Public 5 A Human Thing Author:Mark Kelly Public 5: A Human Thing is a commentary on social, ecological and economic sustainability. The first volume is due for publication in February 2009. For the first time in human history, more than half of the world s population lives in cities. As the globe experiences rapid climate change and issues of energy and resources conservation are param... more »ount, the design industry faces an urgent challenge on how better buildings and cities can significantly reduce our impact on the environment. By entering the debate, Public 5 acknowledges that a problem on this scale has no single solution: policy, technology and behavioural change all have important roles to play in an arena that traverses the individual, produce, industry, city, country, affecting the entire globe.« less