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WAG have continued to develop their sub/urban cohousing permaculture research, which was recently commended by Europan . The scheme has been developed through the use of Ecology Diagrams – drawings which aim to capture all of the material, energy, information and social flows acting upon a site. The design is aimed at meeting a growing niche demand in the housing market.
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Peter Head (photo courtesy of Arup) Last year, I wrote a post mourning the demise of one of the world's most exciting construction projects: an ecologically sustainable city for half a million people off the coast of Shanghai called Dongtan. The idea was ambitious: a city without a landfill or cars, producing its own renewable electricity and generating zero carbon emissions. Originally announced in 2005, the project was presented as a template for future urban design in China, and generated a significant buzz.
China's Zero-Carbon City Dongtan Delayed, But Not Necessarily Dead, Says Planner : TreeHugger
» Building a greener city, one block at a time • Spacing Montreal
What would a green neighbourhood look like on the ground?
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New Yorker writer David Owen has environmentalists shooting broadsides at his new book; do we really want to replicate the Big Apple across America?
What's the Big Hubbub Over a New Book Arguing NYC Is America's Greenest City? | Environment | AlterNet
What would our city look like in a world that had gone beyond fossil fuels? It's an important question, for if we can't paint a picture of the future we want we're not likely to get it. Oddly enough, it's not a question that many people have tried to answer. Most of the thinking on alternative energy has focused on the cool technology, rather than the urban spaces it would inhabit or the social relations that would underpin it. The debate on public space, on the other hand, has largely ignored where our energy will come from (as a case in point, this blog doesn't even have a tag for it).
» Imagining the Green City • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
“Welcome to the Living Planet. It’s clean, it’s efficient — and it’s doable.
Bright Green: New Resource: The Living Planet City
Ever wonder what our modern-day cities could look like 100 years from now in a perfect world? Architect Luc Schuiten endeavors to find out with his Vegetal City installation, currently on display in Brussels. The entrance, made up of an archway with branches covered in blinking yellow lights, leads the exhibit’s visitors into a magical world of architectural drawings and models of cities where city residents live peacefully with nature.