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From our Lab and beyond, here is some exciting news about the healthy materials frontier.
April 22, 2025

Earth Day Resources for Healthy, Regenerative Design

This Earth Day, explore free tools, directories, and insights that empower designers to create a healthier built environment using regenerative, circular, and culturally rooted material practices.
April 14, 2025

Regenerative and Biogenic: The Essence of Cork

Cork is a breathable, light-weight, buoyant, fire retardant, and carbon negative material which can be used in a variety of material applications. 
March 31, 2025

The Built Environment and Childhood Obesity: Creating Healthier Communities

A summary of the recently published article (2024) that addresses the built environment’s contribution to childhood obesity and public health prevention strategies.  
March 10, 2025

Design with the Ocean: Healthy, Circular, Biobased Materials

As the building and design professionals search for alternatives to petroleum-based products, marine-derived materials—such as eelgrass, algae, and seaweed—are emerging as promising solutions. 

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Apr

28

From Field to Form: Cork with The Architectural League of New York

April 28, 2025
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Wollman Hall

Join Parsons Healthy Materials Lab and The Architectural League of New York for this in-person conversation exploring the present and future of cork in design and construction.

Mar

25

Marine Materials: Designing the Future with the Ocean

March 25, 2025
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Online

Discover how aquatic plants like seaweed, eelgrass, and algae are shaping a healthier, petroleum-free future in design with experts in biobased materials and marine biology.

Mar

3

Restoration and Resilience: Rebuilding Ukraine

March 3, 2025
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Wollman Hall

Join architects Victoria Caubet and Alison Mears for a powerful talk on rebuilding Ukraine with sustainable design and circular materials. This will be a hybrid (in person and online) event.

Nov

20

From Field to Form: Mycelium with The Architectural League of New York

November 20, 2024
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Wollman Hall

A group of experts discuss the use of mycelium as a building material.
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