Design
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Compost Heated Hot Water in Canberra
Leigh Blackall has set up a compost water heating system after being inspired by a series of Youtube videos including…
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An Agricultural Crime Against Humanity
Biofuels could kill more people than the Iraq war. First published in November 2007, by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic…
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Biofuels and Confirmation Bias
by Tim Auld Several years ago I learned about peak oil and decided that industrial civilisation was going to collapse.…
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – Same Shit, Different Day
How long will it take to stop the Deepwater Horizon leak? within a week within a month within two months…
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The Transformation of Our Urban Home
by Rob Avis In August 2008, my wife Michelle and I returned to Calgary, Canada, after spending one year traveling…
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Parking Lots to Parks: Designing Livable Cities
Rush hour in Utrecht, Holland by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute As I was being driven through Tel Aviv…
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The Tragedy of Suburbia
James Howard Kunstler takes an insightful and often hilarious look at the stupidity of contemporary big-box urban ‘design’, and looks…
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Reclaiming the Streets
Editor’s Note: This is an important topic. In addition to the post below, check out this great video talk. by…
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Out of Sight, Out of Trouble
A new report shows how the UK could tap into vast renewable resources, without any of the aggro caused by…
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Water Harvesting and Storage
by Adrian Buckley, Permaculture Designer, B. of Community Design, Calgary, Canada Good soil is nothing without water! Fortunately, there are…
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