Architecture
See the pitch that helped Carbon Lighthouse win one of 15 Echoing Green Fellowships. Carbon Lighthouse was the only environmental firm chosen from a pool of 2,854 applications.
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Crowdfunding is a hot trend right now - Mosaic is applying it solar and clean energy infrastructure projects.
Cities use parks to provide better air quality and life quality to make sustainable communities.
At the University of Mississippi, solar panels are generating energy on the roof of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence.
Deutsche Welle
Old tires, glass bottles and plastics might be considered useless in some parts of the world, but in others, they're valuable building materials. An NGO in Guatemala inspires volunteers to build sustainable, green homes, and even pay for them! The... Read More
Deutsche Welle
Floating Into the Future
You know houseboats, you know cars that are build to swim or tanks. But can you image to live on water in a real house? That is reality for example in Nigeria, where the people of Makoko build their houses on stilts above... Read More
TradeSystemGuru.com
Challenges we face in the 21st century:
- According to Professor Albert Barlett of the University of Colorado, "Modern agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food."
- Around the globe, the amount of arable farm land has been... Read More
A revolutionary technology we call Optimized Refrigferant Supply (ORS - US patent pending). ORS uses two temperature sensors rather than the usual single room sensor to calculate an exact balance between required comfort levels and energy... Read More
KMD Architects/Sprout Collective
What if every child had access to a sheltered, inspiring learning space? What if this learning space didn't harm the site on which it sits and could sustain itself by only the sunlight and water that fell on its roof. What if the space also educated... Read More
America is facing enormous social, economic and environmental costs associated with the 20 million vacant housing units and commercial space that is dragging down the national economy. These nonproductive real estate assets (liabilities) burden... Read More