Monthly Archives: January 2010

Windowfarms

January 26, 2010 – 1:15 pm

NYC artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray about their hydroponic project called Window Farm. In New York City a group have moved on to sourcing food directly from their apartment windows. No joke. The organisation is called Windowfarms, and is a new movement toward hydroponic, vertical farming in urban areas. Why not start to grow [...]

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Great names join Globe Award Jury

January 25, 2010 – 4:46 pm

These unique experts will select laureates for the Sustainability Innovation Award 2010 and the Sustainable City Award 2010. They will help to reach an objective and fair verdict. Therefore their contribution to Globe Award’s development will be crucial.

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Awareness of global warming

January 23, 2010 – 9:22 pm

Global warming is not newly known, nearly half a century before Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” this film was made. The exerpt is from the well known educational documentary “Unchained Goddess” produced by Frank Capra for Bell Labs television program “The Bell Telephone Hour.” /Annelie Andersson

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Time for a mental shift!

January 13, 2010 – 9:27 am

The sun has been working hard since the beginning of the earth’s history, c. five billion years ago. It’s sending us enormous amounts of energy, each hour the same amount that the entire humanity is using for a whole year. It’s causing the wind to blow, the water to move, the trees to grow. And [...]

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Do you know a sustainability hero?

January 11, 2010 – 3:40 pm

Think about that innovator you met, that amazing individual who was so passionate about his solution for a more sustainable planet… Don’t you think he deserves recognition? Or the company you work for, are they putting efforts in sustainability reporting? Fantastic! How about the city you live in, shouldn’t the project on recycling, or perhaps [...]

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