Green Wednesday 2006.1129

Wed Nov 29 13:23:56 PST 2006

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you
weekly news on green design and building from around the world.

Phil Rockstroh doesn't hold back much in this thought-provoking
post-election opinion piece:

	"Let's begin with the things nearest to us: The
	structures and objects we see before us, everyday. And
	it's not a beautiful sight to behold.

	"Due to the banality, blandness, and flat out ugliness
	of the stripmall/big box store/fast food outlet, prefab
	nowhereland of our contemporary landscape, life in the
	US under corporatism is as seductive as the glare of
	florescent tube lighting in a convenience store.

	"...Our emptiness is compensated for by the gigantism
	we see everywhere around us: from an epidemic of obese
	children to bloated McMansions. ..."
	   -- America Has Left the Building, by Phil Rockstroh
	   http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00449.htm

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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On the Roof, Nature Takes Root - Tennessean, 2006.1127
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061127/NEWS05/611270343/1001/NEWS

'Carbon Offset' Business Takes Root - NPR (audio), 2006.1128
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6548098

Alaska to Strip Companies of Oil and Gas Leases - Boston Herald, 2006.1128
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=169422

Al Gore Interview: "It Is Not Too Late to Stop This Crisis" - National Geographic News, 2006.1127
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-al-gore.html

America Has Left the Building: Missive of Anger and Hope - Opinion at Scoop, 2006.1127
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00449.htm

Forest Fragmentation Hurts Amazon Biodiversity - Reuters, 2006.1127
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27482111.htm

Cell, TV Towers Pose Risk for Birds - Los Angeles Times, 2006.1127
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-birds27nov27,0,1089929.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Study: Urban Sprawl Could Hurt Europe - BusinessWeek, 2006.1127
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061127_745904.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe_more+of+today's+top+stories

Green Housing Is an Investment - UPI, 2006.1127
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20061113-115120-3320r

Be a Friend to the Earth - Opinion at Hartfor Courant, 2006.1127
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-yale2.artnov27,0,5541103.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials

Brainstorming for Affordable Homes - Burlingon Free Press, 2006.1126
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/BUSINESS/611260303/1003/NEWS05

Towards a Sustainable Future - The Star (Malaysia), 2006.1125
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/11/25/lifetravel/15961385&sec=lifetravel

Springfield Builders See Green Future - News-Leader, 2006.1124
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061124/BUSINESS/611240344/1092

EPA to Regulate a Form of Nanotechnology - Boston Herald, 2006.1123
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=168714

Sustainable Development: Big Not Boring - BBC News, 2006.1123
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6178138.stm

Pre-Fab Houses Going Modern & Green - CBS5, 2006.1123
http://cbs5.com/consumer/local_story_326193127.html

China Agency Says Pollution Worsening Amid Economic Boom - International Herald Tribune, 2006.1122
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/22/asia/AS_GEN_China_Pollution.php

Oregon Engineering - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1115
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1115/environment_1-1.html

Beautiful Parking - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1115
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1115/design_1-1.html

People and Places - 
	Beijing - Olympics "Watercube" by PTW Architects forgoes a standard heating system
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1115/people_and_places.html

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