January 2012
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Jan 28th
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Cars Kill Cities →
via hackernews
Jan 26th
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Kaid Benfield: More walkable urban development is... →
irishboyinlondon: Nice read!
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 19th
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LifeBulb: an LED that can match a 60W... →
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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November 2011
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Roundwood House →
(hopefully) Building a modest timber framed, hand-built house using only local, natural and recycled products where possible. 
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
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Eco Island →
The Isle of Wight is developing the largest sustainability project in the country. By 2020, “Eco Island” will become a net exporter of energy, and residents will see their electricity bills drop by 50%. The island will become a precedent for renewable energy and sustainability practices [via inhabitat]
Nov 26th
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Making Green Buildings →
This class is for students who are passionate about improving the sustainability of the built environment and want to learn about how to manage project teams to design and build sustainable buildings. Sustainable buildings do more for their users and they are built productively and with environmental and social sensitivity. This can only happen if everybody involved in making and using a building...
Nov 25th
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6 TEDx Talks on Cities →
Creating Livable Communities The City is Human Sustainable urbanisation of cities can create space for engaging all community members aged from 8 years through to 80 years. Bigger Cities are Better Cities Using insights drawn from his work in business, entrepreneurship and social change, as well as modern GIS data, Naheed Nenshi explores the challenges of how a modern city like Calgary grows,...
Nov 24th
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Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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October 2011
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Solar PV rapidly becoming the cheapest option to... →
[via hacker news]
Oct 30th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 4th
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Oct 3rd
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September 2011
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Sep 20th
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“if the suburbs are to survive, they will need to run as self-sufficient...”
– A modern rethink of life in the ‘burbs - The Globe and Mail (via drivethruthis)
Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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WatchWatch
irishboyinlondon: An amazing talk by Jan Gehl on creating Cities for People!  Definitely worth a watch on a Sunday afternoon! He covers a vast amount of content throughout the talk including; the pressing need to plan for people, walking and cycling; the damaging effects cars have on the scales of planning; the phenomenon of “bird-shit” architecture and ”perfume bottle” sky scrapers and the...
Sep 16th
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Sep 16th
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Sep 15th
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Sep 14th
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Sep 13th
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Popsicle test: evaluating a neighborhood’s... →
Evaluating the livability of a neighborhood: can a kid get to a store on her own, buy a popsicle, and get home again before it melts?
Sep 12th
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Sep 12th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 10th
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Does Shipping Container Architecture Make Sense? →
Sep 10th
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Sep 10th