February 23rd, 2010
Image fromKere ArchitectureThe Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA)is presenting a series of lectures about architecture and climate change. While many of TreeHugger’s readers won’t be attending, theinternationally based architectsand projects being discussed show the range of sustainable work being built in countries such as Burkino Faso and Sri Lanka.
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November 16th, 2009
A familiar face at San Francisco’s Green Festival wasMr. Ellie Pooh, a company that makes paper from elephant dung. Elephants in Sri Lanka are killed for their interference with agriculture, but they interfere with agriculture simply because they’re running out of space of their own. By making a lucrative market for paper from their dung, they’re given a better chance at survival. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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