"Meg Calkins has provided cutting-edge material research, specification best practices, and outlined detailing and construction strategies that will accelerate the shift to climate positive practices and sites. This book challenges readers to think beyond short-term gains within project boundaries and instead focus on long-term sustainable practices and decisions at the macro level." Pamela Conrad, Founder and Executive Director, Climate Positive Design "The science on the effects of carbon is clear. Calkins has given landscape architects, architects, engineers, developers, and government officials tangible tools for taking action. Now get to work and use them - there are no more excuses." Lucinda Sanders, CEO and Partner, OLIN "Meg Calkins continues the revolution she started with The Sustainable Sites Handbook . Here, backed by over a decade of fact-finding and scrutiny, she asks designers and engineers to be leaders in reducing the globe's embodied carbon footprint, then provides the thinking and steps to get there. She is not asking for sacrifice in quality or aesthetics, but for persistence in expanding our environmental fluency and reach.

Let's answer the call." Laura Solano, Partner, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Landscape Architects "Professor Calkins' new book prepares practitioners to deliver climate positive projects through their design and material choices and leads with the necessary sufficiency-first mindset. This is a must-have comprehensive resource for practitioners to leverage their material palettes for climate positive outcomes." Vincent Martinez, President & COO, Architecture 2030.