Sunday 28 August 2011

Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing

Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing: t-wall courtyard image
Natural wind tower in housing project in Basrah, Iraq. Rendering by New World Design.

At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer's Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven 7-minute presentations proposed on the theme of "Regeneration." Dwell magazine editors partnered with Arc...Read the full story on TreeHugger




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As if Pesticides Were Not Bad Enough...Fake Pesticides Raise Health Fears

As if Pesticides Were Not Bad Enough...Fake Pesticides Raise Health Fears: Fruits, vegetables -- and pesticide residues from countrefeit pesticides? photo
Image: muammerokumus/CC BY -SA 2.0)

Pesticides are a two-edged sword. We take the risks of toxicological and ecological side effects because the first priority is to feed a growing population of humans. Those that cannot afford organic must trust the laws and regulations to protect them. And all of us depend on those laws to prevent threats to the sustainability of ecosystems upon which we rely. But a report this week reveals that those laws...Read the full story on TreeHugger




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Shalakh Apricots from Armenia Become 1000th 'Passenger' on Slow Food's Ark of Taste

Shalakh Apricots from Armenia Become 1000th 'Passenger' on Slow Food's Ark of Taste: mt ararat armenia mountains agriculture photo
Mt. Ararat, seen from Armenia. Photo: Maks Karochkin / Creative Commons.

Towering above the Turkish-Armenian border, Mt. Ararat is thought by many to be the place where the biblical Noah's ark -- the vessel said to have taken on a pair of every animal species in order to repopulate the earth -- came to rest after the great flood...Read the full story on TreeHugger




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