Tag: Resilience
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Why happiness is a global issue
Nic Marks at The Guardian writes on the importance of seeing happiness as a business and political issue.
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Rethinking education for resilience and sustainability
The current educational model was built for the industrial revolution. It might be time for a rethink.
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Another Seattle tool library opens its doors
As Seattle welcomes yet another tool library, there are bigger picture lessons to be learned about the value of sharing.
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Don't Park Your Backup Generator in the Basement
Forget the party room and the concierge, the latest architectural accessory is the high and dry backup generator set.
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The Citadel is a Planned Community Designed for Resilience and Sustainability. Not.
Designed like a medieval town and operated on Jeffersonian principles, The Citadel is a model of "Sustainability with Guns"
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Olson Kundig's One-Room Cabin Was Resilient Before the Word Became Fashionable
The green building community increasingly is talking about constructing solid, secure buildings that will last; Tom Kundig has been doing it for years.
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Imagining Cities That Can Save The Planet: Alex Steffen Talks About Carbon Zero
Acclaimed futurist Alex Steffen has described optimism as the true radicalism. If that's true, his latest work is an exercise in sticking it to the man. We sat down with him to find out more.
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Private Generators Are A Reflection of Failure
This is how it works now: The rich take care of themselves and everyone else freezes in the dark
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Is The Post-Fossil Fuel Economy Already Emerging?
Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.
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Did Peak Oil Doomers Fixate On a False Scenario?
The problem is not too little oil, says a new IEA report, it's too much oil. And it illustrates why activists should not presume to know the future.
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The Week in Design: Farming in Singapore, a Chair That Knits While You Sit, Resilience, and More
We featured some inspiring, wacky, fun, and goofy things this week. Check out all that was happening in sustainable design this week!
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Cold Snap Adds To Misery for Superstorm Sandy Survivors, and It Doesn't Have To Be That Way.
Most furnaces don't run without electricity, and it's freezing.
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Making the Case For Resilient Design: Other Voices
Richard Florida, Katie Fehrenbacher, Alex Wilson and others all agree: We have to build resilience into the system
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The Weather Reminds Us Why We Need Resilient Transportation Systems
The most resilient modes are walking and biking; we have to design our cities to promote them.
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Can a Bike-Powered Blender Really Change the World?
Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.
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The Weather Reminds Us That It's Time To Get Serious About Resilient Design
Where would you rather be, in a 2nd floor walkup or a 60 storey glass tower in the face of a storm?
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Tree Conservation Lessons Learned Since England's Great Storm of 1987
It's the 25th anniversary of the storm that destroyed millions of trees in England -- and lots has been learned since then about tree conservation.
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Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home
The story of Austin Hay's plan to build himself a home before he went to college has already gone viral. Now we get to see the finished product.
