Sustainable Urban Agriculture In New York

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The Science Barge is a prototype, sustainable urban farm and environmental education center. It is now docked in downtown Yonkers just North of the Yonkers Pier. This barge is the only fully functioning demonstration of renewable energy supporting sustainable food production in New York City. The Science Barge grows tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce with zero net carbon emissions, zero chemical pesticides, and zero runoff.

From May to October 2007 alone, the Science Barge hosted over 3,000 schoolchildren from all five New York boroughs as well as surrounding counties as part of our environmental education program. In addition, over 6,000 adult visitors visited the facility along with press from around the world. The video above describes more about the Barge and its features.

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Event Notice: Janine Benyus Lecture At Syracuse University

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Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE), is a federation of firms, organizations, and institutions that creates innovations to improve health, productivity, security, and sustainability in built and urban environments. Based in upstate New York, Syracuse University leads the overall SyracuseCoE federation, and also its primary research enterprise center. The purpose of the Syracuse Center is to create jobs and wealth in New York State through collaborations in research, development, and education.

SyracuseCoE has been working to put on a great event. Janine Benyus will speak at Hendricks Chapel on the campus of Syracuse University tomorrow, (March 3) at 4pm. Benyus is a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including her latest, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In Biomimicry she names an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s designs and processes. The talk is a University Lectures event, sponsored in cooperation with the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and SyracuseCoE.

Click here for more information.

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International Architect Hits Big with Harvard’s New Student Housing.

Architect Kyu Sung Woo has completed what is considered a great example of what environmentally considered design can do for residential space. His new student housing center for Harvard in Cambridge, MA is not only drop dead gorgeous, it’s designed to achieve a high level of LEED certification. The building is packed with renewable bamboo flooring, considered wall paneling, low VOC finishes, and regionally sourced siding with recycled content. His 115,000 sq ft project is a part of Harvard’s ongoing effort to house 50 percent of their undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Kyu Sung Woo is a world renown architect. He has made great achievements, moving towards sustainability and evolutions in architecture. The Ho-Am Prize for the arts was awarded to him recently for $200,000. The award is commonly referred to as Korea’s Nobel Prize and has a 17 year history. Kyu Sung Woo represents the first ever architect who has received this sought-after award.

Below are links to two source articles which talk in detail about Kyu Sung Woo and his career.

worldarchitecturenews.com
archrecord.com

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Irresistible prefab homes

LivingHomes has been working hard to get great LEED certified, prefab housing on the market. To cite Steve Glenn, their CEO, “our mission is to create homes and communities that inspire people, foster family and community interaction, and make modern life easier, healthier and more comfortable — all in ways that compliment and enhance the municipalities and environments in which we work. We hope our products will set a standard for the positive impact they have on soil, water, energy and health – and we’re using the Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED®) certification system so we, and you, can measure how we’re doing.”

To get more information visit livinghomes.net

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Humanscale releases a new keyboard system containing recycled content

The new Platinum 5G keyboard system from Humanscale incorporates a mechanical arm containing 30% recycled content. For more information about the Humanscale environmental policy click here.

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Click here for the full article.

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