the Washington National Cathedral by land development representatives who later toured George Washington’s National Masonic Memorial and his Mount Vernon estate. This is the story of Washington’s life you didn’t read about in your history books. 2. Individual components of sustainability have come together, but were initiated and promoted by seperate advocates and frames of reference. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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