I often hear the complexity of the bind we are in winnowed down to one overly simplistic solution. We have spent the entire industrial revolution creating this situation and we have many interdependent knots to untangle and restring into eco-literate systems. We often look for one thing to save us. Electric cars, a gathering of […]
What is the moral and practical stance on claiming existing sequestration assets when developing a new project? This is a hotly debated topic of discussion in Elder Creek’s Carbon Lab. We will start by saying the carbon purists on our team hold a hard “NO” on claiming any existing assets as we must make landscapes’ […]
How Do I Convince a Skeptical Principal this is a Good Investment? I have been getting emails asking how to help sell this software to principals or how to justify it as a solopreneur with low volume. We are in a time of great change throughout the world and there is only so much change […]
Let’s be honest, doing less bad is not very exciting. We are DESIGNERS! Inherently optimistic, forward thinking (and probably a little bit high maintenance and needing new things to keep us interested:). For some of us, hardscapes, and especially concrete, are our guilty pleasure and make our designs super stylish. For others, they are a […]
Carbon Cheat Sheet At Sandbox we know that details matter. And that you know your project constraints and opportunities better than anyone. That is why we have developed such an incredibly detailed tool (Bond) to analyze the complete carbon cycle. Below are just a few of the carbon impacts of our decisions. Rick Taylor Founder […]
