Brilliant Green Architectural Design Concept? Skyscraper Retrofits for Power and Food

Clearly we can’t very well tear down all of the world’s old skyscrapers for not being environmentally friendly – that kind of approach would itself be (ironic and) wasteful. At the same time, many of these buildings are projected to last for decades (or centuries) more. So what is the solution for making them green now? One rather clever proposal involves adding an auxiliary environmental layer to the existing structures that could house gardening and natural wind power production spaces.
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10 Creative Ways to Recycle Ordinary Objects

Creatively artistic recycling doesn’t have to be limited to helping the environment: it can also be a challenge and opportunity to ingenious designers who work with materials most people would consider waste to create amazing things. Some of the following designs serve multiple purposes: illustrating the material possibilities of what most would consider trash while also maximizing the aesthetic potential of what would otherwise be considered waste objects. Clothes become rugs, airline trolleys become furniture, cardboard becomes bridges and sewage turns into building blocks!

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Is Extinction a Major Present-Day Problem?

Extinction is nothing new … mass extinctions are part of the life cycle of the planet. Still, if we are indeed in the 6th great mass extinction then perhaps we should be worried that at least one such mass extinction took the planet 30 million years to recover from!

Some animals such as the Tasmanian Devils down under are threatened by diseases but many have humans to thank in some form or another for their extinction. Many of these species few people ever know about.

Perhaps even more troubling than increased animal extinctions are the disappearances of plants that we rely on (or might rely on in the future) to produce invaluable medicines.

Is Global Warming Fact or Fiction?

Is global warming a myth or a fact? Or is the entire term misleading and should climate change by the phrase of choice instead? The site 42Explore provides a great introduction to the issue of global warming, both an ‘easy’ and a ‘hard’ version, as well as numerous reputable resources for further reading and discussion.

This website on global warming – fact or fiction is dedicated to a balanced discussion about global warming and the site is broken down into convenient categories relating to various pertinent environmental issues. The site has also been praised by the scientific community despite the author’s own limited professional background and formal education related to climate issues.

A student’s take on the issue is not always the most informed but can sometimes lend legible insight to complex questions. Whether successful or not this study looks at climate models in an attempt to produce a balanced perspective on the question of climate change

This fact or fiction article presents and then systematically debunks a number of typical arguments against man-made global climate change. Of course any article would be remiss not to include albeit tenuous counterarguments that suggest that the global climate changes we are experiencing aren’t tied to human activity.