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Can a Denim Kilt Fight Climate Change?
A futuristic collaboration between a nanotechnologist and fashion designer is raising the bar for environmentally friendly fashion with concept line Catalytic Clothing. Chemist Tony Ryan at the University of Sheffield in England and professor Helen Storey of London College of Fashion premiered their project last summer with installations of air-purifying textiles, including a “field of jeans” that used photocatalysts to fight air pollution.
This would make the perfect knitting chair. If only I had the room…
Sweden Building Major Urban Greenhouse for Vertical Gardens
By 2050, 80% of the world’s population will live in cities.
The 100,000 residents of Linköping, Sweden will soon be able to buy fresh fruits and vegetables grown in a 54 meter high greenhouse in the center of the city. The Stockholm development firm Plantagon began work this month on the project which is expected to be completed in a year and a half.
(via SmartPlanet)
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a warm meal for a cold night
“In a kitchen uninterrupted…”
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Where Have All the Good Seeds Gone?
In 1903, there were seeds available to grow hundreds of varieties of the ten sample crops shown here. 80 years later, seeds for only a few of each type could be found resulting in a 96% reduction in our food variety.
“Today 15 plant and 8 animal species are now relied upon for about 90% of all human food.”
What can be done? Some are turning to “seed-saving” from fruits and vegetables grown from non-hybrid, organic, heirloom seed sources.
We’ll be giving it a go this season to help preserve 13 varieties with the Urban Collection from Living Seed Company.
(via The Renaissance of Heirloom Seeds « Living Seed Company)
Starbucks in Seattle made from Shipping Containers
Another great reuse of retired metal boxes to go with this one in Atlanta.
via eco-urbanist & GOOD
(via localfoodlab)