A Place in the Sun….
This is the work of a group of 4 students that I assisted in 2007…sorry I hadn’t posted this here before…nice work guys…
Ideas in Reuseability…
Listening to a presentation at the ICS workshop this week, one of the presenters (Rui Frazão of LNEG) said something to the effect that industry should look to provide services rather than products…which means that instead of selling a washing machine, you sell the wash…which means that people pay for each wash they make at home…the washing machine manufacturer then provides the most energy and water efficient machine, and even look to manufacture the machine so that parts are easily reusable at the end of the useful life of the machine. It’s something that we have been favouring for some time and its nice to hear a respected researcher like Rui Frazão also developing the theme. (more…)
Message from Greenpeace…
There are moments in my life that I feel we can do amazing things collectively….This is a message I received from Greenpeace which confirms this…its worth reading this and having a look at how you can get involved in the cause…
Message from Greenpeace…
Together, we went far in 2009.
Our voices and actions helped build the biggest movement civil society has ever seen around the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, convinced Apple, Clorox, and Philips to remove toxic chemicals from their products, and brought a successful conclusion to our eight year campaign to stop Kimberley-Clarke from pulping the most endangered North American rainforests. You also made us one of the biggest NGOs on Facebook and sent thousands of e-mails that gave our fragile Earth a voice.
We have come far - and accomplished so much. Now let’s go further.
VISIT THE GREENPEACE SITE
Ecological Intelligence…by Daniel Goldman
I am reading Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goldman (a Christmas present from Helena… 
) which has become a revelation to me, as Goldman writes about the things I believe is inevitable in our industry.
For years I have said that although we have proved it’s possible to reduce the energy needs for heating and cooling in buildings by up to 80%, I am completely aware that the main challenge moving forward, to make buildings more sustainable, is to be able to know everything there is to know about the many 100’s of materials being used in the construction of the buildings and the effects their production process have on the environment… (more…)
Give Priests a Chance…
A friend of mine skyped me this morning, bringing my attention to the fact that the Pope in his Vatican’s Annual World Day of Peace message (didn’t actually know this existed….), seemed to be going Green….have a look at this CNN article…
He says…“For this reason, it is imperative that mankind renew and strengthen that covenant between human beings and the environment,…
With his audience of over 1.1billion Catholics and the respect of the other main religions in the world, the Pope is an interesting “sneezer” to have on our side…the challenge now, is to get the texts over to his Priests, to further spread the message…
Nice idea for 2010…
