Susan Farris: How Can We All Help Sustain HUMAN Ability?

In this four-part blog series with Sustainable Brands, Shaw will be exploring trends in where and how we live, and the movement toward more sustainable housing, offices and other buildings that embraces occupant wellbeing.

As much as I love to spend time outside hiking with my family, exploring new countries with my husband, or enjoying the lake or mountains with friends, my average day is spent largely indoors. And I’m not alone. On average, people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors.

With this being the reality for so many of us, it’s no surprise that the definition of sustainability has broadened beyond traditional operational measures (such as energy, water and recycled content), and even social and philanthropic impacts, to an increased interest in material health and how commercial and residential spaces impact people.

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