{"id":173,"date":"2022-05-09T23:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living-future.org\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2024-12-04T20:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:09:59","slug":"lcc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/living-future.org\/lcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Community Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:425px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#000000\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"790\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-11100\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC.jpg\" style=\"object-position:57% 53%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"57% 53%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24_0909_website_headers-01-LCC-1536x639.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-bc56f172 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-bottom\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Living-Community-Challenge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h1 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-be6441e521a7f3474bd6518f0aae1b0e wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-base-2-color\">Living Community Challenge<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/lcc\/basics\/\">Get the Basics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-77efe67c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Integrated Communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Living Community Challenge is a framework for master planning, design, and construction. It is a tool to create a symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program is a call to action to governments, campuses, planners, developers and neighborhood groups to create communities that are as connected and beautiful as a forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE: While the program is no longer taking registrations, we are providing these as reference materials that can provide inspiration and guidance to people interested in the community approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create healthy communities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Living Communities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nurturing and generous places that promote healthy lifestyles for everyone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Net positive with respect to water and energy. Living Communities generate their own energy and capture and treat all the water they need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a positive impact on the human and natural systems that interact with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-1024x602.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-1024x602.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-768x451.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-1536x902.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LKC2doGo-scaled-e1652132136172-2048x1203.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity alignwide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Case Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-d63fe79a wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3830 case-studies type-case-studies status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry program-lcc\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/a-living-city-bend-oregon-living-community-pilot-project\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Living City: Bend, Oregon Living Community Pilot Project\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-15-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d59a88d5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><h2 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-6a45a7e2d27acd1b25b7978aa99cb5a6 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/a-living-city-bend-oregon-living-community-pilot-project\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Living City: Bend, Oregon Living Community Pilot Project<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gotham-font-family wp-block-paragraph\">Bend, OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-background-color has-background is-style-default wp-container-content-e2fe384e\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-program wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size has-gotham-font-family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/program\/lcc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Living Community Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gotham-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-c3c68299532e45b7a91ef02702e734d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Local partners from the City of Bend worked closely with the Institute to infuse their Central Area Redevelopment with Living Building principles. The project team looked at ways to leverage future redevelopment to reknit an existing district back into the downtown and created a framework for a net zero energy and water community. Download the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3795 case-studies type-case-studies status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry program-lcc\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/california-state-university-monterey-bay\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"California State University Monterey Bay\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-6-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-6-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-6-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d59a88d5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><h2 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-6a45a7e2d27acd1b25b7978aa99cb5a6 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/california-state-university-monterey-bay\/\" target=\"_self\" >California State University Monterey Bay<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gotham-font-family wp-block-paragraph\">Seaside, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-background-color has-background is-style-default wp-container-content-e2fe384e\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-program wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size has-gotham-font-family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/program\/lcc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Living Community Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gotham-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-c3c68299532e45b7a91ef02702e734d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) is located Monterey County. It occupies a total land area of +1,300 acres (main campus is +600 acres) and occupies the site and some buildings that originally functioned as the Fort Ord military base from 1917 until 1994. The University seeks to transform the campus into a \u201c21st-century setting&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3803 case-studies type-case-studies status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry program-lcc\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/emerson-street-community\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Emerson Street Community, A Neighborhood Co-Operative\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-7-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d59a88d5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><h2 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-6a45a7e2d27acd1b25b7978aa99cb5a6 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/emerson-street-community\/\" target=\"_self\" >Emerson Street Community, A Neighborhood Co-Operative<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gotham-font-family wp-block-paragraph\">PORTLAND, OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-background-color has-background is-style-default wp-container-content-e2fe384e\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-program wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size has-gotham-font-family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/program\/lcc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Living Community Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gotham-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-c3c68299532e45b7a91ef02702e734d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-2-color has-small-font-size wp-container-content-32e3a40d\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This project explores how the Living Community Challenge can be used as a tool by existing residential neighborhoods to not only maximize the social and environmental benefits of community redevelopment, but also address some of the inherent challenges: maintaining affordability for existing residents, guarding against gentrification, and minimizing the displacement of homes, businesses, and institutions.&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-bf881693 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/case-studies\/program\/lcc\/\">View All<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity alignwide\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Petals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine communities that function like a forest ecosystem. The Living Community Challenge is organized into seven performance areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e39da43a wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Place-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Place<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restoring a healthy coexistence with nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Water-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating water independent sites, buildings and communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Energy-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relying only on current solar income.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Health-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health + Happiness<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maximizing physical and psychological health and well being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Materials-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Endorsing products and processes that are safe for all species through time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76f2fd38 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/living-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LCC-Equity-Petal-300x125-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporting a Just, equitable World.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained 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