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A programme on sustainable innovation in China CITIES More that 50% of the world’s population now live in urban areas and the pressures on infrastructure and well being are immense. The growing population and the urbanisation on our planet offer huge opportunities for design, innovation and sustainable development. CLIMATE The growing population as well as our growing [...] More than 50 % of the world’s population now lives in cities. Cities cover less than 1% of the Earth’s surface, but generate 80% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Housing alone is responsible for nearly one third of the UK’s CO2 emissions and it poses a huge challenge in reducing CO2 emissions. The Larch Garden [...] Wallpaper is made from a number of different materials and built up in layers. The top layer is normally printed or structured. About 50 per cent of all wallpapers are made from paper or recycled paper, the other 50 per cent is made from fleece and other synthetic materials. The materials used define the quality [...] Maize Cob Boards Organic materials are gaining more relevance in the production of bio-plastics. Rather than growing plants solely for the production of materials, more and more waste products generated in agricultural and food production processes are used for light weight components such as structural panels. One example is Maize Cob Board, which is currently [...] Most of us now live in urban or semi urban areas. For decades the fringes of our cities have been sprawling out into industrial estates characterised by functional, often cheap and ‘one way’ architecture. The transportation of goods and the use of cars have been the key denominators in the development of these areas: accessibility [...] thequietriot.com participates at the Peoples Climate Summit – the Civil Society’s Conference parallel with the United Nations Climate Change Conference Dec 07 – Dec 18 in Copenhagen
On the 16th December YourClimate.TV, in collaboration with thequietriot.com, runs a workshop with the theme Designing Sustainability in the afternoon. The workshop will be evaluated and critiqued by a [...] Global sourcing is the standard in the construction industry: bricks might come from the Netherlands or Poland, cement from Spain, steel and marble from India, aluminium from Brazil and wood from Canada or the tropical forests in the Far East. Due to the rising cost oftransport and the growing importance of managing energy and other [...] In recent days we have featured bottled water and the much more sustainable use of tap water on this website. Whilst in our western societies we simply open the tap and are provided with the best quality water, large sectors of the world’s population do not have access to sufficient clean water. Watercone – a [...] Drinking water is one of the most regulated food stuffs in the European Union and many other countries across the globe. In our western societies drinking water is clean and safe to drink. Still – the sales of bottled water in the UK peaked in 2007 with the sale of 2 billion bottles per year. [...] Summer has come and gone on our allotment. It has been a wonderful summer and the harvest has been excellent …
By August growth is very well established and although it is still necessary to water most of the plants can manage for a few days without our tending. This is really fortunate as we were [...] |
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