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TD Bank Group continues to take actions as a leader in sustainable building design by embracing environmentally-friendly installations like a living roof on its downtown centre in Toronto. 
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The many labels of eco travel - responsible travel, sustainable travel, ecotourism, green travel, eco-friendly travel, ethical travel, voluntourism... Via Tourism:Collaterals
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As an answer to urban farming problem, Philips has come up with a unique, self sufficient and autonomous farm concept, with an opportunity to grow part of the foods, needed by a nuclear family, within the confines of their urban dwelling.
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Seattle, Portland, and NYC incorporated unique green deisgns bettering the cities; an urban food forest, green roof, and vertical garden.
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The Australian interior design sector is slowly moving to incorporate green building design and delivery practices.
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September of 2012 now holds the record for lowest known sea ice extenet in the Arctic in the modern era.
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Funding conservation programs worldwide that conserve the most biodiversity and connects them to donors, helping donors reduce their carbon footprint.
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Quiet, slow and just powerful enough to escape an elephant, Land Rover believes it's designed a better, greener wildlife-viewing vehicle...
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Architects and design experts explain how to spruce up your workplace, and save a lot of energy by doing so. Via Peter Verschuere
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RT @EcoMan2: MS Sustainable Design at Philadelphia University: Green Roof is starting to come together at PhilaU'...
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Living roofs save energy, improve air, water, curb appeal — and the view from above doesn't hurt either (http://t.co/VxmvCZAP green as the green roof...)...
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Harvest is a time of plenty, when the season's hard work is rewarded by bounty. Many of the rhythms of our lives are shaped by the gathering of crops, even if most of us now live in cities.
This photo essay shows people from around the world harvesting their crops and taking them to the market. Pictured above, farmers who were waiting for customers gathered alongside corn-laden trucks at the market in Lahore, Pakistan earlier this month.
Questions to Ponder: What is similar in these images? What is different? How do those similarities and differences shape the geography of a given region?
Tags: Food, agriculture, unit 5 agriculture, worldwide, comparison, images.
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This is the truly global project that asks the children of the world to introduce us to the people of the world. We've seen videos and resources that ask the question, "if there were only 100 people in the world, what would it look like?" This takes that idea of making demographic statistics more meaningful one step further by asking student in schools for around the world to nominate some "representative people" and share their stories. The site houses videos, galleries from each continent and analyze themes that all societies must deal with. This site that looks at the people and places on out planet to promote greater appreciation of cultural diversity and understanding is a great find.
Tags: Worldwide, statistics, K12, education, comparison.
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September 3, 2014 12:57 PM
This just makes me realize how the world would be if we only had 100 people rather than the billions we have now. |
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Campaign Update – Cameroon: Herakles Withdraws from Sustainability Certification | Cultural Survival
Herakles Farms has withdrawn their application to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for their palm oil plantation in the Southwest region of Cameroon. The RSPO is a group that certifies palm oil plantations as fulfilling rules for basic environmental sustainability and responsibility towards stakeholders. Via Firoze Manji
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Arboleda, an urban mixed-use community now under development in Monterrey, Mexico, is designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects of New Haven, Conn., in collaboration with landscape design firm Office of James Burnett.
The project incorporates principles of sustainable design and green building and will be compliant with the LEED for Neighborhood Development standard. The development is designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in collaboration with landscape design firm Office of James Burnett on behalf of Mexican developer One Development Group (ODG).
According to Pelli Clarke Pelli, the 26-acre Arboleda site will include residential and commercial development centered around a large central park and incorporating generous green space and native plantings, and all buildings will be LEED certified...
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This urban design project explores best practices for revitalizing first-ring suburbs into mixed-use, transit-oriented developments to conduct innovative sustainable technologies throughout neighborhoods adjacent to the belt ...
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Australian scientists develop a solar paint to turn the sun's rays into electricity.
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An appreciation for southern California's coastal wetlands and the vital role they play in maintaining a healthy environment and balanced ecosystem.
This is a brief video about the value and need to restore wetalnds in Southern California (it focuses on Ballona Marsh and Malibu Lagoon in LA County).
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After nearly three years of planning, Beacon Hill residents are breaking ground on what will be the nation's largest public food forest.
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September 14, 2012 2:43 PM
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Inhabitat's DIY guide on how to switch your old incandescent bulbs to energy saving LED bulbs and get ready for the incandescent bulb phase-out.
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We have been working with the Centre for Green Change for a few months now. In the summer, we hosted a “Design Jam” to start generating ideas with residents about what the space might look like. The jam spurred a whole ...
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Pratt PSPD students design green roofs that advance biodiversity and urban farming, for DEP Green Infrastructure Grant.
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Rooftop Deck Designs: 8 Great Urban Green Roof Gardens (RT @arquitec_hash: RT @El3erEspacio 8 grandes #Diseños de roof gardens. #Arquitectura http://t.co/bEbnpOtn //ccp.
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Good visual representation of what it would take to be self sufficient.
If you need a backyard that is about 2 acres to live off the land imagine how big of a backyard you would need if you had a family of 8.
