Green specification
Back when I was at uni sites like this only existed in my geeky imagination…
http://www.greenspec.co.uk/
Daily archives: October 24, 2004
Cats!……. In!………. Spaaaaaaaace!
Monty Python would be proud. Confuse a cat by throwing it around in zero G. There are a load of related lessons and videos that are screaming out to be downloaded and remixed to music.
via BoingBoing
(Don't) Think Big
This article laments the lack of lower cost low impact housing. It’s specifically about the American market, but no doubt the problem applies elsewhere. No matter how much a development may save its tenants over the years they live there, somebody needs to put up the stake money.
Of the various solutions listed I’m particularly taken by the GreenForms idea of a modular building to be expanded as the owners can afford. More on the designer, Pliny Fisk, can be found here.
Fae
Why all the fairy stuff? Why not?
Fairy Name Generator
Your fairy is called Lichen Goblindancer
She is a bringer of riches and wealth
She lives in stony places and tumbling wastes
She is only seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup
It's not rocket science
The first principles of eco design….
http://www.risingtide.org.uk/tyh/eco-prin/princip.html