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Innovative Mobile Shelter Gives Dignity Back to Homeless in Los Angeles. EERE: Green Power Network Home Page. Auroville Earth Institute, training courses, workshops on Vaults, Arches, Domes(VAD), stabilized rammed earth walls, compressed earth blocks, vaulted structures, compressed stabilised earth blocks, rammed earth. PVdatabase. Urban Scale Photovoltaic System - PV UPSCALE. Modules. Le Bâtiment à Energie Positive, par Energie Gagnante. Training/education. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Landshare - connecting growers to people with land to share. Charity/Non-Profit. Wind. Man Turns Down Billions for His Ancestral Homeland. Man Turns Down Billions for His Ancestral Homeland Though his tribal land is worth an estimated $5 billion, an Aboriginal man refuses to sell it, instead keeping it as a legacy for his family. By Kathryn Hawkins. Posted on January 11 2010 A stunning vista of jagged brick-red cliffs lies in Australia’s desolate Northern Territory.

As breathtaking as the scenery is, though, most people are more concerned with what lies beneath Koongarra: A massive deposit of uranium worth $5 billion. Just one man, 36-year-old Jeffrey Lee, holds the title to this unfathomably valuable piece of real estate – and he says it’s not for sale. Lee, an Australian Aborigine, won’t condone the destruction of his ancestral land at any cost. “There are sacred sites, there are burial sites and there are other special places out there which are my responsibility to look after,” Lee told The Sydney Morning Herald.

Lee’s incredible sacrifice isn’t just about salvaging the past: It’s about protecting the future, too. [ objectifeko, eco habitat, eco construction, eco renovation ]