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Yeadon based nonprofit LoveLovingLove Inc. has been working for over three years to bring an “Earthship” to Philadelphia . In April, they will be one step closer. Architect and Earthship inventor Michael Reynolds will be teaching a three day seminar April 6-8th at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. An ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Recycling
After smart tech takes over the home and the car, gadget gardening looks like it could be the next frontier. This new gardening prototype is an interactive algae farm, that hosts micro and macro-algal organisms as well as bioluminescent bacteria. Designed to engage notions of urban renewable energy and agriculture ... keep reading
Written by Emma Hutchings/ PSFK this month, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior
Takenaka Corp. has completed a highly energy-efficient office building, called "Ecohouse," along with a factory employing a total of 70 environmental technologies to significantly reduce environmental impact. The building and factory were built for Amino Up Chemical Co. -- which extracts, develops, and manufactures naturally derived substances -- at its head office ... keep reading
Written by Japan for Sustainability this month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Industry & Business
Kristin Shrader-Frechette of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading
A 30 storeys and 17,000 square meters of hotel built in Hunan Province in China. Earthquake resistant and energy efficient, Zhang Yue of Broad Group plans to replicate this method throughout the country. keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Architecture, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre is currently investigating the feasibility of an off grid housing community in Taupo. Homes would be heated either via geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied via solar and wind. Waste water would be drip irrigated to energy crops which provide future fuel for ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Architecture, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar
Since November this year the large-scale sculpture “Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain” by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is accessible for the public. So it looks like a roller coaster, but you walk on it. Lovely ! Its in the south of Duisburg and at the highest point of the sculpture ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Design
Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto protocol, initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, was designed to combat global warming with the agreement allowing countries like China and India take voluntary ... keep reading
Written by John C.K. Daly in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy
Within discussions on sustainable transportation, high speed light rails and electric vehicles are the sexy topic of choice. Buses generally are seen as necessary components of public transit, especially for lower income families, but are often viewed as dirty and visually unattractive. Their noise, excessive emissions, or in the case ... keep reading
Written by Riley Smith in December 2011, about Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Coal & Oil, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport, Travel (1 comment)
In the course of growing concerns about unstable oil supplies and the impact of fossil fuels on global warming, biofuels are receiving increased attention. Putting ethanol instead of gasoline in your tank saves oil and is probably no worse for the environment than burning gasoline. Biofuels, which are made from ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture (1 comment)
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