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Animal Rights in the Year 2015

As of now, Leo and Hercules’ case is still pending. The two chimpanzees were briefly (for just a few hours) recognized as legal persons last month and granted a writ of habeas corpus, which basically frees them from detention, and…

neoli18 May 2015

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Low- and High-Tech Solutions for Earthquake-Proof Green Buildings

Experts tell us that it is buildings—not earthquakes—which claim lives. Before we had buildings and cities rising up and dotting the landscape, when everything was just valleys or fields or marshes or forests, and certainly no people around—earthquakes were just…

neoli7 May 2015

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April Roundup of Stories: Up House, Volcanoes and Global Warming, Influential Buildings, and More

Welcome to our monthly roundup of stories from all over the web, stories which might have gone under your radar and didn't get the retweets and shares they deserve. From the real-life Up House, to the flimsy link between volcanoes…

neoli30 April 2015

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Green Building, Good Design: Winners and Chosen Ones

This April the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment picked its top ten best green projects in all of US. Since 1990, AIA/COTE has been recognizing projects that consciously incorporate sustainable design while addressing ecological issues. …

neoli27 April 2015

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How to Turn Earth Day Into a Habit Not Just a Celebration

If we’re really, really serious about the planet, celebrating Earth Day (which happens on April 22) for just one day isn’t going to cut it. Surely Earth deserves more of our attention than just once-a-year remembrances. Usually around this time…

neoli21 April 2015

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Towards Healthy Buildings: WELL Building Standard and LEED

Fast fact: Many of us spend long hours indoors. Sadly if it’s a particularly ill-built building, we could be breathing badly recirculated air, depriving ourselves of healthy natural daylight, exposing ourselves to whatever toxic chemicals that are off-gassing from the…

neoli19 April 2015

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LEED Now Recognizes Living Building Challenge's Energy and Water Credits

Good news for people seeking multiple green building certification. The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is now aligning itself with the Living Building Challenge (LBC). Water and Energy efficiency are two of the seven "petals' on which building…

neoli14 April 2015

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The Many Hidden Dangers of Discount Stores

For the budget-strapped, or someone just looking to stretch their dollar, discount stores are simply a godsend. And these days discount stores have gotten better at stocking items that previously only the big department stores carried. Most of these are…

neoli7 April 2015

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USGBC + C40 + WGBC City Market Brief Compendium Released

The C40 Initiative together with the USGBC and the World Green Building Council have released their Green Building City Market Brief Compendium. This is the most comprehensive report of its kind, outlining the issues cities are facing around the world in…

Alessandro3 April 2015

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March Story Roundup: From Global Warming Ban to Tallest Prefab to 3D-Printed Bricks

So here we are again at the end of the month with our story roundup. We’ve compiled 8 of the most popular and interesting stories around the Web, from ingeniously insulating 3D-printed bricks to wooden buildings to a statewide ban…

neoli29 March 2015