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Fresh & Green Friday: Countdown to Turkey edition

November 20th, 2009

With fresh water a scarce commodity and mountainous areas a little more common, an amazing German plan to catch fog and turn it into water is catching on in Peru. A sustainable and simple plan for sure! Just up I-44, Saint Louis University has teamed up with Discovery News to give you ten tips for [...]

Urban Farming: food for the rest of us

November 19th, 2009

Once you pass the pavement, the Ozarks offer the perfect view of the sustainable lifestyle: miles and miles of rolling hills and farmland, countless crops and the long-standing tradition of living off the land. It’s living inside the city limits that makes people think that same lifestyle is out of their hands. Admittedly, there’s not [...]

Steve Mouzon on learning from green buildings

November 18th, 2009

Eco-designer Steve Mouzon develops new buildings that thrive by learning from old structures, and highlights these connections in his books and online. Treehugger’s Llyod Alter caught up with Mouzon at GreenBuild to get insight on sustainable places and spaces. Mouzon says sustainable places are: Nourishable Accessible Serviceable Securable And sustainable buildings are: Lovable Durable Flexible [...]