TED: Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment - Britta Riley (2011)
by: TEDTalks (video), 2011-11-25 16:18:14 UTC
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious.

USGBC App Lab
by: Sustainable Design News, 2011-11-25 06:05:06 UTC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched its online App Lab as part of its LEED Automation Program.

The lab launched with eight applications, developed by LEED Automation Partners, and is designed for use with Internet browsers, tablets, smartphones and other devices.



December Exhibition: Eco-Acupuncture Sunshine 2032
by: VEIL - Victorian Eco Innovation Lab, 2011-11-30 05:17:05 UTC

This exhibition is being hosted by the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL). It includes work from University of Melbourne Architecture and Landscape Architecture studios envisioning a sustainable future for Sunshine, as well as a selection of student works from previous studios as part of VEIL's Eco-Acupuncture studio program 2009-2011.

The exhibition will be launched by Professor Thomas Kvan, Dean, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne.

6 - 11 December

Shop 51, Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre
324-328 Hampshire Rd
Sunshine

Download a map.

Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm.

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How Autodesk Uses Cloud Computing to Revolutionize Sustainable Design
by: Design & Innovation | Design | GreenBiz.com, 2011-11-29 07:25:00 UTC

Autodesk is on a mission to dispel any doubts about the power and possibilities that cloud computing brings to sustainable design. The technology and its impacts on design are Topic A at company's user conference in Las Vegas.

German Autobahn to be Covered with Giant Public Park
by: TreeHugger Design, 2011-11-30 16:36:00 UTC
Germany's longest motorway is about to get one huge make-over; it will soon become a giant public park. The the park will reconnect districts within the city that have been divided for nearly 30 years

Earthscrapers: Is Going Down Instead Of Up A Greener Way To Build?
by: TreeHugger Design, 2011-11-29 17:27:00 UTC
A quarter of a million blogs and magazines can't be wrong.

Panasonic Announces LED Lamps to Replace HF Fluorescent Lamps
by: Tech-On! : tech news - straight from Asia., 2011-11-30 08:45:00 UTC
Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd developed an LED lighting device that has a brightness equivalent to or higher than those of high-output high-frequency (HF) fluorescent lamps and a low power consumption.

Unwrapped: Packaging Waste in the U.S.
by: FEED STOP, 2011-11-07 13:00:00 UTC
Information visualization explores how to represent data and communicate information in effective and interesting ways. This semester at Purdue University, I am taking a course in Information Visualization Design where I am focusing my attention on packaging waste information. According to Annie Leonard, 99 percent of all the materials that flow through the production process becomes trash within six months! Packaging waste accounts for the largest portion of our garbage; packaging designed directly for the trash. For part one of this two-part project I designed a poster visualizing packaging waste generated in the America from 1960 to 2009, how it [...]

Nissan To Release Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle By 2015
by: Inhabitat , 2011-11-30 20:40:10 UTC

Nissan is already dominating the electric car market with its Nissan Leaf, but they are about to take their sustainably powered agenda to the next level with a new strategy. According to the Japanese car maker, within the next four years, Nissan will release a brand new hydrogen-powered vehicle.

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After 20 Years, Consumers are Finally Getting Greener
by: Greener Design, 2011-11-30 13:00:39 UTC

Although the outlook on most environmental issues is pretty bleak, taking stock of the progress made in the relatively short timeframe of the last two decades, it really does appear that we've come a long way.