June 15, 2016
With an ecology and farming curriculum intended to “cultivate in the students and the staff a consistent and ongoing relationship with the outdoors,” San Francisco’s Golden Bridges School, a K-8 urban farm school, unveiled plans for its new campus, an … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Rooftop Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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June 12, 2016
In his first collection for the concrete furniture and accessories company, Lyon Beton, French artist and designer Bertrand Jayr plays with ordinary objects like toilet paper, file folders, and now plumbing pipes, which he transforms into quirky and witty accessories … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: flower vases, industrial design, Lyon Beton, quirky accessories
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June 10, 2016
New smart birdhouses in Amsterdam measure air quality then alert the public with illuminated green LED lights when the air is clean, and when it is, the devices open up a local server to offer free and secure WiFi to … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: birdhouse, smart birdhouse, Sustainability Efforts
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June 6, 2016
Talk about making science fun! Want to learn about photosynthesis? A team of four 7th and 8th grade students from the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California rap about photosynthesis in They Grow, a ‘science-ified” version of the popular Drake … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: alternative education, science rap, science students
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