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De-Industrializing the City
Alex Steffen, 8 Feb 10 One of my favorite quotes by Bjarke Ingels: "Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and computation capacity to make our buildings independent of machinery. Building services today are essentially mechanical compensations for the fact that buildings are...

Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (December 2009 - January 2010)
Mark Tovey, 8 Feb 10 Top stories from our Canadian blog: Tokyo's Transforming Tower | Madeline Ashby "I wish there were a way to combine these shutters and some form of external cladding, but in a year both the tower's designers and its inhabitants...
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Where Did We Go Wrong on "Green Jobs"?
Alex Steffen, 5 Feb 10 I was in a meeting today with some smart folks that got me thinking again about "green jobs," specifically Van Jones' message about the intersection of environmentalism and social justice. They're not polished thoughts, but I thought I'd share them...
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PermaCorps, Haiti: Sustainable Disaster Relief pt.2
Alex Aylett, 4 Feb 10 Responding to disasters requires doing a lot with a little as quickly as possible. After my post on the use of solar power as part of the Haitian recovery, a few readers pointed me to aid efforts that are using...
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Why Our Bright Green Futures Will Be Weirder Than We Think
Alex Steffen, 4 Feb 10 I've been thinking about how weird the future is getting. One of the most creatively interesting aspects of zero impact as a goal is the way in which it transforms our understanding of many of the "solutions" now on the...
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