Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities
The events that make the biggest impact on the attendants do not have to leave an impact on the earth. Executive Director, Jan Hamilton with the CARTM Recycling Center in Manzanita, Oregon, developed an event which produces almost entirely no waste.
They started it in 1998 and on Friday, May 20, 2011 it will be their 13th annual Trash Bash. This is a community party with dancing, art and a fashion “Trashion” show all dedicated to recycling, re-using, and the non-wasting of materials.
The Hinman Building, the first freestanding research facility on the Georgia Tech campus, is characterized by its mid-20th-century design and materials, as well as a 50-foot high-bay laboratory. The newly rehabilitated building now includes graduate level architecture studios, computer labs, interdisciplinary research labs, high-fidelity simulation and planning labs, administrative offices, galleries and space for large-scale events. [...]
The Washington State Legislature put its final stamp of approval on a plan to responsibly transition TransAlta Corp’s Centralia, Washington, power plant off of coal. The bill, which was supported by several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, requires TransAlta to phase out its 1,460-megawatt coal plant in stages between 2020 and 2025.
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