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October 31, 2005
.Eco-architect lays down green roots
CNN International - USA
... The house has a glass roof, which reoxygenates, as well as providing insulation for the house. "When building an underground house, light is very important. ...
Dome home grabbing people's attention
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... Working with the Monolithic Dome Institute in Texas, Meylor designed his parents' house with three connecting 24-foot-wide domes. ...
A better way of building
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
... As strong as the concrete module is, the round shape of a monolithic dome gives it a slight edge over flat-sided buildings in the high winds of a hurricane ...
Recent disasters have put focus on aftermath preparedness
Up & Coming Magazine - Fayetteville,NC,USA
by MARGARET DICKSON, UP & Coming Weekly, October 26 - November 1, 2005. It was an event so stunning in its horror that most of us ...
Prom roof garden is nipped in the bud
Morcambe Today - UK
By MICHAEL HILL. WHEN Pat MacDonald decided to try and brighten up her Morecambe home with a roof garden she thought no one would object.
Potato plugged as new lactic acid source
Food Production - Europe
... Lactic acid is a colourless compound, commonly used as a food additive for ... An Invention Disclosure for the process was submitted to Washington State University ...
School with rainwater harvesting, treatment plants
Kathmandu Post - Kathmandu,Nepal
... With a rainwater harvesting facility and a wastewater treatment plant in place, the school has set a benchmark on eco-friendliness for the entire Kathmandu ...
EA says plenty of scope for big savings on dairy units
FarmersWeekly - UK
While some dairy farmers are sceptical about using rainwater for cattle drinking troughs and concerned about possible disease risk, including leptospirosis ...
Nature Hits the Roof
Science & Spirit - Quincy,MA,USA
... Current LDS ground service manager Eldon Cannon believes building a living roof over the new LDS convention center--one that would incorporate a diverse ...
Viaduct: A tunnel's the best choice
Seattle Times - United States
... of an earthquake. Transportation leaders concur that, of five viaduct-replacement options, the tunnel is the best choice. All the ...
Tree House Sparks Controversy
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA
They are upset about a neighbor building a huge tree house. ... It's a fantasy tree house nestled in the foliage of a half acre Brentwood backyard. ...
Brave New Home
Tucson Weekly - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Then the couple answered their own question with this hushed, 2,000-square-foot model of energy efficiency, where 18-inch rammed-earth walls blunt both noise ...
Retrofitting the Suburbs for Sustainability
Raise the Hammer - Canada
... Passive solar design combined with thermally efficient natural materials: Building with rammed earth, mud brick , recycled timber and salvaged joinery, for ...
Earthquake Shakes Parts of Montana, Idaho
ABC News - USA
Oct 30, 2005 -- A moderate earthquake shook parts of western Montana and eastern Idaho on Sunday, but no injuries or property damage were reported. ...
Malcolm Wells' Underground Designs and Earth sheltered ...
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High-tech fiddlers on the roof
Corante - USA
There has to be a better solution, and over at Gotham Gazette, Sam Williams examines two alternatives - the white roof and the green roof. ...
Salvation Army Rebuilds Destroyed Villages in West India in ...
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
... latest update of the flood situation in India, the organization identified that galvanized roofing sheets are the most pressing need in the aftermath of the ...
Iraq Conflict, Aftermath Has Cost Britain 3.1 Billion Pounds
DefenseNews.com (subscription) - USA
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LONDON. British involvement in Iraq has so far cost the country nearly 3.1 billion pounds (4.56 billion ...
Green roof sprouts on downtown condo
Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA
The newly renovated Westview Condominiums in downtown will be among the first major structures to get a "green roof" in Nashville. ...
Cool(er) Roofs
Gotham Gazette - New York,NY,USA
... But others are pushing an alternative -- a "green roof," in effect a rooftop garden, with plants (even trees) atop a layer of soil. ...
An earthquake can't shake it
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... But there cannot be any dispute that the October 8 earthquake -- said to cover 20,000 square kilometers, stretching from Afghanistan to India -- marked one ...
How much rain water is enough for Chennai?
News Today - India
... This is because the city failed to harvest the rainwater properly. 'We should take rainwater harvesting more seriously', says Sekar ...
CJ: Far from normal in Wilma's aftermath
MSNBC - USA
Editor's note: Gena McCown of Boynton Beach, Fla., describes the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma on her community, which is 55 miles north of Miami. ...
Food for Thought Report 10.27
KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX,USA
... temperature. Dented cans were found in the storage area. A bucket in the ice maker created a risk of cross contamination. An employee ...
