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Either Orr: Green building for a sustainable lifestyle
It must be all the glass-walled, energy sucking urban buildings that finally got us to reflect. Or at least some of us. We cannot continue to build the way we do and expect to sustain our landscapes.
Enough Is Enough: Sustainability Ideas Across Cultures And Time
Sufficiency, not surfeit. Small is beautiful. Less is more. Of course we use these phrases. We throw them around with as little economy as we practise in other aspects of our lives.
Sustainable development(SD)
There are several great examples of sustainable development that can both help us learn and be inspired. Harnessing wind energy to provide power to homes and offices, and to pump water, is one of the-
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- Kirti Saxena
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Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is the theory that every entity has a duty towards the common good of society at large, in order to maintain a balance between economy and ecology.
Green Buildings
Buildings are amongst the greatest consumers of energy, more so buildings that house offices and corporate set-ups in cities. In a world where rapid urbanization results in more and more acres of buil
Elements of sustainability
To the untrained person, sustainability sounds a lot like going back to an industry-free time in the stone ages and giving up everything modern and relevant to the times.
Anti-Engine Idling Law in New York City
In 2009, the city of New York passed a new anti-engine idling law which asks vehicle drivers to switch off their engines after three minutes or to face huge fines.
The Tsunami Scare
An account of a tsunami alert which later turned out to be a false alarm not because it did not happen but because it didn't hit Tarawa as expected.-
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- Paul Tatireta
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- Sep 25, 2012
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