Straw Bale Workshop at SD Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation

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Students are encouraged to stay after the class to continue to work on the building. “This workshop looks like a good opportunity to learn straw bale building in an indigenous cultural setting,” says Culver.

Contest Inspires Designers to Look to the Future

Living City Design Competition

The Living City Design Competition challenges design teams to come up with a fully sustainable version of their favorite city.

Green Building Element's Weekend Wrap Up

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The weekend is finally here; albeit a short four day week for most. Starting this month, Green Building Elements will do a weekly round up of our favorite posts from various design resources on the web. Every Friday, it is the weekend wrap up that hopefully will inspire, encourage, and bring more Eco sensibility into [...]

Contest Alert: Smart Environments Awards for Green Designers and Architects

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IIDA has teamed up with Metropolis to bring the fifth annual Smart Environments Awards™ for 2010. This is a call for all sustainable minded designers and architects who are inconsummate professionals in the industry. The tagline for the Smart project is sustainable, accessible, and beautiful. Who: You must be an Interior Design or Architecture professional [...]

Putting Beetle-Killed Forest Timber to Use

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“Wood is the most renewable resource we have and as an energy source, it’s carbon neutral. Biomass generators can efficiently turn dead trees into electricity for our homes and offices, and new technologies have shown the potential to turn biomass into liquid fuels.”