Someone forwarded this info on a One Less Car challenge happening at University of Florida. Nice tie to their carpool matching program (powerpoint). Always interesting to see creative ways institutions are dealing with climate and transportation footprint ~ especially along the behavioral front! Check it out at: http://www.sustainability.ufl.edu/onelesscar/
Flora Grubb has has some great examples of individuals using succulents to make green walls. Her and her partner Kevin redid a house on Ames Alley in San Francisco and the results were breathtaking, especially in the outdoor bathing area picture on Flora’s Blog. Now they take it to a new level with a way to green interior environments within hours using a ‘wall pocket’.
A new city meant for 1 million people stands empty. This is Ordos in Mongolia, planned by the Chinese government as a way to stimulate economic development. The city is filled with architectural icons and cookie cutter homes, many of which remain uninhabited. Although most of the homes have been sold, they are bought for speculative reasons only, making it too expensive for people to actually live there. Al Jazeera made an interesting documentary on the topic:
