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"Architecture or Revolution. Revolution can be avoided."-Le Corbusier, Vers une Architecture, 1923
Le Corbusier had it all wrong.
One billion people live in abject poverty. Four billion li...
Areas: Appropriate Technology, Rural Development, Biomimicry, Infrastructure, Sustainable Building, Technology Transfer, Sustainable Materials
Type: Website, Blog or Other Internet Resource - Author: Architecture for Humanity
Type: Website, Blog or Other Internet Resource - Author: Architecture for Humanity
"Biotechnology" as generally understood is a misnomer, having less to do with biology than with generating profits from genetic manipulation. The corporatizing of genetic science is just the late...
Areas: Biotechnology, Biomimicry, Natural Capitalism
Type: Book - Author: Edited by Kenny Ausubel, with JP Harpignies
Type: Book - Author: Edited by Kenny Ausubel, with JP Harpignies
"The culture of innovation within the field of environmental technology
and management is bringing forth significant change in the world of
industry. From the growing influence of green chemis...
Areas: Biomimicry, Sustainable Production, Industrial Ecology
Type: Research Paper/Report or Journal Article - Author: William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Type: Research Paper/Report or Journal Article - Author: William McDonough & Michael Braungart
If chaos theory transformed our view of the universe, biomimicry is transforming our life on Earth. Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature – taking advantage of evolution’s 3.8...
Country: United States
Areas: Appropriate Technology, Biomimicry, Sustainability and TechnologyType: Book - Author: Janine Benyus
Imagine buildings that generate more energy than they consume and factories whose waste water is clean enough to drink.
Areas: Business Firm and Organization Sustainability, Corporate Ethics, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism, Responsible Business Practices, Socially Responsible Investment, Conservation and the Commons, Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Flow in Ecosystems, Energy Security and Sustainability ...
Type: News or Magazine Article
Type: News or Magazine Article
Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan present a vision of how the living world and the human world can be rejoined by taking ecology as the basis for design. Ecological design intelligence-effective a...
Areas: Appropriate Technology, Biomimicry, Sustainable Building, Sustainability and Technology
Type: Book - Author: Sim Van der Ryn, Stuart Cowan
Type: Book - Author: Sim Van der Ryn, Stuart Cowan
Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van der Ryn surveys the work and principles of Sim Van der Ryn, a world leader in the field of sustainable architecture. Sharing his years of experience a...
Areas: Appropriate Technology, Biomimicry, Sustainable Building, Sustainability and Technology, Sustainable Materials
Type: Book - Author: Sim Van der Ryn
Type: Book - Author: Sim Van der Ryn
Green Building Elements is about the construction of green
buildings, both in terms of the pieces that go together to make them,
and in terms of the ideas and the design behind them. We are interes...
Areas: Recycling and Reuse, Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Production, Affordable Housing, Green Roofs, Sustainable Building, Biomimicry, Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Ecology ...
Type: Website, Blog or Other Internet Resource - Author: Philip Proefrock and others
Type: Website, Blog or Other Internet Resource - Author: Philip Proefrock and others
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-nodig12-2008jun12,0,55177.story
From the Los Angeles Times
THE CA...
Areas: Agroecology, Composting, Gardening, Organic Farming, Permaculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Wildlife Ecology, Arts Activism, Seed Conservation, Community Participation ...
Type: Newspaper - Author: Lisa Boone
Type: Newspaper - Author: Lisa Boone
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