VanDusen Botanical Garden LEED’S by example
Along busy Oak Street in Vancouver, BC there is a green wall of dense plants and shrubs enclosing behind it Vancouver’s secret garden, VanDusen Botanical Garden.     Or so it was for VanDusen before they decided to undergo the LEED Living
Friday, April 19th, 2013
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Jasper National Park’s Glacier Discovery Walk
The creation of Jasper National Park’s Glacier Discovery Walk is well underway.   Image – http://www.glacierdiscoverywalk.ca/   The project, commissioned by Brewster Travel Canada is tu
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
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LEED Certified – the sustainable approach
Are sustainable building criteria changing the architectural scope for building practices? More and more buildings are receiving the LEED stamp of certification. How is it affecting the process?   Child Development Center at the University of Calgary
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
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350 Earth
Global collaborative art exhibit visible from space     When Thom Yorke, lead singer from the band Radiohead, announced a thank you on their website November 30, “To those 1500 or so women, men and children who withstood the cold
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
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chrysalis arts' public art sustainability assessment
It is not unusual for artists to touch on matters of climate change, air pollution or other environmental issues in their creative work.  Posts on this site alone have featured a discussion of Rotterdam’s Waterpleinen, and The
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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