mcchris + sustainability   5

Atlantic Monthly: The Next Slum?
Christopher B. Leinberger argues that suburbs, particularly the most sprawl-y are apt to become slums as younger people flock to the cities and transportation costs rise. Anyone who's spent much time In Oklahoma City could tell you that.
sprawl  sustainability  transportation 
february 2008 by McChris
Guardian: Ethical shopping is just another way of showing how rich you are
Here in Austin, green consumption sure seems like a lifestyle statement, but I wonder how else people can nudge global capital to implement green practices.
ethics  sustainability  economics  environmentalism 
july 2007 by McChris
BBC News: From weapons of war to great coffee
Azmeraw Zeleke fashions coffee machines from artillery shells left over from Ethiopia's civil war.
ethiopia  coffee  Africa  sustainability  DIY  neato 
november 2006 by McChris
The Miss Rockaway Armada
Since I mentioned this at a party last night, I thought I would post this street art project here. The Miss Rockaway Armada are sailing a biodiesel raft made from salvaged parts down the Mississippi from Minneapolis to St. Louis.
art  streetart  transportation  sustainability  DIY  recycling  awesome 
august 2006 by McChris
Appropedia
This wiki is completely outside my competencies, but this fascinating collects tutorials for sustainable technologies.
wiki  sustainability  landuse  DIY 
august 2006 by McChris

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