Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of … - Denis Hayes

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Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.

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Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of Oxford was built 800 years ago. What are we building today that will be here 800 years from now? If something like that emerged from this recession, it would help justify the hardship so many people are currently experiencing.

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