Our Environment
Green in the First Person: After the Blowout
by Jas Faulkner Green in the First Person is the continuing story of my gradual move off the grid and away from a carbon footprint that was smaller than most Middle Tennesseans, but still too big for my comfort. The power surges hit our house with such violence that everyone present was left stunned and [...]
Green in the First Person: Our Windows Go Electric
by Jas Faulkner Green in the First Person is the continuing story of my gradual move off the grid and away from a carbon footprint that is smaller than most Middle Tennesseans, but still too big for my comfort. (Author’s note: The activist I referred to last week has had second thoughts about having their [...]
Buildings
Green Roof Design
Green roofs will be a big part of our sustainable city, our city of the future. In fact just about all buildings will have some green roof design elements incorporated in them. There are many positives and no negatives. It’s like comparing a little slice of forest or meadow with a parking lot. You won’t [...]
And a little bulb shall LED them…
by Jas Faulkner So your neighbor has a Leaf in the driveway and a turbine spinning merrily as the bank of batteries in his garage stores away all of that renewable energy. He wheels his cart of sorted recyclables to the curb and gives you a cheery wave as he pads back to his front [...]
Common Vertical Farming Disadvantages
By 2025, the population of the world will increase from 6.6 billion to 8 billion. Giant swathes of farmland are disappearing each year as deserts continue to grow larger. At the moment, people are still able to survive due to advances in farming technology. However, the natural resources in our planet will eventually run out. [...]
Sustainable Business and the Masdar City Project
Environmentalism has taken massive leaps and bounds forward over the past decade. From the standardization of biological and hydrological fuel sources to the popularization of solar systems to the introduction of minimal waste systems, the green movement has never been stronger. A new project in the United Arab Emirates, however, seeks to put to shame [...]
Floating Cities
I’ve been noticing the topic of floating cities come up more and more across the web lately. Is it a serious idea for future city planners or just a masturbatory exercise as suggested by one commenter. The idea I suppose is that our cities are becoming more and more saturated, dirty and broken with many [...]
