dealing with the shit

city shit-> bio plant -> food production

“Buildings Like Trees, Cities Like Forests”
is a phrase from William McDonough, who is an internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call ‘The Next Industrial Revolution.’

…We hope it is the design strategy of the future.”
www.mcdonough.com

Local Bio-Sewage Treatment:
Community scaled waste and grey water treatment centre, separate from existing civic infrastructure grid.
gif from
www.umanitoba.ca
case study
www.cf.ac.uk


danish PLOT have also a few clever ideas from their updated smart new site
www.plot.dk
see their film here
www.plot.dk

Fritjof Capra, PhD; Founding Director, The Center for Eco-Literacy: can be watched on film here:
”berkley lectures: education for sustainable living- stereo webcasts”
easa.antville.org


curitiba in brazil is one of the best examples of how to make a city more sustainable
www.sustainable.org
www.solutions-site.org

”The Zero Emissions City of the Future” film can be watched here
www.ictpl.net

has anyone got other good examples done or proposed for urban ecology

posted by duncan
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:47:47 GMT