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		<title>Giant Eco-Egg Skyscraper: A Conceptual Luxury Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	Source: Inhabitat
by Haily Zaki


From the unseen, unsung files of design competitions past comes the Envision Green Hotel proposed by Miami-based Michael Rosenthal Associates for Hospitality Design’s Radical Innovation design competition. Part wind tower, part urban eco-resort, and all egg, this “lobular” structure is touted as one of the most recognizable landmarks for the city in which it would ultimately be…laid. Inhabitat leaves it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tempe Transportation Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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The Tempe Transportation Center is many things. It is the first bike center in Arizona, the first green light rail station and, most importantly, it is the first of many mass-transit hubs built with mixed-use in mind.
The center was built around water conservation, and features low-flow fixtures, waterless urinals, a vegetated roof, gray-water harvesting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Go Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Collins</dc:creator>
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Forget about global warming, deforestation, the energy crisis and overflowing landfills. They are out of your control. Ignore the polarizing green politics. Ignore the green activists. They have their own agendas. You don&#8217;t have to be scolded and lectured about green products, green services and green activities. You don&#8217;t have time in your life to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustaining Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/sustainability/sustaining-hope-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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The big bad wolf couldn&#8217;t blow these down.
The brainchild of Brad Pitt, Make it Right is an organization dedicated to rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
This isn&#8217;t your typical build. Designed around the Cradle to Cradle concept, these homes are sustainable, energy-efficient and tougher than anything there before.
The first six houses are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flip-A-Strip: From Refuse to Reuse</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/sustainability/flip-a-strip-from-refuse-to-reuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chandra Graham</dc:creator>
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A Scottsdale-based architectural design competition is approaching real estate flipping from a radically different perspective.
&#8220;Strip malls litter our landscapes,&#8221; said Claire Schneider, senior curator at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), the competition sponsor. When an owner sets out to maximize use at an underperforming strip center the existing building is usually trashed. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Dye For?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandy Howard</dc:creator>
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	Berries, beetles and barks. No, this is not the title of a Discovery Channel documentary. These wonders of nature are becoming highly sought after items in the textile world. At events like the Pitti Filati Yarn Exhibition in Italy and the World Natural Dye Conference in India, top fashion designers and textile merchants discuss the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Earth Friendly, Travel Green!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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	Everybody is going green these days; the tourism industry is no exception. With all the eco-travel focus on popular green destinations, how one travels is just as important as where. Here is some of the best advice on how to travel green and minimize a vacation&#8217;s environmental impact.
A little green planning goes a long way. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Stock: Buy, Sell, Trade Pollution</title>
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		<comments>http://www.kontaktmag.com/sustainability/environmental-stock-buy-sell-trade-pollution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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	The concept is simple.
Pollute too much and pay more. Pollute less and sell what remains of the allotment.
The concept of carbon credits has revolutionized the way companies account for environmental damage. Carbon credits, measured as one metric ton of carbon gas, are now a commodity that can be traded, bought and sold.
The way it works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Your Step</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bigger is usually better.
Big pools, a big house and big cars are usually considered measures of success. All three, however, add up to something that is not so great: a big carbon footprint.
A person&#8217;s carbon footprint, a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Green to the Mainstream</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Hurst</dc:creator>
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	Long thought of as an alternative lifestyle, a fad among the eccentric or just expensive; recent technology advances and smart building techniques have made sustainable, environmentally friendly homes available for all.
Green is a rather ordinary word with a rather arbitrary definition. Like pornography, it&#8217;s sometimes tough to explain, but you know it when you see [...]]]></description>
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