WHY CANT WE DO THE SAME?

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The small Australian town of Bundanoon just set a new standard for sustainability by voting to do what no community has ever done before: ban bottled water! The measure was founded over concerns about the tremendous amount of resources used to extract, package, and transport bottled water, and it passed nearly unanimously in a town hall meeting. Will this be the beginning of a trend and why SRI LANKA ?

DESIGN COMPETITION

ReBurbia - A Suburban Design Competition

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ANNOUNCING THE REBURBIA DESIGN COMPETITION!

Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs.

With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. Suburban communities in central California, Arizona and Florida are desolate and decaying, with for sale and foreclosure signs dotting many lawns. According to the US Census, about 90% of all metropolitan growth occurred in suburban communities in the last ten years. Urbanites who loathe the freeways, big box stores and bland aesthetics stereotypical of suburbia may secretly root for the end of sprawl, but demographic trends indicate that exurban growth is still on the rise.

In a future where limited natural resources will force us to find better solutions for density and efficiency, what will become of the cul-de-sacs, cookie-cutter tract houses and generic strip malls that have long upheld the diffuse infrastructure of suburbia? How can we redirect these existing spaces to promote sustainability, walkability, and community? It’s a problem that demands a visionary design solution and we want you to create the vision!

Calling all future-forward architects, urban designers, renegade planners and imaginative engineers:
Show us how you would re-invent the suburbs! What would a McMansion become if it weren’t a single-family dwelling? How could a vacant big box store be retrofitted for agriculture? What sort of design solutions can you come up with to facilitate car-free mobility, ‘burb-grown food, and local, renewable energy generation? We want to see how you’d design future-proof spaces and systems using the suburban structures of the present, from small-scale retrofits to large-scale restoration—the wilder the better!

HOW TO ENTER THE REBURBIA COMPETITION

Enter the Inhabitat / Dwell REBURBIA competition, by sending up to 5 images and a statement about your design proposal. You can submit as many entries as you like, but each individual entry should be focused on one singular design problem/solution (i.e. a McMansion farm rehab, a bicycle transportation hub, a piezoelectric, energy-generating freeway paving system). Entries will be judged on clarity of idea, usefulness of design, and visual/aesthetic appeal of renderings.

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• Inhabitat

• Inhabitat.com

  Inhabitat.com is a web magazine devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and design towards a smarter and more sustainable future. With over 1.5 million readers a month, Inhabitat is a must-read for architects, designers, trendsetting consumers and cultural innovators who are working towards a better future. Learn more atwww.inhabitat.com

• Dwell - At home in the modern world

• Dwell Magazine & Dwell.com

  Dwell brings modern design to the masses through our award-winning magazine and website. Since 2000, we've presented real stories about modern architects and designers, and the people who inhabit the spaces they create. We believe that good design should be a part of everyday life, and that sustainability and human experience are integral parts of good design. Perched on the cutting edge, with an eye toward the rapidly changing future and an appreciation of Modernist history, Dwell invites everyone to the table for a lively conversation about being at home in the modern world.

Official Competition Rules

RECYCLING AND ARCHITECTURE

people should be more closer to the environment. though we have done many mistakes in the past it is really required to return the energy that we have consumed or preserve them at this moment of time than letting it flow in to the environment.

as a developing nation we are really love to get the best and this would create a vital increase in the energy consumption. Today literally every nation in an financial crisis and seeking for quality solutions to enhance their environment too.

though our attitudes draw us back it is really important to see the real ground issues than living in a fantasy world.

lets practice...

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/06/platoon-kunstjalle-seouls-shipping-container-subculture-art-center/

LET BE A CONCEPT

HEY EVERYONE

THE HEADACHE IS GONE. NO MORE WAR THOUGH WE HAVE MANY THINGS TO RESOLVE.

HOPE EVERYBODY IS DREAMING OF SRI LANKA IS BEING A PARADISE IN THE FUTURE, SO WHATS YOUR DREAM OF SRI LANKA.

A PARTY PARADISE IN SOUTH ASIA...OR
THE LEGENDARY LANDSCAPE..OR
SO MANY TOURISTS...?

WHATEVER IT IS WHAT ARE THE MEANS OF REDUCING POLLUTION AND MAKING OF A EVER GREEN ENVIRONMENT...

BE FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS YOUR IDEAS AND DISCUSS WITH DREAMING SRI LANKANS...

CHEERS

LETS BE A CONCEPT......

Auroville Earth Institute

EARTH CONSTRUCTION

DC

HEAD:Are you a designer? no.  

TAIL:How can that be? Cos im not a designer from my profession.  

HEAD:Hey designing is not merely a profession it is a lifetime dedication to see the things in the way they should be. And every one can be designers to some extend. May be you have not expolred the beauty of that, may be you are the BEST.  

TAIL:So then i ll try out .

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DECORATE YOUR GARDEN WITH YOUR OWN WASTE_REGIFORM POT

This inspiration we found in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Kahawita De Silva, who are architects by profession. This is one of the beautiful plants in the garden and which is really interesting here is that the container of the growing plants and we found in a corner of their garden without any prominence given to it.

Today we can get the inspiration and develop this further to prevent or to minimize the damage course by us to the Mother Nature. This reveas the sensitivity of them to their environment. We believe our environment could be much greater if we start looking for inspirations than watching for substances.

SUSTAINABLE INDEX VS HOLCIM

Holcim sets benchmark in sustainability again 

For the fourth year in succession, Holcim has been named "Leader of the Industry" in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and once again acknowledged as the company with the best sustainability performance in the building materials industry. The Group has been included in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index for six years. 

The recognition rewards the continued and further strengthened commitment to sustainable development as an important part of the Group’s strategy. The Group’s recycling strategy, its dialogue with stakeholders as well as its efforts in human resources development received top scores. 

Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index was the first global index to assess the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index comprises the top 10 percent of the biggest 2,500 companies globally. The Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index includes 20 percent of the best-placed companies in the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index. Analysis is based on an annual assessment of general and industry-specific sustainability criteria undertaken by SAM Group. 

Further information: 

- Detailed assessment of Holcim: www.holcim.com/sustainable 

- More information on the indexes: www.sustainability-indexes.com 

WASTE BOTTLES CAN BE USED FOR GREAT WORKS

Creativity poured in to waste glass. You can try with your waste bottles as well.

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