Tag: Alabama - Page 2
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Southeast & Mid-Atlantic US Drought Update
With TeeVee news cameras focused exclusively on the California and Mexico wildfires, the thirsty and parched on the other coast are not going to be forgotten by us. The East Coast and Southeast US drought problems and their potential solutions are
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Industries And Power Plants Downstream From Atlanta Also Need Water: Not Just For Endangered Species After All
When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did
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Two Remaining Pieces To The Atlanta Drought Puzzle
Why a water crisis in Atlanta now? The cause is not climate alone, as Lloyd's post of today points out. Runaway growth - Georgia is the fastest growing US state east of the Rocky Mountains - and a seeming refusal to plan for the future seem to have
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How Long Until The Rust Belt Becomes The Life Belt?
Alabama is contemplating a pipeline to the Great Lakes. We've said it time and again: transient drought will not drive the US Federal government to pipe Great Lakes water to the drought stricken states. If it becomes severe enough, and the impacts come
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Pray for Rain
He has encouraged people to pray for the following week, in attempt to bring rainfall. "Throughout our history,
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Buy T-shirt, Build Home, Look Hot, House Families
That's the simple premise behind this campaign. Cameron Sinclair, "lumberjack sized Brit", author of Design Like You Give a Damn, and co-founder of Architecture for Humanity tells the story of meeting Natalie "Alabama" Chanin at a conference
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Habitat for Humanity Modular House wins AIA Award
The American Institute of Architects just announced its 2007 Housing Awards; among the winners were our beloved Loblolly House and in the Special Housing Category, the Designhabitat2 house, from The DESIGNhabitat 2 Studio School of Architecture,
