Somerset Wood Recycling Project

Somerset Wood Recycling Project - Weston super Mare - Reclaimed Timber

Somerset Wood Recycling is a not for profit social enterprise, set up early in 2007 to re-use and recycle waste wood, as well as to support regeneration in Weston-super-Mare.

having investigated used scaffold boards and pallets to no avail, I'm going to give these guys a call.

Reality Building Design

Reality Building Design - Creative Design For Home Improvement And Technical Services for Design Professionals

Blatant plug time, I am an Architectural Technician and Building Surveyor and have recently gone self-employed.

You can see my business website here Reality Building Design

You can see some of my work in the gallery section of the website, including this lovely building

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after freecycling for the last year, it looks like this is the next step

pv cell stuff

Solar Panels (Photovoltaics) | Low Impact Life Onboard

The riversimple car

I really hope this catches on, I think its a really great idea.

Riversimple

I think that our salvation will come from the hackers of the world.

A Final Act

If it was possible for your final act to be one of recycling, of loving the planet, would you do it. My preference would be to be buried in a bio-degradable coffin with a tree as my headstone. If i was inclined to be cremated (which I'm not at present) I would seriously consider this as an option. A cardboard urn with a lid filled with oak seeds.

Benign Objects: Ultimate Recycling

interesting but expensive

NatureMill: Automatic Indoor Composter

RENEWABLE ENERGY UK

Renewable Energy UK

Earth Hour

Earth Hour: Vote Earth - The world’s first global election.

switch of your lights to save the earth!! between 8.30 and 9.30 for one hour... go on, do it!

Crossways - a zero carbon house

So... its not that i'm jumping on the band wagon of this particular media zeitgeist, Fact is, I will have a part in designing zero-carbon houses in the future and I wanted a bunch of links to this very interesting house.

Now I'm not an architect... but there's something about the form of this building which doesn't sit right with me. I find the timbral roof beautiful and intriguing, but the blocks on the front detract from the simplicity of the overall form. but what do I know? anyhoo here are the links

www.crossway.tumblr.com

Crossway is one of the first zero carbon houses in the UK. The building explores the uniqueness of 'place' as well as harnessing solar energy to generate all its own electricity and thermal energy.

The Architects (and clients) professional website - Hawkes

DuPont™ Energain®

The Homepage of Energain - Providing essential thermal mass in low inertia buildings