Urban Gardens» Solar Energy | Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces http://www.urbangardensweb.com Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 EcoBox Rewards Recyclers with Plants http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2010/07/01/ecobox-rewards-recyclers-with-plants/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2010/07/01/ecobox-rewards-recyclers-with-plants/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=4235

Designed to be installed on every street corner like any bottle recycling depository, the Ecobox would reward responsible citizens by offering them a plant in exchange for depositing all kinds of recyclable objects, from glass bottles to aluminium cans.

“Presently the…

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Scheduled to break ground in early 2011, Forwarding Dallas, the product of a collaboration between Portuguese-based architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov, will run “off the grid,” acting as a working model of sustainability for cities around the globe. The design was…

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Designed by Paola Navone for Italian manufacturer EMU, this luminescent pouf, part of the Ivy line, is constructed of ironed metal sheet metal and fitted with a photovoltaic device which enables it to collect and store solar energy. At night it…

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As its designers describe it, this skyscraper “is a vertical park that rises into the sky, a peaceful place where, in the middle of the hectic city, on the 22nd floor there is room for birds chirping, rustling of leaves,…

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Terreform One, a non-profit design group that promotes green design in cities, is launching the One Prize Award–Mowing to Growing: Rethinking the American Lawn: an international design competition for creating productive green space in cities.

Through their creative projects and outreach efforts,…

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Photo courtesy Harries & Héder

When the city required Austin developers Catellus to mask an unsightly expanse of store-back loading docks in order for a large retail lot to receive a green light, they hired Massachusetts-based public art firm Harries & Héder to…

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They paved paradise then put up a…vertical park.

Mexican architect Jorge Hernandez de la Garcia has designed a modular, highly structural and flexible vertical park intended to help reduce pollution and deal with overpopulation issues. The tower utilizes vertically stacked solar panels…

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The Shake Shack in Madison Square Park sports an ivy-covered roof

It’s fast food, but really good fast food, and it helps preserve an urban park. Shake Shack donates a portion of every purchase to The Madison Square Park Conservancy. Financed and…

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1. Farming Freedom and Hope After Katrina

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2. Honey I’m Home! High Hives for Urban Beekeepers

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3. The Future’s Looking Up on a Rooftop Farm

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4. Window Farms: Getting the Hang of Urban Farming in Your Own Apartment

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5. Rain Barrels: It’s Pouring with Sustainable,…

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Presenter at Climate Bottom, hosted by the “free town” of Christiania where cars are forbidden

Note: Just after I wrote this post today at 6:30pm EST, I received an email from Christiania saying that police in full riot gear had descended…

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