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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: Green Wednesday 2006.1129 |
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Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly news on green design and building from around the world.
Phil Rockstroh doesn't hold back much in this thought-provoking post-election opinion piece:
"Let's begin with the things nearest to us: The structures and objects we see before us, everyday. And it's not a beautiful sight to behold.
"Due to the banality, blandness, and flat out ugliness of the stripmall/big box store/fast food outlet, prefab nowhereland of our contemporary landscape, life in the US under corporatism is as seductive as the glare of florescent tube lighting in a convenience store.
"...Our emptiness is compensated for by the gigantism we see everywhere around us: from an epidemic of obese children to bloated McMansions. ..."
-- America Has Left the Building, by Phil Rockstroh
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00449.htm
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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On the Roof, Nature Takes Root - Tennessean, 2006.1127
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061127/NEWS05/611270343/1001/NEWS
'Carbon Offset' Business Takes Root - NPR (audio), 2006.1128
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6548098
Alaska to Strip Companies of Oil and Gas Leases - Boston Herald, 2006.1128
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=169422
Al Gore Interview: "It Is Not Too Late to Stop This Crisis" - National Geographic News, 2006.1127
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-al-gore.html
America Has Left the Building: Missive of Anger and Hope - Opinion at Scoop, 2006.1127
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00449.htm
Forest Fragmentation Hurts Amazon Biodiversity - Reuters, 2006.1127
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27482111.htm
Cell, TV Towers Pose Risk for Birds - Los Angeles Times, 2006.1127
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-birds27nov27,0,1089929.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Study: Urban Sprawl Could Hurt Europe - BusinessWeek, 2006.1127
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061127_745904.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe_more+of+today's+top+stories
Green Housing Is an Investment - UPI, 2006.1127
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20061113-115120-3320r
Be a Friend to the Earth - Opinion at Hartfor Courant, 2006.1127
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-yale2.artnov27,0,5541103.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials
Brainstorming for Affordable Homes - Burlingon Free Press, 2006.1126
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/BUSINESS/611260303/1003/NEWS05
Towards a Sustainable Future - The Star (Malaysia), 2006.1125
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/11/25/lifetravel/15961385&sec=lifetravel
Springfield Builders See Green Future - News-Leader, 2006.1124
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061124/BUSINESS/611240344/1092
EPA to Regulate a Form of Nanotechnology - Boston Herald, 2006.1123
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=168714
Sustainable Development: Big Not Boring - BBC News, 2006.1123
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6178138.stm
Pre-Fab Houses Going Modern & Green - CBS5, 2006.1123
http://cbs5.com/consumer/local_story_326193127.html
China Agency Says Pollution Worsening Amid Economic Boom - International Herald Tribune, 2006.1122
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/22/asia/AS_GEN_China_Pollution.php
Oregon Engineering - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1115
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1115/environment_1-1.html
Beautiful Parking - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1115
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1115/design_1-1.html
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Beijing - Olympics "Watercube" by PTW Architects forgoes a standard heating system
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1115/people_and_places.html
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