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Living Buildings Challenge Wins BFCWe've been sitting on the edge of our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene">buckyballs</a> for the past few weeks waiting to find out the winner of the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/buckminster-fuller-challenge-2012-finalists-announced/">2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge</a>, and now the moment of truth has finally arrived! And the winner is... the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/the-living-building-challenge-is-once-again-a-buckminster-fuller-challenge-finalist/"> Living Building Challenge</a>! We weren't at all surprised that the project which sets the world's highest ecological standard for building thoughtful, sustainable architecture, reigned supreme in this search for solutions to make our world a better place. Read on to learn more about this groundbreaking organization and how it is enacting positive change in the world of architecture.1
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeThis slide shows that the Living Building Challenge goes above and beyond other green building programs, promoting architecture that is actually good for the environment, not just "not bad."2
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeLiving Building Challenge founder Jason McLennan3
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeMr. McLennan showed members of the audience some really powerful projects that the LBC has worked on like this Seattle school where the kids requested a river in their school and actually got it!4
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeAnother powerful story Mr. McLennan shared with us. When he visited this living school, a 15 year old female student actually took him on a detailed tour teaching him about the building's systems and energy-saving mechanisms. How's that for making a difference in people's lives and affecting the next generation?5
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeThe Omega Center is actually a wastewater treatment facility but it's so lovely and inspiring that people do yoga in there. Breathing deeply in a sewage treatment plant? Yes, if it's a Living Building!6
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Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeThe Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, NY was the world's first certified Living Building.10
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeWe congratulate the Living Building Challenge on their win and hope that the $100,000 prize and the recognition of their truly innovative endeavors leads to even more structures becoming Living Buildings that protect and improve the environment around them.11
Living Building Challenge Wins Buckminster Fuller ChallengeTo learn more about the <a href="https://ilbi.org/lbc">Living Building Challenge</a> and the other esteemed finalists of this year's <a href="http://challenge.bfi.org/">Buckminster Fuller Challenge</a>, visit their website <a href="http://challenge.bfi.org/Winners/Finalists">here</a>.12
