Climate change is threatening our future
Transforming Higher Education
Rob Fleming, A.I.A, LEED AP, NOMA
Rob Fleming, AIA, LEED AP, NOMA, is the co-creator and director of the award-winning Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program at Thomas Jefferson University. Rob is the author 4 books on sustianable design. Rob has 25 years experience in helping organizations realize their sustainability goals through collaborative and dynamic facilitated experiences. My Guiding Principles are:
Advocate for social equity in the built environment
Co-crreate a regenerative built environment
Promote place-making as a critical part of sustaianble design
Bring economic viability to design projects
Visualizing a Sustainable Future
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My Books
Check out the MS in Sustainable Design Program at Thomas Jefferson University
Sustainable Design for the Built Environment
A top 100 Sustainability book!
I am so excited that my book has consistently broken the top 100 for sustainability books. A new version is coming out in February with the typos corrected and some other fixes as well. The book also comes with a fully develoed course that should be ready for this summer. Let me know if you Read more about A top 100 Sustainability book![…]
A Conversation with Planet Earth – 2020
Check out my annual “State of Sustainability” conversation with the Planet Earth Each year, I check in and see how things are going with the home planet. I provide a transcript of our conversation below: Me: Well Earth, It’s been a year now, how are things? Earth: I am still fine, but I can’t Read more about A Conversation with Planet Earth – 2020[…]
What is your “+1” for 2020
A lot of folks will talk about sustainability as a +1. They see it as an added benefit to a product or project. For example, you might hear people say “That’s a great design project, and its green as well.” In this quote “green” is a bonus or an added benefit, but the priority is Read more about What is your “+1” for 2020[…]
“The ‘O’ shaped student, preparing the next professional for the 21st century”
Title: “The ‘O’ shaped student, preparing the next professional for the 21st century” Abstract Synopsis: The “T” shaped professional has been identified by Tim Brown of Ideo as the desired profile for 21st-century professionals.[i] Breadth and depth of knowledge is an accepted framework for thinking about the professional student. In the 21st-century , a new Read more about “The ‘O’ shaped student, preparing the next professional for the 21st century”[…]