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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Open Source Ecology » DIY Machines to Start a Civilisation
Posted on 28 December 2011.
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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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Energy [R]evolution – A Future Without Fossil Fuel Is Possible
Posted on 17 October 2011.
Can we bring upon a future of free and renewable energy? This brief presentation makes us think that not only it is possible, but the change is already happening.
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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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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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Short Film » Of Forests and Men – Official Film for the International Year of Forests
Posted on 27 July 2011.
To celebrate 2011 as the International Year of Forests, the United Nations approached the photographer and asked him to produce the official film for the International Year of Forests campaign.
Take 7 minutes of your day to watch this film…
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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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Environmental Film » If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Posted on 30 June 2011.
On December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front– a group the FBI has called America’s “number one domestic terrorism threat.” This remarkable must-see film tells the story of the ELF…
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Amazing Bio-tecture » Living Green Bridges in India
Posted on 16 June 2011.
Featured in this video is a great example of biotecture. A living the Root Bridge in India. A living ‘Root Bridge’ at Mawlynnong, a village in Khasi Hills near Cherrapunji district in Meghalaya state of India.
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Video » 5 Ingenious Bio-Inspired Architecture Designs
Posted on 12 June 2011.
A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station … And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.
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7 New Green Films & Tv Shows You Must See
Posted on 10 May 2011.
This year, all the conversation amongst green circles seems to be focusing not only on policy and energy consumption but on recent man-made and natural disasters as well. The list below reflects these current concerns in a creative way through the medium we know best, TV and Film.
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FUEL » A comprehensive and entertaining look at energy in America
Posted on 08 May 2011.
FUEL is an amazing, in-depth, personal journey of oil use and abuse as it examines wide-ranging energy solutions other than oil, the faltering US auto and petroleum industries, and the latest stirrings of the American mindset toward alternative energy.
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Gripping Recycled Art Documentary » WASTE LAND
Posted on 01 May 2011.
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump
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The End Of Poverty?
Posted on 27 April 2011.
Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies. THE END OF POVERTY? asks why today 20% of the planet’s population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate? Can we really end poverty under our current economic system?
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A Billion Acts of Green for Earth Day
Posted on 23 April 2011.
In an effort dubbed “A Billion Acts of Green,” organizers encouraged people to observe Earth Day 2011 by pledging online athttp://act.earthday.org/ to do something small but sustainable in their own lives to improve the planet’s health — from switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs to reducing the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals.
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Cooker That Turns Trash Into Fuel
Posted on 20 April 2011.
The Community Cooker is a device that uses trash as a resource to produce heat for a large stove-top that local residents use for cooking and heating water. The idea began eight years ago, when Nairobi Architect, Jim Archer was wondering how to get rid of the rubbish in Kibera, the huge slum that houses 60% of all the residents living in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
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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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