Kanga Room Systems Offers Tiny, Portable Eco-Friendly Kit Buildings | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough TweetShare on TumblrEmail INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: … Continue reading Kanga sustainable design portable room kits
An Incredibly Detailed Map Shows The Potential Of Global Water Risks BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com Aqueduct, a new tool from the World Resources Institute, lets you see all the bad things that might stem from water, from droughts to floods and beyond. Remember the drought that hit the U.S. in 2012? It was a big … Continue reading Visualizing global water risk
Toxic toys may be poisoning our best friends By Susie Cagle, grist.org My favorite people to buy holiday presents for are animal people. They are always so grateful! But sometimes maybe they shouldn’t be. A new study out of Texas Tech finds that the chemicals in hard plastic bumper dog toys readily leac… RT @grist: … Continue reading Toxic toys may be poisoning our best friends
In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores? BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it. In Bexar County, Texas, the center of the San Antonio metropolitan area’s breakneck growth, a population boom has left some residents… RT … Continue reading In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?
America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ By Laura June, theverge.com Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up … Continue reading America’s first bookless public library
The Field Lab – Extremely Sustainable Homestead Michael Janzen, tinyhousedesign.com The Field Lab, also known as the Southwest Texas Alternative Energy And Sustainable Living Field Laboratory, is the 40-acre desert homestead of John Wells. John had been living in upstate New York for years but had a bit of… The Field Lab – Extremely Sustainable … Continue reading Field lab in the desert
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals By Elliot Blair Smith -, bloomberg.com After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas. The 32-year-old lawyer sold… RT @BloombergNews: For young Generation … Continue reading Gen Y professionals give up cubicles for personal control
(via Evolution is a thing - The Maddow Blog) Ohio really did go to the president last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is -legitimately- President of the United States. Again. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make-up a fake unemployment rate last … Continue reading Evolution is a thing
By far the best datasets for disease info are the CDC's... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Related articles CDC: West Nile outbreak 'one of largest' in US (newsobserver.com) CDC: 41 West Nile deaths in U.S. (content.usatoday.com) CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigs (sacbee.com) Dallas mayor … Continue reading Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for pharma intelligence
Tiny Texas Houses | Building the Future with the Past. Related articles Small Spaces: Behold: Microhomes That Make Tiny Living Easy on the Eyes (curbed.com) Tiny Stacked Marfa 10×10 House is a Minimalist Artistic Dwelling in Texas (inhabitat.com) Cabin fever: I want a tiny home (guardian.co.uk) Tiny House Summer Camp (makezine.com) … Continue reading Tiny Texas Houses | Building the Future with the Past
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