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More information on Sustainable Design
The Story of Stuff - had a good section for teachers with ten preplanned lessons around the concepts of Buy,Use, Toss? A closer look at things we buy. http://www.storyofstuff.com/ TED talks - Alex Steffen talks on reducing humanity’s ecological footprint, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future.html Check out his great site http://www.worldchanging.com/ Sustainable Design Update (SDU) covers new developments in green design, architecture and appropriate technology. http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/about-me/ William Mc Donough - is a world-renowned architect and designer and author of the great book: "Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way we Make things" http://www.mcdonough.com/full.htm Also check out his Film "The Next Industrial Revolution" http://thenextindustrialrevolution.org/ |
Check out more on Green Energy and Green Buildings
New Energy World Network - provides the latest news, views and insights for professionals in the global green investor community. It's a great one stop shop for all your Green energy questions... http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/renewable-energy-news/by_region/europe A good artical on Green buildings and climate change relating to World Green Building Week taking place on 20–26 September 2010.http://www.siliconrepublic.com/green-tech/item/17858-green-buildings-and-climate/ World Green Building Council - September 2010 Report http://www.worldgbc.org/images/stories/worldgbc_report2010.pdf Sustainable design group - A great example of a Sustainable Green Design company who deal in house design and sustinable community planning. http://www.sustainabledesign.com/index.html Holistic House plans - An amazing BioArchitecture Website based in Ireland too! http://holistichouseplans.com/ |
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Check out more sites on Biomimicry
More from Janie Benyus from TED 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU&feature=channel or check out her website at: http://janinebenyus.com/ The Biomimicry Institute - Promotes learning from and then emulating natural forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable and healthier human technologies and designs. http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/about-us/what-is-biomimicry.html Ask the Planet - There is a great site for teachers to inspire children to learn ecological concepts in fun, empowering, multi-disciplinary ways http://asktheplanetcd.org/tools_for_teachers.html The Biomimicry Guild - Vision "To naturalize Biomimicry in the design profession in order to increase respect for the natural world and create well-adapted and life-friendly products and processes" http://www.biomimicryguild.com/guild_biomimicry.html |