BC campuses put theory into action

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H.I. Hayakawa's 'ladder of abstraction' — the concept tevery element of life falls on a 'rung' somewhere betwbasic physical matter at the bottom and grand ideas andtheories at the top — is taught in post secondary institutions throughout the province. Perhaps it's appropriate then, that universities and colleges are livinexamples of the theory in action when it comes to sustainability.

One lecture hall, for instance, could be lit by an energy-saving retrofit lighting system that shines down on 100-percent post consumer recycled paper. Students take notes on the paper as a professor lectures on ecological awareness and theoretical intent in architecture. The raw materials necessary to manufacture the lights and the heady, philosophical justification behind their creation share the same space.