January 2012
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Cars Kill Cities →
via hackernews
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Kaid Benfield: More walkable urban development is... →
irishboyinlondon:
Nice read!
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December 2011
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LifeBulb: an LED that can match a 60W... →
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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.
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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]
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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...
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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,...
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October 2011
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Solar PV rapidly becoming the cheapest option to... →
[via hacker news]
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September 2011
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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)
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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...
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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?
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Does Shipping Container Architecture Make Sense? →
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