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10 Trends in Urban Gardens
In the last year, the urban gardens that have really grabbed people’s attention on Houzz have a number of characteristics in common. All are stylish, contemporary and maximize space for outdoor living. Many have calming color palettes, such as deep green, white and charcoal, and — no surprise — are expertly designed to carve out privacy in […]
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Green City : Vancouver Passive House
With less than four years to go, the likelihood of Vancouver becoming the world’s greenest city by 2020 remains up in the air. A recent development, however, may just be one of the city’s most important environmentally minded initiatives to date: the construction of Canada’s largest “passive house” building, a structure so energy-efficient that experts […]
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Green living paves the way for better green and sustainable practices
Green Living, an annual eco lifestyle event positioned to meet the needs of eco-conscious consumers and businesses alike, returns for its second year from 9 to 11 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. It is the first sustainable lifestyle event that aims to build a bridge between consumers and companies advocating green […]
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Harvard finds certified green buildings improve both thinking and sleep
New research from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that workers in high-performing, green-certified buildings think and sleep better than those in similar buildings that were not green-certified. Led by Dr. Joe Allen, director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings program, researchers studied 109 workers in 10 buildings in various climate zones across the country for […]
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Teaching Farming in the Bronx
If you had to choose the least likely location for the birthplace of a green education revolution, you might well pick the South Bronx in New York City. Despite creeping gentrification, this is an area that is still synonymous with urban blight. It is the most socially deprived district in the United States, with over […]
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