Building Green
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Community Design
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Humanitarian Aid
Community Design: see Urban as well... |
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www.cdc.gov |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthy Community Design Info. |
www.designcorps.org |
Design Corps' mission is to create positive change in communities by providing architecture and planning services. Aim to involve people in the decisions that shape their lives, including the built environment. |
www.communitydesign.org |
Association for Community Design is an international network committed to increasing the capacity of the planning and design professions to better serve communities. |
www.ecocitybuilders.org |
Eco City Builders. A non-profit org dedicated to reshaping cities for the long-term health of human and natural systems. Their goals include returning healthy biodiversity to the heart of cities, agriculture to community gardens and the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling and transit. |
www.designingasociety.org |
School for Designing a Society is a project of teachers, performers, artists, and activists. It is an ongoing experiment in making temporary living environments where the question "What would I consider a desirable society?" is given serious playful thought, and taken as an input to creative projects. |
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www.architectureforhumanity.org |
Architecture for Humanity is 'a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need. Believe that where resources and expertise are scarce, innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a difference.' Local groups, workshops, competitions, networking. |
Recent Issues Blog Posts
Microplastic remnants from washing clothes are polluting our waters. A polyester garment can release more than 1,900 fibres per garment, per wash, and that ends up in fish, and then us, if we eat the fish. What goes around, comes around.
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Please sign the petitions recommending the EPA ban atrazine -- deadline is coming soon. Learn more...
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Recent Building Blog Posts
Walk a forest with your building design in mind and select individual trees to harvest for your home. Each tree is chosen both for its structural and design integrity and for the effect that its removal will have on the forest left standing around it. Often the selection will be based as much on thinning an overcrowded stand or managing an invasive species as it will on that tree being the nearest with a 10 inch diameter trunk.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Recycled Glass Bottle Inspiration. Much of the glass we throw out is not recycled, because different glass has different melting points, and recyclers only melt the most common containers. To reuse your old glass, all you need is access to a kiln and some glass bottles.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together in a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes...
essay that compares the challenges of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change.
A lightbulb in the Livermore, California firehouse celebrated its 100 year birthday in 2002 and it is still burning bright.