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Stunning animations about landscape architecture

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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The American Society of Landscape Architects has produced a number of beautiful and educational animations collectively called Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes . Even better, ASLA asked our good friend Daniel Tal to write, narrate and produce them with SketchUp . You probably know Dan as a bestselling SketchUp author ; it turns out he’s a pretty phenomenal video guy, too. Here’s one of… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Official Google SketchUp Blog Discovery Date : 25/02/2011 21:20 Number of articles : 2

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Nike’s Six Million Environmental Design Tool. Now Yours. For Free.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Nike’s Six Million Environmental Design Tool. Now Yours. For Free.

Image: Nike A couple of weeks ago Nike unveiled a for-general-consumption version of their Environmental Apparel Design Tool. It is a replica of the calculator they use in-house when putting together their Considered Design collection, and is said to leverage “Nike’s collected data from more than a decade of evaluation of materials, and the examination of waste footprints in hundreds of apparel products across all sport categories.” “This tool is about making it simple for designers to make the most sustainable choices right at the start of the product creation process.” said Hannah Jones, Vice President of Nike Sustainable Bu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Puma Pounces on Sustainability Award

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Puma Pounces on Sustainability Award

Image: Puma A couple of days ago, the sports company Puma picked up the German Sustainability Award 2010, in the category “Most Sustainable Strategy.” Over 560 companies entered in the 2010 competition, so we imagine it was a rather happy Puma CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer who received the award. “I am convinced that it must become a given that every company has to be sustainable and I am grateful that the German Sustainability Award acknowledges sustainable business strategies and hence underpins the imperative for corporations to change their business practices for the better,” said Jochen Zeitz…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ask Pablo: What Is More Sustainable: Eyeglasses Or Contact Lenses?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Ask Pablo: What Is More Sustainable: Eyeglasses Or Contact Lenses?

Image Source: Marcus Woelfle Dear Pablo: Which is more sustainable, eyeglasses or contact lenses? Contact lenses are disposable, a word that is not usually synonymous with sustainability. But eyeglasses are made out of metal and other materials that also have a certain environmental footprint. Which is the more sustainable choice?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Do Mexican Workers Head North?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Why Do Mexican Workers Head North?

Timothy Wise: Mexican agriculture was undermined by NAFTA and companies like Smithfield. Bio Timothy A. Wise is Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, and leads its Globalization and Sustainable Development Program. With a background in international development, he specializes in agricultural policy and rural development. He is involved in ongoing research in the areas of: Sustainable Rural Development, Beyond Agricultural Subsidies, Mexico Under NAFTA, WTO and Global Trade. He is the co-author of the book (in English and Spanish), Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico, and The Promise and the Perils of Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Lessons from Latin America. He is the former executive director of Grassroots International, a Boston-based international aid organization. He holds a Masters in Public Policy from Tufts' Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department. added by: treewolf39

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Earth: what I’m thankful for today and every day

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Earth: what I’m thankful for today and every day

I have devoted my life to caring about the biodiversity and health of our planet and will continue to do so until the day I die. This Earth, this beautiful amazing orb in a vast universe, the source of all life, is what I am most thankful for today and every day. I am thankful for its mighty water that is its lifeblood and ours I am thankful for its soil that preserves and sustains the miracle of our sustenance I am thankful for the sun that warms us body and soul I am thankful for the wind that reminds us of its fury and power I am thankful for all creatures who live in harmony with man And I am thankful for the seed, the most miraculous wonder on Earth. From one tiny seed we can cultivate life for millions. Happy Thanksgiving to the people of Current, and thank you for another year of supporting the Sustainable Agriculture, Water is Life, Earth Care, and Solar Energy groups. May we as humans truly see how much we have to be thankful for every day and come together now to understand that in order to show that thankfulness we must treat this Earth with kindness. Jan added by: JanforGore

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Who Are the Real Eco-Snobs? Non-Greens Judge Too

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Who Are the Real Eco-Snobs? Non-Greens Judge Too

Image credit: Lisamarie Babik , used under Creative Commons license. When I wrote about Tom Philpott’s assertion that locavores can be snobby , I was roundly derided by commenters who chided me for contributing to a false stereotype. While I would maintain that there is a problem with snobbery and judgmentalism in the sustainable food movement, and environmentalism in general, I must also concede that these commenters ma… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics in India Just Got Easier (Video)

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics in India Just Got Easier (Video)

Fashion sourced with Shared Talent India. Photo: Kerry Dean Made in India? More than 40% of fashion in the UK has been produced in India and nearly one third of the country’s people live below the poverty line. The Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) at London College of Fashion has launched Shared Talent India , to help designers and… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Picture is Worth…South African Campaign For Sustainable Fisheries

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Terrific ad campaign by the World Wildlife Fund in South Africa and SASSI , the South African Sustainable Seafood Foundation to encourage people to eat fish caught in an environmentally friendly manner that avoids bycatch. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Source 4 Style, screenshot of development site. Image courtesy of Source 4 Style When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June , she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style , an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers source sustainable textiles by connecting them directly with suppliers. Founded b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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