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2014

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USGBC Report Shines the Spotlight on Green Building in China

It’s out now: USGBC's LEED in Motion series, an extensive and insightful reportage on LEED adoption in various countries worldwide.  Among many other things, the report features profiles of successful LEED projects, growth statistics, analysis and insights from green building experts…
neoli
July 10, 2014
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Demanding Sustainability from Our Coffee Shops

The day my favorite indie coffee shop stopped bagging its used coffee grounds, I had to speak up.  The wooden rack which was usually lined with 2-kilo bags of used coffee grounds had been empty for the past couple of…
neoli
July 5, 2014
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Why Creating Sustainable Cement Isn’t Enough

An interesting article appeared on Wired last week about China's overuse of cement for the past three years.  Let's just say, it's a lot. China's humongous cement cube overshadows everything else. (Illustration by Rhett Allain) Using some heavy scientific calculations,…
neoli
June 25, 2014
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The Many Joys and Woes of Off-Grid Living

In an online age where we find more and more ways to connect to each other across the globe, it’s unthinkable to disconnect one’s self from the basic utilities we depend our life on.  Water, electricity, basic plumbing.  Those things…
neoli
June 13, 2014
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Building Better, More Sustainable Parks

We need to take our local parks seriously.  They're the last bastion of greenness in any urban setting, the breath of relief amidst looming steel and glass skyscrapers that characterize our modern world. Bukit Batok Nature Park in Singapore uses…
neoli
May 22, 2014