[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
If you’ve been waiting for something great to make you stand up and find a way to change the world there’s no doubt that the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is built for you. Launched in collaboration between the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the Siemens Foundation and Discovery Communications as a means […]
A healthy lifestyle may help increase levels of an enzyme vital for guarding against age-related cell damage, work suggests.
Motion sensors like those developed for video games may help stroke sufferers relearn simple tasks, researchers say.
Drinking chamomile tea daily could help prevent the complications of type 2 diabetes, according to researchers.
photo by racineur
Fully 77% of the garbage pulled out of municipal street bins is fast food waste, much of it labelled with the name of Canada’s dominant coffee chain. Councillor Gord Perks noted last year: “the city of Toronto, both in households, in street cleaning and in our parks, is paying for the fact […]
Triptyque has built an office building in Sao Paulo that proudly wears its services on the exterior with a very industrial aesthetic, but is also full of planted “pores”, complete with a misting system. They write:
“Like a living body, the building breathes, sweats and modifies itself, transcending its inertia. The walls are thick and covered […]
I am a big fan (and used to be a big user) of Sketchup, the easy-to-use drawing software that Google now gives away. They teamed up with Dwell Magazine run a design competition encouraging designers to “think about your idea of a comfortable and sustainable dwelling, and to share it with the world.”
The winner is […]
Last week, we noted the excellent Sustainable Schoolyards installation at the One Planet–Ours! Sustainability for the 22nd Century exhibit at the United States Botanic Garden, just a stone’s throw from the Capitol in Washington, DC. The enlightening exhibition is showcasing a wide variety of garden and home-oriented solutions for sustainable living.
This week we’d like […]
We have all seen the pictures of Galveston under water because of Hurricane Ike; The last time this happened six thousand people died. Instead of moving to higher ground, they moved higher ground to Galveston. Back in May, landscape website Pruned posted on Cornelia Dean’s Against the Tide: The Battle for America’s Beaches:
“Rather than […]
We often hear the complaint that it cost too much to ‘go green.’ This is, of course, a blatant untruth. Those that spend the least, by and large, consume a lesser amount of the world’s many precious and finite resources.
We know that for developed countries, the money spent on essentials like food […]