How much water is used in our daily activities? This infographic gives us some food for thought and illustrates some good examples so you can begin to calculate your footprint and try to reduce your gallons.
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Infographic » How much water is used in our daily activities?
Posted on 13 February 2012.
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Simple and Robust Green Packaging, Is it Possible?
Posted on 30 January 2012.
Ecologic Brands is a company which aims to create simple and robust green packaging for the world. Inspired by the Canadian milk pouch. The outer shells are made from recycled cardboard and old newspapers, and can be recycled again and again. The inner pouches use minimal plastic and 100% recycled materials.
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Infographic » The Environmental Impact of Phone Books
Posted on 07 January 2012.
This infographic, called “Death Becomes the Phone Book,” comes from the people at whitepages.com a group is behind the ‘Ban the Phone Book’ campaign to support telephone companies and consumers who want to curb unsolicited (and unnecessary) printing and delivering of white pages phone books.
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Open Source Ecology » DIY Machines to Start a Civilisation
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters that for the last two years has been creating the Global Village Construction Set, an open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform that allows for the easy, DIY fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a sustainable civilisation with modern comforts.
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Video » Who Cares About this Planet?
Posted on 13 December 2011.
“Who Cares About This Planet?” is a spoken word poem that expresses this conflict between concern and ignorance for our planet, written and performed by Made Wade. Short and powerful little film
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Solar Bottles, An Amazingly Simple Green Solution
Posted on 06 December 2011.
Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light), is a sustainable lighting project which aims to bring the eco-friendly Solar Bottle Bulb to disprivileged communities worldwide. Designed and developed by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Solar Bottle Bulb is based on the principles of Appropriate Technologies — a concept that provides simple and easily replicable technologies that address basic needs in developing communities.
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Carbon Nation » A Climate Change Solutions Movie
Posted on 03 December 2011.
carbon nation is an optimistic, climate change solutions film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment.
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Turning Trash into Cash the TerraCycle Way
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Turning trash into cash is easy. Just ask the guys at TerraCycle, an established recycling and upcycling company which do exactly that. This great piece in CNN showcases the company’s great vision and profitable up-cycling business.
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House as an Eco-System » WaterShed is the 2011 Solar Decathlon Winner
Posted on 02 November 2011.
This year’s Solar Decathlon Winner: The WaterShed is an innovative prefabricated house designed on the concept that sustainable living means living as a part of an ecosystem and the natural processes that are a part of it. As a result, the design proposes a building that integrates itself with the landscape, creating one holistic system and is inspired by the naturally diverse Cheasepeak Bay.
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Infographic: Clean Water Access Statistics
Posted on 28 October 2011.
What are the statistics for clean water access worldwide? Here is another great infographic which graphically tells the widespread threats of water pollution and the increasing lack of access to clean water worldwide.
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Principles of Cradle to Cradle Design
Posted on 03 October 2011.
Another relevant and brilliant episode of TED:Talks; William McDonough talks about the concept of “Cradle to Cradle” Design. He believes that green design can prevent environmental disaster — while also driving economic growth. The Green-minded architect and designer asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account “all children, all species, for all time.”
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Eco-Minimalism: The Way Forward for Green Architecture?
Posted on 23 September 2011.
In an age of environmental desperation and ‘green-washed’ architecture solutions, buildings are suffering the wrath of green ignorance and consumerism. High-tech green solutions and government subsidies for alternative technologies are shifting the construction industries towards a future of inefficiency and wastefulness – an approach which could end up doing more harm to environment than good. Can Minimalist Green Architecture be the antidote?
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Green Architect » Samuel Mockbee
Posted on 09 September 2011.
From time to time we like to showcase the work of interesting people who in one way or another influenced the way we think about design and how we approach sustainable architecture. Green Architect Samuel Mockbee understood the principle that it was possible to produce great green architecture in the simplest of settings without negating its beauty.
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Top 5 Eco Toothbrushes
Posted on 26 August 2011.
Guest Post » Here are five eco friendly toothbrushes which can help fight plaque and gum disease, whilst contributing to a cleaner and more sustainable planet.
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How to Go Green Grocery Shopping
Posted on 14 August 2011.
Wonder how to go green grocery shopping? If you are searching for ways to save the environment, a great place to begin is your regular trip to the grocery store. Here are some simple tips to get you started
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Amazing Compact Eco House Project
Posted on 08 August 2011.
Can you live in a house that is 3m x 3m x 3m? The Cube Project is an initiative designed to build a compact eco house where one person could live with a minimum impact on the environment.
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Sustainable Housing For Everyone
Posted on 03 August 2011.
A fantastic sustainable housing lecture by Steve Glenn, CEO & founder of LivingHomes a premier developer of modern, prefabricated homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction.
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Environmental Film » Consumed : Inside the belly of the beast
Posted on 18 July 2011.
Thought provoking and compelling environmental film about modern consumerist culture narrated through an evolutionary viewpoint. The film explores how evolution and psychology underpin a narrative of our times, constantly locating man at its centre with an unhealthy dose of pathos.
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Green Tech City Masterplans – SOM’s Sustainable Urban Development Vision
Posted on 15 July 2011.
Earlier this year, mega-architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill revealed their master plan for the Green Tech City in Hanoi Vietnam, a truly sustainable urban development vision fitting for future Vietnamese generations. As if this wasn’t enough, they have also been awarded two further comissions to take their sustinable urban devlopment vision to the next level.
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Infographic » Which Fish are Safe to Eat and Which Endangered Species to Avoid
Posted on 25 June 2011.
In an age of over-fishing and crashing marine stocks, it’s difficult to keep track of which fish are ethically kosher. Here the fine folks at ‘Information Is Beautiful’ have pooled and visualized the latest consensus and data from various sources to create a simple graph to help you with choosing a sustainable species from the menu.
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About the Author
Fermín Beltrán has worked in Architecture for many years gaining a wide range of real-world design and construction experience. He is fascinated by finding alternatives methods of creating modern architecture in ways that are sustainable, elegant, comfortable and functional. He has vast experience designing and constructing a wide array of buildings ranging from state-of-the-art music halls to social housing and even small holdings in South America. He is currently completing a Masters in Advanced Sustainability at the University of Dundee in Scotland
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