Twisting Modular Planter Holds Flourishing Micro Gardens Within its Layers

Ascensio Mah recently teamed up with students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design to create this beautiful twisting planter embedded with a series of miniature gardens. Showcased at this year’s Canada Blooms garden show , the rippling design unfolds to reveal “garden parcels” that invite visitors to take a closer look. Read the rest of Twisting Modular Planter Holds Flourishing Micro Gardens Within its Layers Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: asensio mah , canada blooms garden show , garden design , green garden design , harvard design school , micro gardens , modular gardens , sustainable deisgn

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Mandala Round Prefab is BC’s First Energy Star Qualified Home

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Power in a Box: Princeton’s Disaster Relief Solar and Wind Generator Fits in a Shipping Container

A prototype for a solar and wind power station that fits within a shipping container has placed a group of students from Princeton University among the winners of a national EPA-sponsored sustainable design competition. The Princeton students’ entry in the P3 Student Design Competition is a “ rapidly deployable renewable energy system ” for areas hit by disasters such as the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010 and left large areas without infrastructure. Read the rest of Power in a Box: Princeton’s Disaster Relief Solar and Wind Generator Fits in a Shipping Container Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “wind power” , disaster recovery , Disaster Relief , disaster zone , emergency infrastructure , environmental protection agency , haiti earthquake , p3 compeition , people prosperity and planet , Power in a box , Princeton university , shipping container , Solar Power , student competition , sustainable deisgn

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MOTAT’s Aviation Display Hall Protects Historic Planes and the Environment

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