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Source: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/pervious-cover-minimums-and-incentives-2/ Kerrigan Owens (author), Jonathan Rosenbloom & Christopher Duerksen (editors) INTRODUCTION This regulation provides local governments with the flexibility to either create incentives, set requirements, or do a combination…Continue readingSustainable Standards: Pervious Cover Minimums and Incentives

By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe* Source: https://www.theearthandi.org/post/cal-earth-makes-disaster-resistant-superadobe-construction-a-reality Building safe and sustainable housing is a challenge, especially in disaster-prone regions, and ensuring that it is affordable and accessible can seem impossible. At last,…Continue readingCal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality

With the rapid speed of urbanization… Many experts confirm that 85% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. Yong Zhang ab, Yu-kun Zhang a, Zhe Li aaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin, ChinabCollege…Continue readingA new and improved aquaponics system model for food production patterns for urban architecture

3 June 2024, By Jeremy Riggall Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240531-the-floating-houses-built-to-withstand-typhoons-and-flooding-in-the-philippines The Manobo indigenous community in the Agusan Marshlands of the Philippines live in floating homes able to withstand floods, rising water levels and…Continue readingFloating bamboo houses keep this indigenous tribe safe in a typhoon

Source: https://schatzcenter.org/blrmicrogrid/ The Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) is located in California’s Humboldt Bay area, nearly 300 miles north of San Francisco. This rural region sits at the junction of three…Continue readingBlue Lake Rancheria Microgrid

Source: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/shrimp-downey-nhm/transparentsea-farm By Jackson Cantrell Aug. 08, 2023 The landlocked Southeast LA County city of Downey is known for airplane production and the Apollo space program. Now, just a few steps away…Continue readingFreshest shrimp in LA: Did anyone guess … Downey?