"Actually, the practice that's been taken on by many countries in the EU, especially the UK, is what's called Feed In Tariffs (FIT). It's also gaining momentum in the US, as in California's 2008 program which allowed anyone…"
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estella left a comment for Stella"I was actually thinking of a little further east, the abandoned madressa in Mardin and to really go for it, and what is arguably considered the pinacle of Iranian architecture, the complexes in Isphahan and to be honest lots of the other buildings…"
Stella left a comment for estella"Hi Estella,I agree with your comment on Islamic Architecture. I was in several places in Turkey this autumn and must admit I was amazed! Love the shapes and ornamentations of the buildings,and I found Late Classical Ottoman period to be my most…"
estella left a comment for Stella"Have you had a look at Islamic architecture? It is my favorite, I love the use of elegant curves complimented by wonderful decorative work. I am not a Moslem nor a moslem extremist ı just find that it floats my boat much more than all this…"
estella commented on Springer's blog post Packed"Would be interesting for garden pavillions if it could translate to concrete or possibly timber or platic even."
estella commented on Tyson's blog post A Room For London"I think that the idea is lovely and the form exciting however, the internal space is too small for the sort of price tag that would be necessary in such a unique location."
estella commented on Tyson's blog post Star House"Interested in your planting. Who did it and what was it?"
Suellen Maia replied to estella's discussion no sustainability no planet in the group Sustainability"It is still too expensive to work with solar panels when we talk about individuals, that's why we usually cannot talk about sustainable house, we should talk about sustainable neighborhood or city - or even planet , I wish! Governments should…"
Albert DUBLER replied to estella's discussion no sustainability no planet in the group Sustainability"Do not look for incentives and non-taxation, do responsible architecture as poor people do in growing countries. The only problem is to learn to share. If everybody shares the available resources and the liability of the impacts on environment, the…"
Tyson replied to estella's discussion no sustainability no planet in the group Sustainability"Great post Estella. I agree that we need to encourage sustainable practices. I don't know if governments will help with that effort or not, but either way we need to keep educating the general public on the benefits of sustainable practices so…"
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no sustainability no planet
well it seems obvious to me that if we don't embrace sustainable practices and the population keeps on rising there is only one conclusion. One of the simplest ideas that I think might work is that if taxation were to be removed from all sustainability projects and goods.
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- At 11:48am on March 7, 2011, Stella said…
- Hi Estella,I agree with your comment on Islamic Architecture. I was in several places in Turkey this autumn and must admit I was amazed! Love the shapes and ornamentations of the buildings,and I found Late Classical Ottoman period to be my most favorite!
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