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Part of Nature cartoon by Stuart McMillen - Recombinant Records

http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-09-Part-of-Nature.html This cartoon is heavily influenced by the books Natural Capitalism - Paul Hawken , Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins (1999) and Mid-Course Correction - Ray Anderson (1998).
first image ‘sunflower umbrellas,' madsar, UAE by LAVA image courtesy LAVA giant umbrellas, with a design based on the principles of sunflowers, will provide moveable shade in the day, store heat, then close and release the heat at night in the plaza of a new eco-city in the united arab emirates. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/7394/lava-wins-first-prize-for-masdar-worlds-first-sustainable-city-in-uae.html

LAVA wins first prize for masdar - worlds first sustainable city in UAE

http://www.good.is/posts/mycologist-s-so-called-life-box

Mycologists So-Called Life Box - Environment - GOOD

The resourceful mycologist (that's a fungi-studier) Paul Stamets has made cardboard packaging that can be planted and will grow into trees.