Introduction

Cogito Landscape was created to help people navigate through the decisions, challenges, and rewards associated with sustainable development. Too often people think that because something is sustainable you don't have to do anything to sustain it. In reality the word sustainable implies that something needs sustained.

Sustainability is a condition of relation between the objects being sustained and the stewards responsible for them. Cogito Landscape is focused on residential and commercial landscapes, residential and resort developments, conservation properties and easements. All of these properties faces the same challenges when it comes to sustainability. There is no single answer to those challenges, the questions that must be asked to address them, or the consequences and rewards for the actions taken.

We created this blog to provide a place for people to discuss these questions in an open forum and to welcome the input of others. The mission of Cogito Landscape is to grow people that grow places. This includes the developers, builders, and design teams that create them, the contractors and vendors that build and maintain them, the salesmen that communicate them, and the end users that eventually become their stewards.

Sustainability is a symbiotic relationship in which all of these different parts play key parts and depend on each other to make it work. Cogito works to bring these people together, and give them the tools, information, and assistance they need to make this happen, and create a system that will survive the test of time. We hope this blog becomes one more point where this synergy can occur, not only with our clients, but with anyone who wants to grow and help us grow.