We’re getting pretty excited about the WFES in Abu Dhabi this winter and via Ecocity 2008, Ecobuild America and Kalin & Associates, we were introduced to and have been following (with great excitement) the Masdar ecocity. Quite simply, Masdar is the ultimate incubator for future visioning. Check it out if you haven’t already. Archdaily just [...]
Our friends at West Coast Green were mentioned in the Archinnovations Magazine on Saturday. West Coast Green is co-sponsoring the competition “Lifecycle Building Challenge 3″. The competition aims to attract built and un-built projects that save resources and cut costs and green house emissions. To read the full Archinnovative article click here.
Green-Buildings.Com, the green building and education service, reviewed Re: Vision Dallas’ ECOBlOCK entry from the firm ODA in New York City. Inspired by the basic elements of wind, water, earth and sun, ECOBLOCK focuses on the aspect of creating a community. ODA did not win the competition, but they submitted a very interesting concept that [...]
Over the last few weeks Sensible City has been putting Re: Vision Dallas and Urban Revision in the ears, eyes and minds of the most popular and influential blogs, media portals and news services. A big idea loves hard work and together we’ve helped spread the world for Urban Revision online. The following is a list of some of our favorite [...]
“If environmental engineers, by gaining experience from building [Masdar], become much more productive at building the next city, this starts to move from being science fiction to something Houston would adopt.” – Gil Friend The first hints of the project are visible. A white wall stretches through the desert, like a chalk line on a [...]
In 2008, we uploaded a whopping total of 712 videos to YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo, TeacherTube and other social media video applications. I decided to take a look and try to spot the single most popular video we have posted. Not surprising, the most popular video was viewed by a global community and speaks to [...]
[Photo courtesy of Spencer Lindsay] Summitgoers push for sustainable cities Is there life after cars? Could your house be transformed into a unit in a mixed-use, multifamily building with a vegetable garden on the roof? Would you drink “toilet to tap” water – purified, recycled sewage – or would you rather die of thirst? These [...]
I’ll be posting more on this soon, but half the Sensible City crew will be onsite at the Ecocity World Summit in San Francisco – the first one to be held in the USA since 1990. We’re still shocked that of all the amazing agencies on the West Coast, the Summit chose Sensible City to [...]
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