See for yourself the green roofs in bloom
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... ecoroofs: "No leaks, happy people, beautiful setting," says Craig Flower, property manager of the Multnomah County Building, which has had a green roof for two ...
Energy harvesters extract power from light, vibrations
EDN.com - Newton,MA,USA
... The smaller section charges a small capacitor that powers the sensor and RF ... including coils, magnets, and a resonant beam, and designed a generator that could ..
Plug in 50 Horsepower to Your Diesel Jeep Liberty
Truckblog - Houston,TX,USA
... When used on the Jeep Liberty CRD turbo diesel, the MP-8 responds by instantly adding 50 horsepower and 100 lbs.-ft. of torque. ...
Dignitaries gather for opening of futuristic peanut shelling plant
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
... away. A special feature of the plant is the three futuristic domes, each measuring 85 feet high and 170 feet in diameter. Unlike .
Ann Arbor gets futuristic fuel-cell Focus Ford lends city $1 ...
Fuel Cell Works - USA
TAYLOR - There's no vroom or whiff of exhaust when the ignition turns on the Ford Focus hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. Quiet, pollution ...
Building Green
State Journal - Charleston,WV,USA
... On the other side of that coin, natural light and fresh air improve employee productivity and retention. Increased lighting control alone led to an average ...
Katrina Survivors Storm Capitol
Collective Bellaciao - Paris,France
... spent about 6 percent of its budget on national emergencies, the bulk of their funding has been used for the construction of secret underground facilities to ...
October 27, 2005
Emergency power is nice, but it can kill
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Make sure your generator is the right size. In general, small generators can power appliances requiring 110-volt current, such as lamps and refrigerators. ...
Generator-equipped households reach out to the neighbors
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
... cord away from the Gerhardts, across the street in Riverbend, a small subdivision near ... dawn, the Gerhardts offered to hook Sipes up to the generator they'd ...
Government Canyon a conservation success story
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
... message by design. "Cisterns will collect rainwater off these roofs. Our restroom facilities will run off rainwater. With us being ...
UK faces fuel shortage - minister
BBC News - UK
British industry could suffer fuel shortages if Met Office predictions of a severely cold winter are correct, the government has said. ...
National Energy Efficiency Week Heralds Day of Geothermal Energy
Response Source (press release) - London,UK
... are now fitted with such systems and more and more people in the UK are considering switching to geothermal from costly oil and gas heating systems. ...
The intricate art of subsistence gardening
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
... Crops that would keep through the fall and into the winter in a root cellar had to be part of the spring planting. While produce ...
The harvest is over, but there's plenty to do
Boston Globe - United States
... a Maine farm. Fields needed to be cleared, firewood stacked, and the harvest put away in freezers and the root cellar. On this land ...
2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 4x2 Review
Autochannel - USA
... light of current fuel costs. So what could be more appropriate than a usefully-sized hybrid SUV? Toyota's hybrid SUV starts with ...
WaterHog rainwater tanks win distribution deal
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
... The Silvan Aquasource system reliably supplies water from two sources automatically (rainwater and mains), with no disconnection even if the electrical supply ...
Green Roof Short on Funds, but Ready to Grow
Pace Press (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... today. Of that came a suggestion to build a green roof, a project that would benefit both the University and the public. "There ...
In Wilma's aftermath, recovery begins for millions
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... "The heat in the aftermath of the last storm was insufferable," said her husband, John Terrill, referring to August's Katrina. "Nobody slept for days. ...
Wilma Aftermath: Long Lines For Supplies, No Power for Weeks
MTV.com - USA
Two days after Hurricane Wilma whipped across Southern Florida, residents continue to struggle in their search for basic necessities, from ice to gas and safe ...
Fears of post-Wilma fuel shortage grow
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... was the overwhelming feeling (of dread) that began to emerge Tuesday as tens of thousands of area residents hit the roads looking for precious fuel - and in ...
Decorating on a shoestring
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... By mixing a can of paint with water, walls can be coated with a translucent shade that will add warmth at just pennies a square foot. ...
October 23, 2005
Dean Cameron has just returned from collecting a Global Award at ...
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
... It converts sewage and wastewater into clean irrigation water, and in the process, can also break down food scraps and sanitary ... The Biolytix® technology is a ...
Install an Extra Bath in Half a Day and Restore Family Harmony
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... have an extra bathroom anywhere they choose -- even below the sewage line -- without ... Using what is known as "macerating" technology, the system works a little ...
Feel the fungi
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... She says, "I'm not frightened of using wild mushrooms. I use morel, porcini, oyster mushrooms, shaggy ink cap and wood blewits that all grow in abundance here. ...
