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Chemical Free Farming
Source: The Ecologist From “Malawi reaps the reward of returning to age-old, chemical-free farming” by Molly Stevenson:Mr Kanjanga is a farmer from Ntcheu District in Phambala, Malawi. In 1975, having...
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Agroecology versus Industrial Agriculture: Infographic
Source: Nourishing The PlanetInfographic by The Christiansen FundFrom the Infographic ‘Soil to Sky: of agroecology versus industrial agriculture’ by The Christiansen FundIn order to feed our world...
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Cow Power: Reducing waste, boosting electricity supply
Source: The Morning Sentinel.Photo by David Leaming, The Morning SentinelFrom ‘‘Cow power’ turns manure, food waste into mighty electricity source‘ by Ben McCannaEvery day in rural Penobscot County, a...
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Seed Matters: Sowing more good
Screenshot from the Seed Matters website.An initiative of the Cliff Bar Family Foundation, Seed Matters is dedicated to protecting and ameliorating organic seed, thus increasing the abundance of...
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Open-Source Modular Design Systems
Source: ResilienceFrom “How to make everything ourselves: Open modular hardware” by Kris de Decker:Reverting to traditional handicrafts is one way to sabotage the throwaway society. In this article, we...
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2,012 Food Growing Spaces in London by the end of 2012? Done!
Press Release from Capital Growth:100,000 green-fingered Londoners deliver Mayor’s 2012 food growing target.The estimated equivalent of 69 Wembley football pitches or 124 acres of disused land in...
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Trellises protecting tropical fruit from cyclones
Source: ABC Rural Photo by Marty McCarthyFrom “Cyclone-proofing Queensland orchards” by Marty McCarthyTropical fruit growers near Tully in north Queensland were dealt a hard blow when Cyclone Yasi...
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Nature and neighbourhoods: Milwaukees’s Urban Ecology Centres
Source: Urban Milwaukee, via Tim Beatley Photo by Alec Brooks from Urban Milwaukee website.From ‘Rise of the Urban Ecology Center‘ by Peggy ShulzHow a small non-profit in a trailer in Riverside Park...
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Risk maps facilitate innovative water solutions
Source: Circle of Blue via AWA Image from Aquaduct.From ‘Entrepreneurs in Mexico City Turn Water Risk into Opportunity‘ by Paul Reig.Mexico City, the biggest metropolis in the Western hemisphere, faces...
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Detroit: From Ghost City to Future City
Source: FastCoExist Image from The Detroit Future City Plan.From “A Framework For Creating A Thriving Detroit Of The Future” by Ariel Schwartz.A new plan outlines how the Motor City can go from...
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Innovative Urbanism: Crowdsourcing change
Source: Mesh Cities. Image from I Make Rotterdam.From the article “Crowd funding city innovation” by Mesh Cities.[...] We all know or suspect that riding a populist, demographically-driven wave is the...
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(Em)Powering Communities: SolarKiosk
Source: TransitionsFF Photo from SolarKiosk.From ‘SolarKiosk: mobile modular power for really remote areas” on Good.isFor those who’ve grown up constantly plugged into the power grid, it’s almost...
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It’s not (just) ‘‘the environment, stupid!’’: Research paper
From the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN):This study is “based on a very small set of interviews – 16 people who self-identified as deliberately trying to live a lower-carbon lifestyle because of...
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Consumers in 2030: Crowd House Mortgages
Source: Forum for the Future (UK) Image: Forum for the Future / Which?From Crowd House Mortgages: how our financial world might be different in 2030 by Simon Howard:“The financial world of 2030 as seen...
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Financing energy efficiency: Learning from Thailand
Source: Greenpages Photo by Asian Development Bank via flickr ccFrom ‘Lessons from Thailand: Mobilizing Investment in Energy Efficiency‘ by Louise Brown and Athena Ballesteros.[...] The development of...
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Become a Green Ape Today
Sustainable Cities Net’s mothership, the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) has become a Green Apes Jungle Guardian (!!!) and so we’re doing a shout-out to our networks to let you know that the Green...
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Food Incubators: Commercial Kitchens in the Sharing Economy
Image: Union Kitchen’s Floor PlanFrom “Share Everything: Why the Way We Consume Has Changed Forever” by Emily Badger for The Atlantic Cities:“The “equipment library” at Union Kitchen in Northeast...
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The power of Algae – innovative building facade
Source: DesignBuild Source Image from ArupFrom the Arup media release “World first bio-reactive façade debuts in Hamburg“The BIQ [Bio Intelligence Quotient] house will become the world’s first pilot...
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Energy co-ops retrofit to lower bills and emissions
Source: The Guardian Photo from the Carbon Co-opFrom the article “Energy co-ops are cutting household bills alongside carbon emissions” by Simon BirchFor customers, trust is key when it comes to...
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Made for Walking (and other essential ingredients for a successful urban...
Image from Made for WalkingFrom Not All Density Is Created Equal by Kaid Benfield:“I just finished a very good – no, make that fantastic – book by Julie Campoli called Made for Walking, published by...
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