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Sustainability, collaboration and creativity are at the basis of the changes currently being experienced by our society. Since 2008, Defiant Imagination has been looking at how these concepts are being applied to different areas of our daily life: urbanism, food, the economy, social media, and more.
Its author, Flavie Halais, is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist.-
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
The eco-zoo
This really cool animated and interactive website will introduce you to the characters living in this energy-efficient beanstalk. Meet Mr. Roo, Yagi-Chan and their friends!
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Prince Charles loves new urbanism
Prince Charles loves traditional towns where you can walk to the supermarket and wander around little streets. He’s spreading that idea through his Foundation for the Built Environment, which works with residents to apply the principles of new urbanism in British communities and in third-world countries. The projects also aim at developing renewable energies in [...]
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Sustainable architecture in the townships rewarded
Carin Smuts has proven that sustainable architecture doesn’t have to be elitist. The South African architect won the second Global Award for Sustainable Architecture a few days ago in Poissy, France. Smut has been working for almost two decades in South African townships, where she builds low-cost housing and public buildings. She says her work [...]
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The Vatican goes green
Workers were installing solar panels on the roof of one of the Vatican’s auditoriums last week. The panels will generate enough energy to heat or cool the 6000-seat room, used by the pope in case of bad weather for his weekly audiences with pilgrims. Pope Benedict VI has voiced his concerns about the environment several [...]
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An eco-town for Afghanistan