We all love to safeguard the environment or at least we should. However, when it comes to implementing any sustainable practices like green architecture in actuality – we often fail.
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From Guest Blogger Manjusha Advenser: Three Reasons to Love Sustainable Architecture
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Sustainable Architecture
Question: What’s an Earthship?
From Guest Blogger Georgia Davies: Smarter and Greener–The Future of Building
In this infographic we learn more about these smarter/greener materials and methods, and we also look at some buildings that are showing the way, including the world famous Edge Building in Amsterdam (pictured) and the Crystal in London.
Shipping Containers as Sustainable Architecture
Please check out this article that a friend sent me on the use of shipping containers are the “guts” for small homes. I’d seen this concept applied to school rooms – for which I think, frankly, it’s a much better …
"Solar Decathlon" Spawns Excellence
If you think that most American kids today lack the work ethic and intellectual curiosity that they had in generations past, you’ll get no argument from me. But if you believe that all young people share that deficiency, you’re 100% …
From Guest-Blogger Lynne: How to Position Your Company as a Green Leader
Although green initiatives began back in the 1970s, few companies and individuals were motivated to take serious action to protect the environment and focus on sustainability. In recent years, however, the target of living green has taken hold, dominating the …
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Sim Van der Ryn: Legend in Sustainable Design
I was delighted when Sim Van der Ryn returned my call yesterday and generously consented to grant me an interview when I’m up north at the end of the month. Four decades before the word “sustainability” had become a buzzword, …
