Sustainable Landscapes

The American Society of Landscape Architects has a fascinating page about sustainable design concepts. From turning a car-centric community into one that enables active living to converting industrial wasteland into community parks, its interesting stuff.

Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes

Getting the most from your compost

So do you compost? I mean really compost, have a compost bin at the bottom of your garden that you put your food leftovers in? maybe you fill your kitchen waste bin for road side collection. Either way, just when you think you're doing everything you can for the planet, someone comes along with something better... check this out!

Compost Distiller, Lisa Johansson's Portfolio

This is a system in which organic kitchen waste gets processed into alcohol, soil nutients and compost.

The design which I developed is suitable for communal kitchens, canteens and restaurants. The same system can be developed for smaller or larger scale applications.

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Grow your own air and recycling plastic into useful materials

How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air – TED 2009 – GreenSpaces

With only three varieties of plants, we can “grow our own fresh air” indoors, to keep us healthy.

Amazing Recycled Materials Transform Plastic Waste into Multicolored Sheets « Ponoko – Blog

Amazing Recycled Materials Transform Plastic Waste into Multicolored Sheets