Housing & urban design – Sept 18
Kunstler: Twilight of the mall era
Australia coastal development at sea over climate
Mud, glorious mud: Homes made of earth
Hobbit house saved from demolition
Buildings
Urban design & energy use – Sept 18
An engineer examines a town’s energy future
The carbon footprint of research at Caltech
Visit low-carbon Honolulu, only 2,500 miles away!
Energy issues – Sept 18
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
Physicists: Energy efficiency crucial
Eliminating wasted energy from automobiles, homes and businesses is equivalent to tapping a hidden energy reserve that will help the United States improve its energy security and reduce global warming, an American Physical Society (APS) study panel concluded in a major report released today.
Transport – Sept 15
Big break for ‘pay-as-you-drive’ auto insurance
Mapping a connected world
Sydney bus system heading for a crash
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 12
Transition Towns in the Guardian
… in the Christian Science Monitor
Thou shalt go green (evangelicals and PO)
On the transformative potential of community-scale food production
Wherever I lay my hat
Housing & urban design – September 11
Why Not in America?
eBook Review: Simple Solar Homesteading (or How to Build a Solar Home For $2000)
Wherever I lay my hat (the rise of couch surfing)
Housing & urban design – September 8
Reaching back beyond the 1970s: Relocalization
Urban surprise: More bicyclists means fewer accidents
Creating our own neighborhood – Bellingham Cohousing
Transport – Sept 5
For bicyclists, a widening patchwork world
IATA: Airlines forecast to buckle under £5.2bn of losses
An Inside look at the Boeing plant at Everett
UK car sales stall to lowest level since 1966
Driven: Shai Agassi’s audacious plan to put electric cars on the road
City streets for people
NY City: On the street – clear sailing(slideshow with audio)
Traffic stoppers: cities closing streets to cars
No traffic on a Saturday? Well, no cars, anyway
Off the grid in Colorado
Brick making in the Western world is scientific—you test the soil, establish a recipe, take notes and generally control everything, but Jo preferred the easy Thai way. He just looked at how the ground cracked where it had been soaked. He picked up a handful and squeezed it in his hand and played with it. If it’s sticky it’s good, he told us.
Housing & urban design – Aug 30
California moves on bill to curb sprawl and emissions
Publish your green urban life, win $100
Live architecture: Grow your own home
The man who saw the future: Paolo Soleri and Arcosanti
