sustainable design
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Green Roofs
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Having attended the always inspiring Pecha Kucha night at the Brisbane Powerhouse, I was intrigued by landscape architect, Sidonie Carpenter’s introduction to the concept of ‘green roofs.’ As the presentation time was limited, I was compelled to research the topic further and this is what I discovered… Green roofs are a phenomenon that has taken…
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Cradle to Cradle
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Read it!! William McDonough’s book, written with his colleague, the German chemist Michael Braungart, is a manifesto calling for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design. This book as a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the planet and society. McDonough “argues that we can only think of our future cities…