SITBON Wins PFFF Inflatable Architecture Competition With Glowing Red Grenade Pavilion

Paris’s SITBON ARCHITECTES have won the City Vision PFF Inflatable Architecture competition with their red domed “Grenade” design. Announced at Rome’s Museum of Contemporary Art , the competition called for architects from around the world to create an inflatable pavilion that could be easily installed or removed. SITBON’s Grenade infuses culture and art to virtually any area it is transported to, while resembling an ornate pomegranate. Read the rest of SITBON Wins PFFF Inflatable Architecture Competition With Glowing Red Grenade Pavilion Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: City Vision PFF Inflatable Architecture Competition , eco design , green design , Grenade , hexagonal pavilion , Inflatable pavilion , SITBON ARCHITECTES , sustainable design

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Philippine National Police Ordered to Replant Forests with 10 Million Trees

In an unusually environmentally-aware interpretation of governmental public service, the Philippine National Police Force has teamed up with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR ) to plant 10 million trees by February 28, 2013 . Seeking to combat climate change through much needed reforestation , the 140,000 strong force will plant the trees as part of the Philippines National Greening Projec t. The DENR hope that the partnership, named Police for Nature: 10 Million Trees Heritage for the Future, will lead to the rehabilitation of 200,000 hectares of lost canopy, an effort which will require some 114 million seedlings . Read the rest of Philippine National Police Ordered to Replant Forests with 10 Million Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , department of environment and natural resources , eco-friendly goverment , environmental responsibility , environmental restoration , forest loss , illegal logging , illegal mining , mangrove trees , national greening project , philippine national police , police for nature , replanting forests , wetlands loss

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SOM’s Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Will Be a Healing Green Oasis in Abu Dhabi

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