Entries Tagged as 'Architecture'

The Good House

August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The only perfect building, environmentally speaking, is no building.
Clarke Snell, author of The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Building, seems to agree. Anything we build, Snell writes, has some degree of unavoidable, negative ecological impact, and so:
“For me, alternative building isn’t about fads, right way versus wrong way, how things ought […]

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Tags: Architecture · Design · Environment · Sustainability · Thinking Different

Earth Day Roundup: Top 5 Ecohuman Posts

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Happy Earth Day, everyone. After 15 months of Ecohuman writing, I’ve accumulated a lot of words on a lot of topics. But, based on your comments and visits, there are five that stand out. Without further ado, I present The Top Five Ecohuman Posts:

1: Bio(fuel) Hazard
Why biofuels are one of the worst ideas ever. Here […]

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Tags: Architecture · Design · Development · Growth · Politics · Technology