Your living room might already be set up the way you like it. You might own a cushy sofa or recliner, a big-screen TV and a little robot that does the vacuuming. But could it get even better? The answer […]
Narrator: Here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, community members strive to live sustainably, and this plays into all aspects of daily living, including diet, energy consumption and housing. Members build their own homes from sustainable and natural resources, including straw bales,
The Hunt for Pallets It’s not hard to find pallets for reclamation because they’re used to ship so many materials and products. The trick is to locate pallets that are in fairly decent shape and that aren’t spoken for. Although
The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Andrew Gonzalez (Professor, Biodiversity Science, McGill University): By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s 9 billion people will be living in cities. To meet that growth,
Updated: March 8, 2020 The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Narrator (Tom Mills): Now, you might think that the wood part of the home, the framing, is the area where you can
The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Rachel (Narrator): Well, my name’s Rachel Shiamh and we’re here in Pembrokeshire, in West Wales, and we’re at the site of a two-storey, load-bearing straw bale
The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Host (from Exploring Alternatives): Hey everyone, it’s Danielle from Exploring Alternatives. As you know, we usually share stories about people living in really small spaces, like
The 2017 Sustainable Energy for All Forum kicked off with a stark warning: The world is not on track to reach its 2030 energy goals, including those on efficiency. To speed action, leaders in government and finance will need to better co-ordinate policy and
Innovative and timely Design concepts for the cities of the future usually involve a number of ideas that challenge current norms—whether it be in architecture, city planning or materials engineering. Some of these are quite fascinating, and others border on
Greener grids University of Warwick (UW) researchers have discovered how to use energy stored in electric vehicles (EVs) to power large buildings without leaving them high and dry. The secret is smart management of vehicle-to-grid technology, which allows both the
