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THE SUSTAINABILITY OF NINA MARITZ Architects practicing in wealthy countries are becoming increasingly aware that our resources are finite and that if climate change goes unchecked, we could face a much warmer, harsher environment. Scientists present us with images of expanding deserts, sinking water tables, and material scarcity. For Namibian architect Nina Maritz, the challenges of working in a harsh environment with limited means are already an everyday reality. Her work presents a model for making compelling buildings despite "a poverty of resources."
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HOUSE RECYCLING Depending on your generation, you may have been taught: "Waste not, want not." Thrift is certainly one incentive for deconstructing buildings for reuse. In addition, many of us are motivated by a desire to be environmentally sensitive, a fondness for antiques and other items from the past, a yearning to have more control over the quality of materials used in construction, or a recognition that many of the materials available for salvage are of higher quality than those produced today.
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More Environment 108 Die in Return of Bangladesh Monsoons — WTOP News, 2007.0612PUC to Build $178M LEED-Platinum HQ — Globe St., 2007.0612 Buy This House and Your Fuel Bills Will Be £9 Per Week — Cambs Times, 2007.0612 Nearly 100,000 Green US Homes Certified — AZoBuild, 2007.0612 Solar Panels, Biofuel and Tidal Turbines in Bloomberg Plans — New York Times, 2007.0612 Congress Turns to Energy, and Lobbyists Arrive — New York Times, 2007.0612 Eco-Home Could Cut Family Fuel Bills by £800 a Year — Daily Mail, 2007.0612 G8 Summit Voted to Let Planet Burn — Socialist Worker, 2007.0612 Right to Be Suspicious — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0612 First Zero-Carbon Home Unveiled — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0611 'Most Sustainable House in the World' Challenge — 24Dash, 2007.0611 A Home with No Footprint — American Public Media, 2007.0611 Green Roof Wins Kudos for Design — Houston Business Journal, 2007.0611 NOAA, GSA Officially Open New Environmental Satellite Center — SOP Newswire, 2007.0611 Messy G8 'Deal' on Climate Change Issue — The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0611 Performing Arts Building Not to Receive LEED Certification — The Retriever Weekly, 2007.0611 The UK's First Zero-Emission Home — World Changing (blog), 2007.0611 Greenland the Tip of the Iceberg — IOL, 2007.0611 A Browner Shade of Green: The New Water Rules — Planetizen, 2007.0611 Salvage Logging, Replanting Worse — Centre Daily, 2007.0611 Price of Saving London from Floods Could Exceed £20billion — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0610 Local Architects Walk the Walk in Environment Friendly Design — Wisconsin State Journal, 2007.0610 Building Suppliers Go 'Green' — Cincinnati Enquirer, 2007.0610 Just the Basics — Boston Globe, 2007.0610 Switch It Off! — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0610 Is Carbon Offsetting the Solution? (Or Part of the Problem?) — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0610 The House That Hemp Built — Times Colonist, 2007.0609 Award Winning Green House Revealed — Edie, 2007.0608 Caribbean's Reef-Building Coral at Risk — PhysOrg, 2007.0608 Clinton Unwraps Global Green Program for Chicago Buildings — Midwest Business, 2007.0608 What Is Next after Green? — AIArchitect, 2007.0608 Cultural Cornerstone Anchors Grand Rapids Revitalization — AIArchitect, 2007.0608 Museum's Rooftop Habitat Takes Shape — Examiner, 2007.0608 Green Urbanism — , 2007.0607 Neil Kelly Cabinets Meets 2009 California Air Quality Regulations — PR Newswire, 2007.0607 Monroe Firm's Designs Create Right Environment — Times Plus, 2007.0607 Going Eco-Modern — Hartford Courant, 2007.0607 BPA Awards Nearly $2 Million for Renewable Energy Research — Bonneville Power Administration press release, 2007.0606 Thunder? It's the Sound of Greenland Melting — CNN, 2007.0606 Sustainable Design Given Boost — Courier Mail, 2007.0606 Blair Says Can Win over Bush on Climate - Paper — Reuters, 2007.0605 Vatican Plans to Tap Solar Energy — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0605 Study of Energy Service Companies Documents Industry Growth — LBNL Environmental Energy Technologies, 2007.0531 Architect Participates in Global Warming Awareness Exhibition — Revitalization Online, 2007.0524 Major Planning Reforms for a Sustainable Future — Communities and Local Government press release, 2007.0521
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