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Why sustainable design sucks
Recycling gone awry.Photo: Rosenfeld MediaEverything you think you know about sustainable design is wrong. That’s the message of one of the most compelling and potentially disruptive essays on the subject since Buckminster Fuller unleashed his special brand of crazy on a world that was just waking up to design as a weapon in the war […]
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Dando la cara a la comida [en Español]
Reproducido con permiso – (C) Rick Nahmias/Todos los derechos reservados (Check out the slideshow in English here.) Fotografía: (C) Rick Nahmias/themigrantproject.com Cada día, a más tardar a las 2:00 a.m., estas mujeres viajan desde Mexicali al puerto de entrada a Calexico. Esperan para abordar los autobuses que las transportarán casi 75 millas al norte para […]
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Hexavalent chromium pollution linked to coal ash disposal
The landmark $333 million court settlement that propelled legal researcher Erin Brockovich to environmental stardom involved the contamination of a California town’s groundwater with hexavalent chromium, a toxic compound known to cause cancer. Now the same dangerous heavy metal, usually associated with steel manufacturing and metal plating, has been discovered seeping from coal ash disposal […]
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Earthbags: Why hobbit-holes are part of green building’s future
Earthbags, a green building material that's cheaper and greener than cement, are getting attention from the DIY crowd.
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Earthbags: Why hobbit-holes are part of green building’s future
Earthbags, a green building material that's cheaper and greener than cement, are getting attention from the DIY crowd.
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The Egyptian people tend to the streets that are now their own [VIDEO]
Among the throngs of protesters in the streets of Cairo, some work to pick up trash. Because this is their place now, not the government's.
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Octopi are awesome at recycling
Or is it octopuses? Or octopodes? Octothorpes? Anyway, please take note: This is the cutest recycling ever. Also, a great example of tiny housing. But hey, the guy goes through two color changes in the course of the video, it’s no surprise he knows how to be green.
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Friday music blogging: The Decemberists
I've been a Decemberists fan from way, way back. Little known fact: Colin Meloy, the lead singer, used to live in Missoula, Montana, around the same time I did, playing in an alt-country band called Tarkio. On the band's 2001 debut EP, Five Songs, there's an "Apology Song" about Meloy accidentally allowing a friend's bike to be stolen from in front of the Orange Street Food Farm, where I used to shop!
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Walk Score gets some new street smarts
The online tool for gauging a neighborhood's walkability previews an enhanced version that factors in the obstacles you might encounter while on foot.
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Republican rep halts House composting program to make room for all-new garbage
In a courageous move to reduce the Congressional operating budget by as much as 0.07 percent, Republican representative Dan Lungren of California has halted the House's composting program. This is of course totally legitimate budget-busting and not any kind of purely symbolic dick-waving.
