Sustainable Design

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• State of Design Festival calling for expressions of interest

  
  Ponoko - Blog — Authority: 133
  2010 Design festival in Australia’s cultural capital. The Victorian, The State of Design Festival is calling for expressions of interest from individuals, organisations and businesses for self-initiated public exhibitions, projects, installations, seminars workshops and creative events to be included in the 2010 ...
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• Christmas Tree Made from 1,000 Beer Bottles

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  At the start of every Christmas season, environmentalists inevitably spark the real-versus-artificial tree debate . But this year, Chinese designers decided to take an entirely different approach to celebrate the holiday, crafting a huge tree from 1,000 Heineken bottles . The massive sculpture is currently providing ...
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• Another Disaster in the Making

  
  Friends For Fullerton's Future — Authority: 138
  How come our electeds don’t seem to be able to grasp simple concepts; why have they no resistance to the bureaucratic sales pitch; why must they obscure their own ignorance in a cloud of asinine nonsense or outright lies? If it was hard we couldnt do it! Last Tuesday night the Fullerton City ...
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• White commuting is another reason for wanting cycletubes in urban areas

  
  Gardenvisit.com Blog — Authority: 416
  It snowed yesterday. About half London took the day off and my cycle to work took twice as long. When I set off  home the back roads were covered with icy ruts. After about 20 minutes of precarious travel I came level with a bunch of 25 teenagers wearing hoods. They moved into the road and surrounded me as I drew ...
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• Galt Wal-Mart plan for eco-friendly store unveiled

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 489
  The proposed Wal-Mart store in Galt will flaunt certain eco-friendly aspects in its construction and further maintenance as well. In the recently released plan for a 133,279-square-foot store on approximately 11.26 acres at the southeast corner of Twin Cities Road and Fermoy Way in the City of Galt, California, the ...
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• Furoshiki – Wrap holiday presents in the green, Japanese style

  
  ouno — Authority: 422
  This is a Japanese tradition we desperately need to adopt in North America – re-using textiles to wrap presents. It’s an art form, but it’s worth learning because it dispenses with all the annoying and wasteful tape and paper and ribbon, it’s a fun skill to learn (for kids too), and it’s an educational ...
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• LAST CHANCE to get your favorite green holiday gifts in the Inhabitatshop!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  HEADS UP GREEN HOLIDAY SHOPPERS! Christmas Eve is right around the corner, so make sure that your green gifts arrive on time by placing your order now ! DECEMBER 18th is your last chance to ensure that many of our best-selling green holiday gifts from the Inhabitatshop arrive at your giftees’ homes on time, ...
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• WIN A LIMITED EDITION HP MINI LAPTOP BY STUDIO TORD BOONTJE!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  ATTENTION ALL GREEN GADGET GEEKS! Want to win a tricked out, supercompact, limited edition HP Mini 110 laptop by renowned designer Tord Boontje?!! In the spirit of the holidays, and to raise awareness for the Summit on the Summit expedition to climb Mt Kilimanjaro to fight the global clean water crisis, ...
  3 days ago

• INTERVIEW: Ian Garrett Reports on COP15 and the Arts

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  To get the word on the cultural scene at COP15 , Inhabitat asked some juicy questions of Ian Garrett , co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Practice of the Art (CSPA) . Garrett also teaches Sustainable Theater and Management Technology courses at the California Institute of the Arts , which makes him the ...
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• GE Gives Santa a High-Tech Green Sleigh

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  Santa’s sleigh has used the same old design for too long. After all, we have so many new green innovations that could streamline its flight and make Santa and the reindeer more comfortable. Enter Santa’s high-tech sleigh of the future , designed by GE. Read the rest of GE Gives Santa a ...
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• LAST DAY to get your favorite green holiday gifts in the Inhabitatshop!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  HEADS UP GREEN HOLIDAY SHOPPERS! Christmas Eve is right around the corner, so make sure that your green gifts arrive on time by placing your order now ! TODAY is your last chance to ensure that many of our best-selling green holiday gifts from the Inhabitatshop arrive at your giftees’ homes on time, so if ...
  4 days ago

• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
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• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
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• Stunning Swiss House is Buried Under the Earth

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  In a location as picturesque as Vals, Switzerland , it’s difficult to imagine any new construction that wouldn’t impose on the beautiful landscape. So when the rare opportunity was granted to construct a new dwelling just a stone’s throw away from the famed Vals thermal baths , it was of paramount importance ...
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• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
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• GREEN GIFT GUIDE: Gifts Under $50

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  Credit crunch got ya down? This holiday season you can give green without breaking the bank with Inhabitat’s guide to Eco Gifts Under $50 and Under $20 ! From fresh green gardens in a bag to sparkly snowflake earrings to sun-catching jars of LED light to recycled retro-chic vinyl record bowls , we’ve ...
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• GREENER GADGETS Announces Yves Behar as Keynote Speaker!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  ATTENTION GADGET GEEKS – SOME EXCITING NEWS! The 3rd annual 2010 Greener Gadgets Conference is rapidly approaching, and we’re thrilled to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be industrial design star and Fuse Project founder Yves Béhar ! Yves is one of our favorite product designers out ...
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• Green Faculty Housing with Roots in Historic Homage

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 131
  It’s interesting to note that in all of our reading and coverage we’ve talked about student green efforts and new school buildings, but until now, we’ve seen one example of green faculty housing at Cate School . Here’s a second example at a boarding school . Christchurch School , working with New World ...
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• Sustainable Residential Design: Maximizing the Benefits of Plants

  
  The Dirt — Authority: 125
  ASLA created a new online resource guide on maximizing the benefits of plants sustainable residential landscape architecture . The guide contains lists of organizations, research, concepts and projects related to plants and sustainable landscape architecture, and includes sections on: native plants, residential ...
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• High-Speed Javelin Trains Arrive in the UK

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  This week the UK joined the ranks of many other European countries as it unveiled its first domestic high-speed rail service. The 140 mph Japanese-built Javelin trains will be slightly more expensive to ride than their slow-poke counterparts, but they will drastically cut down on journey times. ...
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