May 2012
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Data Release: Everpower Social and Economic... →
Data Release: Everpower Buckeye Wind Social and Economic Impact Report The following data release was generated on 3/22/2012 using the submitted Everpower development application data, U.S. Census Bureau Data, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data and other sources. The data contained in this post is generous in nature as local share data for the study area (Logan, Union and Champaign county) is...
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April 2012
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Sustainable Melbourne : The City is Re-inventing... →
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March 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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Jan 8th
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WatchWatch
Australian approach to implementing a 4-day work week and managing workflow…
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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alphaville: house folded →
Dec 25th
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Dec 13th
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September 2011
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Wallpaper* Visionaries - AMO
Wallpaper* Visionaries - AMO from OfficeforNonfictionStorytelling on Vimeo. AMO is the research arm of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
Sep 28th
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Sep 16th
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May 2011
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May 22nd
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May 19th
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Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States...
The report summarizes the science and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. It focuses on climate change impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health. It’s also a report written in plain language, with the goal of better informing public and private decision making...
May 10th
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April 2011
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Apr 28th
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Apr 25th
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Creative Mornings, NYC, Zurich, Los Angeles, and... →
Apr 8th
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Apr 5th
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Walkability Professional ToolKit and Documents →
Apr 5th
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Heart Foundation: Neighbourhood Walkability... →
Apr 5th
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Partnership for a Walkable America →
Apr 5th
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Apr 2nd
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March 2011
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Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word
MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language — so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son’s life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch “gaaaa” slowly turn into “water.” Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn. In the context...
Mar 27th
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A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning
‘Corning Incorporated is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. The company produces keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Corning collaborates closely with customers across these industries to turn what were once only possibilities into breakthrough realities.’...
Mar 13th
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Mar 8th
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February 2011
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What Matters: What’s the biggest limit on city... →
smartercities: Source: McKinsey The world is in the throes of a sweeping population shift from the countryside to the city. Underpinning this transformation are the economies of scale that make concentrated urban centers more productive. This productivity improvement from urbanization has already delivered substantial economic growth and radically reduced poverty in countries such as...
Feb 17th
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The Energy Report, 100% Renewable by 2050 →
The Energy Report, a comprehensive study developed by the WWF, AMO and Ecofys claiming that the world can be 100 percent reliant on renewable energy by 2050, launches globally today.
Feb 7th
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January 2011
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Web 2.0 Summit 2010: Mark Zuckerberg, "A... →
Note: The video repeats at 43:54 to 54:06.
Jan 30th
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[co]design @ TEDx Melbourne: Designing for... →
Redesigning design for positive social impact - Trained as a landscape architect, Lucinda Hartley, spent two years working in slum communities in Vietnam and Cambodia before launching Community Oriented Design — [co]design studio. Selected as a 2010 Youth Action Net Global Fellow, Lucinda has been focusing on how young people can be engaged and mobilized to improve cities and space...
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December 2010
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November 2010
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RMI: 10xE: Factor Ten Engineering and AutoDesk
Factor Ten Engineering (10xE) aims to help engineers, architects and their clients attack resource-intensivedesign problems, such as manufacturing processes, buildings and vehicles, using RMI’s whole-system principles in order to produce fundamentally better results. 10xE currently offers design principles and a growing set of case studies—many of them derived from RMI’s experience...
Nov 8th
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