News

 July 26, 2010

Read CDF's Summer Quarterly Newsletter

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July 22, 2010

CDF Announces Entry Level Civil Engineer Position

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July 22, 2010

Charles City Permeable Streetscape Under Construction

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Events

July31, 2010

Elmhurst Green Fest 2010

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August 4, 2010

Trial Garden and Plant Health Field Day

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September 7, 2010

Oakland County Building Sustainable Communities Seminar

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Conservation Design Forum

At CDF, we see water as the most vital resource for the whole of nature, which by definition includes people.  This philosophy drives all of our design projects- health facilities, residential neighborhoods, parks, interpretive centers, retail stores, or anything else.  We strive to understand the true natural and cultural spirit of a place, and express it in the design.  

 

For 15 years, CDF has been a leader in the ecological design movement.  We have pioneered green technologies and monitored them over time, to ensure constant improvement.  We accomplish multiple benefits with each design element.  This innovation adds value as does our diverse professional mix of team members.

Notes from the Forum

A Doctrine of Sustainability

by Gerould Wilhelm, January 25, 2010

There are at least six principles that must be attended to in all design programs, if we really are to sustain the ability for next generations to have at least as many choices for free, clean, and healthful living as we have.  A principle is a statement with which no one in the colloquium would disagree. 

I. Accrued understanding of sustained ways of living and technologies, along with...  More >


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