Amazon drought health fears
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
BRAZIL is setting aside more relief funding for the Amazon region to stave off epidemics and help residents cope with the worst drought in 40 years. ..
More retailers building environmentally friendly stores
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... In addition to the other systems, this one will have a green roof planted with shrubs and flowers that should reduce air conditioning costs and slow water ...
Chinese Christian Refugee's Religious Asylum Reinstated
Agape Press - Tupelo,MS,USA
... Five years ago Li Xiaodong, a leader in China's underground house church movement, was granted refugee protection by an American immigration judge and allowed ...
Economics, changing warfare affect outcome
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
... With the invention of the McCormick reaper in 1847, the North saw how that one invention could so increase food production that grain could be harvested seven ...
China sows seeds, but few are harvested
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland
... The government is now examining a more controversial invention - a form of GM ... first country to approve a genetically modified version of a main staple food. ...
Photos show hurricanes' devastation
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
The pictures shot by Sioux City resident and American Red Cross worker Ed Porter show compassion, protection and devastation. In ...
October 20, 2005
The Year Of Living Dangerously
E.Sinchew-i.com - Malaysia
... guns and nuclear weapons. "Instead, they should invest in the simplest commodity on earth--houses that don't fall down," he says.
Mill projects focus on recycling history
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin - Tooele,UT,USA
... the whole crew have the wheels turning as they think of ways to bring the pioneer heritage to life on the 11 acre site, where a giant water wheel is becoming a ...
Is it too easy for buildings to get certified as eco-friendly?
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... forms. "I'd much rather spend the money installing photovoltaic cells or a green roof than spending my time filling out papers.".
Earthquake death toll could top 54,000
CBC News - Canada
8 earthquake's death toll will be "not less than 40,000" in that state alone, meaning that the disaster may have claimed more than 54,000 lives in all of ...
The killer wave and its aftermath
Hindu - Chennai,India
TSUNAMI -- 7 Hours That Shook the World: Satinder Bindra; HarperCollins Publishers, 1A, Hamilton House, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 395. .
Send Us Photos Of The Flooding And Aftermath
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
Floods hit southwestern New Hampshire, and now residents are trying to rebuild. We'd like to see your pictures of the floods and their aftermath. ...
UK distributorship for Nanogel panels
Construction and Maintenance News - Minsk,Belarus
Nanogel translucent aerogel is Cabot Corporation's innovative daylighting material that combines high light transmission with energy efficiency. ...
October 16, 2005
Drinking Water Fresh from the Sewer
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA
... However, only 23 percent of all raw sewage receives treatment. ... Borrowing the idea of basic solar distillation technology and design from an acquaintance in New ...
®SOLARONE ANNOUNCES 1ST INSTALLATION MC2 PV-LED LIGHTING ...
Earthtoys (press release) - USA ... "Using the solar-LED combination for lighting to 'see by' as compared with lighting to 'look at' is a major step forward for the technology.
Want to Start a Ski Resort?
First Tracks - Salt Lake City,UT,USA ... from 3,000 ft. to 4,600 ft. and numerous indigenous species of flora, including wild orchids and morel mushrooms. The mountain is ...
Plans underway for tornado shelter
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,WI,USA
... Money to help construct the tornado shelter could be available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency mitigation grant program administered through ...
Poverty, human displacement remants of disaster Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... 20 feet of water, floods in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, floods in Eastern North Carolina, tornado-ripped communities ... "Their address was the shelter," Graham said ...
Better Bathroom Lighting... Now!
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... If natural light isn't practical, there are a number of synthetic choices. ... Is it ambient light, or the main source of lighting for the room?
Earthquake-Prone San Francisco Worries About the 'Big One'
Voice of America - USA
By Mike O'Sullivan. San Francisco suffered a devastating earthquake nearly 100 years ago, and experts say a similar quake would cause far more damage today. ...
Rain makes aging sewers spew
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
... said. Old sewer pipes often take on water during heavy rains, causing them to overflow with rainwater and raw sewage. Riverkeeper ...
®®WESTON Donates GreenGrid Green Roof Materials to Support Three ...
Capitol Reports (press release) - Cameron Park,CA,USA
... "By adding a green roof, students will be able to control the temperature in the solar houses with less energy, creating efficiencies beyond many of their ...
Pakistan puts earthquake toll at 38,000
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
Pakistan on Saturday raised the death toll in last Saturday's earthquake in northern part of the country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to around 38,000 ...
October 13, 2005
Fuel shortage: Is it real or created?
