published October 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Submitted ideas for recycling vuvuzelas include (L to R) a portable water filter , a Christmas tree , and a cheese grater . Images via WoZela! . For better or worse, they provided the soundtrack to the World Cup 2010 matches in South Africa, generating an... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 4, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via @MKaufmann on Twitter West Coast Green was this past week here in San Francisco, California. With speakers like Van Jones, Arianna Huffington and Michelle Kaufmann, the trade show was a nexus for greenies far and wide. Michelle Kaufmann was generous enough to take to the trade floor with us to get some exclusive interviews. We spoke with ...
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published October 4, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via the Telegraph Whether or not the anti-science crowd wants to believe it or not, global warming is happening. This year is shaping up to be the hottest in the global temperature record, and weather events in line with scientists' climate models have wracked the globe. And, yes, sea levels are rising . And when you can actually ...
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published October 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann interviews Barry Hooper from SFEnvironment about government policy for new and existing buildings in S... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Screen grab from Vimeo . The Nature Conservancy/Ravenswood Media . The Nature Conservancy has finally closed on a "Big UP Deal" that took 10 years and $58 million, and will protect and limit development on 271,000 acres in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If you're unfamiliar with the UP, it includes some of the last untouched places on Earth , and ...
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published October 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Prudence Ferreira about the three criteria for Passivhaus certification. Prudence is the founder of Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann talks to Eric Corey Freed about his book Green Building for Dummies , disco balls and the death of Pergo floors in... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Images: Sustainsia Ah, cubicles: you can either ditch 'em for an open-plan office space or put all the bells and whistles you can on them. Or you might even forgo the office entirely to work from home instead -- perhaps in your very own eco-friendly version of the backyard office shed, like this one designed by Oakland-based design company ...
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published September 28, 2010 and has No Comments
Images via Atlas Obscura Some of the smartest, most sustainable engineering feats were discovered hundreds of years ago, and many have gone unacknowledged. For evidence, take the bridge growers of northeastern India. Planning 10-15 years in advance, they build what may be the most sustainable foot bridges in the world -- by literally growing them out of living tree ...
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published September 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Public Architecture "puts the resources of architecture in the service of the public interest." Known to longtime TreeHugger readers for ScrapHouse, they have issued a book, looking at fifteen projects that demonstrate reuse of materials. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Free Book: Design For Reuse Primer Shows How To Do More With Less
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