426,370 views | Michael Green • TED@DestinationCanada
If we’re going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use — concrete, steel, masonry and wood — have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a fifth option? Architect Michael Green proposes an entirely new, natural medium inspired by the structure of trees and plants. Learn more about the carbon-sequestering solution to our construction conundrum that’s laying the groundwork for a truly sustainable future.
About the speaker
Michael Green wants to transform an industry that generates almost 40 percent of the world’s carbon emissions — our built environment — by creating cities made of natural, carbon-sequestering biomaterial structures instead of concrete and steel.