Why Melbourne is always brought up in planning conversations.
Melbourne: way more sustainable than your city. Here’s a few reasons why.
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Colonizing Mars
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Paul Spudis’ plan for a sustainable and affordable lunar base
It’s long been a dream to have a human settlement on the Moon, but in this age of budget cuts and indecisive plans for NASA’s future, a Moon base may seem too costly and beyond our reach. However, noted lunar scientist Dr. Paul Spudis from the Lunar and Planetary Institute and a colleague, Tony Lavoie from the Marshall Space Flight Center, have come up with a plan for building a lunar settlement that is not only affordable but sustainable. It creates a Moon base along with a type of ‘transcontinental railroad’ in space which opens up cislunar space – the area between Earth and the Moon – for development.
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Infographic: ‘Samso: The Energy Self-Sufficient Island’
It took ten years and $80 million, but the Danish island of Samsoe now produces enough energy to satisfy all its needs and still export 40 percent of its energy to the mainland. Going 100 percent renewable wasn’t easy, but the results have paid off handsomely. Farmers on the island who are powering their facilities with wind turbines are seeing a 6 to 7 year payback on those investments. And of course it’s remarkable that wind, unlike other energy technologies, is entirely compatible with agriculture.
(Source: SmartPlanet)
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this needs to happen all over the place, and in many cases permanently!
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Permaculture: 300 Year Old Food Forest Found in Vietnam /
Incredible permaculture, gardening techniques passed down for the past 28 generations and still thriving!!
Natural bee’s hives, all the herbs, every plant, tree, medicine grown on-site and of specific purpose. Some of the oldest well-tried and tested varieties being grown.
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Wuhan’s Lily-Shaped Zero Carbon Energy Center Set to Bloom in China
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Santiago Calatrava Unveils Green “Museum of Tomorrow” for Rio
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Google Maps satellite view of downtown Portland, Oregon. The large green expance is Forest Park (Wikipedia), the largest urban forest in the United States (it’s 5,100 acres, entirely within greater Portland’s city limits). There’s 70 miles of great trails to hike and you feel like you’re miles away from civilization, yet you’re smack in the middle of it!
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via davereed
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BLDGBLOG: Hexagonal Hydropolis
Andrew Kudless of Matsys recently proposed an extraordinarily beautiful desert city of semi-subterranean terraced geometries inspired by the novel Dune.
via 25timesasecond
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S Korea, Above water sustainable district proposal