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by Alexandra Kain
Deep in the northern chill of Iceland, just outside the arctic circle, the Hof House sits snugly within its landscape. Built on an existing estate, Studio Granada Architects salvaged whatever materials possible from the site to be incorporated into the new residence, converting telegraph poles into a sun screen and basalt pillars into [...]
Hello Everyone, Here is something very interesting for all of our communities to consider when making purchases of flowers for people we love. It is hard to fathom that such a consequence could result from an industry such as this. We are very interested to see who is or will be the first flower retailer [...]
BY PAM MORRISSEY
The Aurora
St. John’s decision to enact a moratorium on drive-thrus in the capital city is creating a buzz in Labrador West.
Lab. City mayor Graham Letto said he understands the St. John’s city council need to deal with drive-thru issues – Labrador City has its own problems with the local Tim Horton’s drive-thru – [...]
DID YOU KNOW? That the Chair of our Mayor’s Sustainable Energy Council is Mohan Mathur?
Background: Dr. Mohan Mathur has contributed significantly to the training processes for nuclear staff at Ontario Power Generation and Bruce Power, and to the creation of the University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE).
In 1999 Dr. Mathur became [...]
Shawn Patrick Stensil
International Trade Minister Stockwell Day is in India today trying to sell Canadian reactors on behalf of the Harper government. After India used Canadian nuclear technology in 1974 to make an atomic bomb, Canada cut off support for India’s nuclear programme.
Following the lead of the out-going Bush administration, however, the Harper government has [...]
Shawn Patrick Stensil
Global TV aired an investigative news story on the weekend questioning the security at research reactors in Canada. These small reactors can be found on university campuses across country. Alarmingly, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) – Canada’s supposed nuclear safety watchdog – refused to respond to the show’s [...]
Shawn Patrick Stensil
Energy Minister George Smitherman is making another good news announcement today on the government’s support for wind power. What Minister Smitherman won’t mention is that he’s capped the development of green energy to make space for all of the big and expensive nuclear plants he wants to build. Despite all his talk [...]
Robbie LeBlanc
guardian.co.uk
Thursday 29 January 2009 09.30 GMT
I saw a little sign on the tip jar at a US airport cafe recently. It said, “Scared of change? Leave yours here!” Human nature makes us resist change. There’s a biological reason for this. Our ancestors knew that if they ate unfamiliar foods, they might die. Not much [...]
by Mike Chino
Hot air balloons have long fueled the imagination and now Brisbane-based Solartran has conceived of a way to harness the serene floating forms to generate significant amounts of renewable energy as well. Developed by Ian Edmonds, the “balloon engine” usessolar energy to drive a giant hot air balloon as a “piston”, producing as much as 50Kw – enough energy [...]
Bird Island is a stunning urban renewal project that is currently being developed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by Graft Labarchitects for the YTL Green Home Competition, the project comprises a zero energy home made of sustainably-sourced silicone glass fabric. Its lightness and flexibility will allow it to sway organically with the breeze just like a treetop, and slots in the [...]