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
By Robert A. Kuehl, Davenport. The last created shortage I recall was during President Carter's oil embargo in 1974, when we established CAFÉ standards. ...
Earthquake creates 100km wasteland
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... continued their frantic struggle to save thousands of people buried in a 100-kilometre-wide sea of rubble after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake flattened towns and ...
Katrina aftermath: Local leaders upset over clean-up jobs
GG2.net - UK
THEY clear rotten seafood from stinking restaurant freezers, wash excrement from the floors of the Superdome, rip out wads of soaked insulation. ...
Pakistani President Appeals for Internationl Help in Earthquake's ...
All Headline News - USA
... country in ruins. Musharraf says his country cannot deal with the aftermath of the massive earthquake on its own. In Washington, President ...
Earthquake in Kashmir, Land of Upheaval
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
Kashmir, near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake, is home to more than 10 million people, at least a quarter of whom have been left homeless. ...
Quake aftermath: Sikh village cries for help
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Residents of the Tribuni village in Tangdhar, right on the LoC, are yet to receive any help from the authorities following the devastating earthquake on ...
October 6, 2005
Minor earthquake hits Israel, Palestinian areas, no injuries
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
JERUSALEM - A minor earthquake hit Israel and the Palestinian areas early Monday but no injuries were immediately reported, police said. ...
Fuel shortage hits Zambia's enterprises
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... Daily Mail reported that the country's biggest mining company, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), had reduced its production by half due to the ongoing fuel shortage
BP Claims Hurricane Expenses Over $700-million
All Headline News - USA
... The Texas City refinery and other BP facilities in the area were shut down for several days before the two hurricanes struck and also in the immediate aftermath
Hamerschlag Hall pioneers green roof technology
The Tartan Online - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Energy Fest. CMU's most recent project, in collaboration with Green Practices, is the Hamerschlag Hall Green Roof. The addition ...
Scientists eye earthquake cluster site
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... The network may help him predict what is going to happen if the earthquake cluster, or swarm, continues in the area near Cascade, about 80 miles north of Boise ..
Highest hopes for green roofs
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... The green roof demonstration project is part of a plan to develop a green roof installation business - tentatively called SmartRoofs - along with a job ...
Green Roofs Save the Planet and Money in the Bronx
WNYC - New York,NY,USA
... their bottom line. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez recently attended the opening of a green roof on Garrison Avenue . REPORTER: The American ...
McHugh Building 50 East Chestnut on Gold Coast
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... corner of North Rush and Chestnut streets, the 39-story building will feature retail and parking on its first five floors, with a green roof system and rooftop ...
October 3, 2005
Earthquake Preparedness
KAIT - Jonesboro,AR,USA
... An area with a population of over 10 million people. Following a massive earthquake what steps have to be taken to provide help? ...
Physicians Ill-prepared To Diagnose, Treat Bioterrorism Diseases
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... unable to correctly diagnose diseases caused by agents most likely to be used by bioterrorists, such as smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague, according to a ...
Going where the sun does shine
Boston Globe - United States
... Trinity Bay was as pretty as the prettiest place I've ever been -- Kale/Simena in Turkey -- and nearby Elliston, the ''root cellar capital of the world," was a ..
Home Grown
Living on the Earth - Cambridge,MA,USA
... Our food system operates on the principle that it's always summer somewhere, so it's forgotten how to get through winter. How many houses have a root cellar? ..
Colony reaped the great downpour
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... The great downpour was helping this Yari Road society achieve their target of harvesting 300 tankers-full of rainwater by next summer. ...
Earthquake off PNG's south coast not expected to cause damage:
Xinhua - China
30 (Xinhuanet) -- The strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale recorded in the seas off the south coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) earlier Friday is ...
US help for disaster victims goes from nothing to billions
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... the individuals affected. In the immediate aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Gen. Frederick Funston earned ...
Consumer spending hit by hurricanes' aftermath
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake,IL,USA
by hurricanes' aftermath. By CARLOS TORRES and BOB WILLIS. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are driving prices higher and incomes lower ...
Thousands Still Without Power In Aftermath Of Violent Storm
Caledonian Record - VT, United States
BY JACOB L. GRANT, Staff Writer. A violent windstorm Thursday left tens of thousands of residents and businesses without power, and ...
Disasters: Two down, one to go
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... most likely catastrophes to strike the United States: A terrorist attack in New York, a super-hurricane hitting New Orleans, and a major earthquake along the ..
Science news briefs: 10/2/05
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... 2510. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have nothing better to do now than watch the grass grow -- on their "green" roof
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