How an earthquake gave Christchurch, New Zealand, a major push toward sustainability

Colin Mackie was in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, when he got a call from his son, who was hiding under a coffee table.

His son was in Christchurch, 270 miles away, sheltering from the second of three major earthquakes in a six-month period that would destroy more than 900 buildings, kill almost 200 people and all but erase the city’s central business district…

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