photo: Matthew McDermott Let’s leave differences about the Roman Catholic Church’s metaphysical teachings and some of their social stances aside for the moment, and recognize that
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World’s Greenest Nation? Vatican City Has Most Solar Power Installed Per Capita
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Images via reflex déco We always say that the greenest brick is the one already in the wall : that it’s better to revamp or refurbish an existing building than to build an entirely new one, even if the newcomer is as green as can be. Now the architecture firm Wepsi de Meuron Architekten has taken that logic to the extreme, restoring a 300 year old farm house in Central Italy that nearly burned to the ground in 1995. The building has been transfor… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In Italy, a 300 Year Old, Fire Ravaged Farm House Is Restored
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Image credit: Munts Family I once very publicly confessed my laziness in putting up a clothes line , and the battles over clothes lines and property values are well publicized by now. But whether you are an avid outdoor drier, or you wouldn’t be seen dead hanging your undies up in public, all too often the issue of clothes drying is presented as either the line, or the dryer. But there are other options. The trouble is, some of them … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Drying Clothes Indoors: What’s the Greenest Method?
I was saddened when Richard Moe announced his retirement as president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; he was a huge influence, a strong and early voice delivering a message that the greenest building is the one already standing, that our urban, walkable and existing communities are among our greenest. I was excited yesterday to learn that his replacement, Stephanie Meeks, spent 18 years at the The Nature Conservancy , confirming a bond between the preservation and environmental movements. So what is the Preservation / Enviromentalism connection? We round up some … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Preservation/Environmentalism Connection: Stephanie Meeks Replaces Richard Moe
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Image via New Dress A Day If you’ve ever stumbled upon a sad looking frock in a thrift shop with no clue how to salvage the material there’s a new (to us) blog that will show how in 365 ways: New Dress A Day . For one year, the blog’s resident DIY’er has sworn off buying new clothes and instead is sifting through flea markets, garage sales, and secondhand shops for clothing that she then upcycles into modern apparel. The catch: She has a $365 budget for the year. She bares all the
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365 Upcycled, DIY Dresses (All Under $1) [Photos]
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Image: ACF Australia maybe the world’s sixth largest country, but with over 80% of its 23 million people live within 100 kilometres of the coast. This makes it one of the most urbanised nations in the world. So the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) set out to investigate which of the country’s 20 largest cities is the greenest. The results are contained within their just released Sustainable Cities Index, which ranks Australia’s metropolises “with the aim of encouraging healthy competition, … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Where Are Australia’s Most Sustainable Cities?
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Terrific illustration from the National Post We do go on about how The Greenest Brick is the One Already in the Wall , how old buildings have embodied energy, how renovation creates more jobs than new construction, and how
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The Greenest Brick: City Votes to Demolish Entire Street of 41 Historic Buildings
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Image from London2012 : Olympic Park London’s 2012 Olympic pledge, to be the greenest Olympic Games ever, started with great enthusiasm. But some wondered about that goal when McDonalds was announced as the official supplier of food. Then came the stories of construction going over-budget and of course the recession kicked in…. Now it has been announced that a plan to build a massive wind turbine on site has been scrapped. It was supposed to have produced 20% of the Olympic Park’s ener… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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London’s Green Olympics are Looking Brown
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