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sustainable design: 1/4 of 4

Reusing bike parts to power water pumps, corn crushers and more

Mira Olson

15th July, 2010

A tiny workshop in rural Guatemala is pioneering cheap, eco-friendly, pedal-powered machines made from discarded bicycle parts more...
Janine Benyus

Janine Benyus: we need to go way beyond energy efficiency in design

Laura Sevier

30th June, 2010

The president of the Biomimicry Institute on learning from nature, designing cities to perform like ecosystems and why chemists, engineers and architects need to learn more biology more...
Local River by Mathieu Lehanneur

Sustainable Futures – Can Design Make a Difference? 31 Mar–5 Sept

Explore the pioneering models and architectural projects leading sustainable design at London's Design Museum more...
Homes for change

Homes for climate change

Susan Roaf

1st June, 2009

Building a more sustainable future is vital if our societies are to survive in a post-fossil-fuel future – but, argues Susan Roaf, the way we build must itself first change more...

sustainable design: 1/4 of 4

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