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Keeping Green Living Financially Accessible
UniverCity introduced the "Verdant" building, offering units at 20% below market value with the condition that resales maintain this discount, allowing residents to benefit from market increases while keeping housing affordable....
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Benefits and Function of a Green Roof
Explore a yurt-inspired home, featuring a green roof that enhances biodiversity, provides acoustic and thermal insulation, and mitigates environmental impact. The roof, along with solar panels and a rainwater collector, reflects their...
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Echoes of change, tracking soundscapes in a warming world
Learn how a soundscape ecologist captures the shifting audio portraits of ecosystems under the impact of global warming.
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Farm Living
Mr. Griot explores the nonfiction story "Farm Living." Then he compares and contrasts city life and farm life using a Venn diagram.
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Growing an Urban Oasis: The Green Barrier of 25 Verde
The "25 Verde" building uses luxurious vegetation as a natural barrier against urban pollution, featuring 22 plant species selected and acclimatized by landscape designers. The plants, a mix of local and exotic varieties, thrive in the...
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Self-Sufficient Living: Inside Hamburg's Passive Housing
The buildings in Wilhelmsburg's Waterhouse project are designed to be 100% passive, consuming no more than 15 kWh per square meter annually. They utilize geothermal energy and solar power to heat domestic water, making them...
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Practical Uses of Bio-Climatic Architecture
The "25 Verde" building in Turin, Italy integrates bio-climatic architecture and advanced technological tools, such as a restored geothermal unit, to minimize energy consumption. This system efficiently provides hot water, heating, and...
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Building a Green Future: New Residents Thrive on the Isle of Eigg
The Isle of Eigg has seen its population grow from 64 in 1997 to over 90, attracting many interested in its sustainable lifestyle. However, moving to the island requires individuals to find ways to support themselves. Owain and Laraine...
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The Importance of Speed and Usability in Ecological Homes
Benoit's ecological houses have been highly successful due to rapid construction times and sustainability. During a site visit, the eco-constructor discusses the importance of resource conservation and the need to balance technology with...
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Living in Australia
Dr. Forrester compares the lives of families in the United States to those in Australia.
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Community Changes over Time
Dr. Forrester teaches the student about rural, urban, and suburban communities and how they have developed and changed over time.
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City, Country, or Somewhere in Between?
Dr. Forrester talks about categorizing areas by their populations. Cities have a denser population of people and are characterized by taller buildings.
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Components of the Environment
Dr. Forrester explains how to categorize things into living and nonliving. She also discusses the relationship between plants and animals.
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From Food Chains to Food Webs
Dr. Forrester explains how all animals rely on producers, or plants, to provide a foundation for food chains and food webs.
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Am I Alive?
Dr. Forrester teaches about the characteristics of living things. She explains the basic needs of living things: food, water, and shelter.
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Laurie Halse Anderson
For author Laurie Halse Anderson, a survivor of trauma, putting pen to paper allowed her to make sense of the world. Discover how the acclaimed Young Adult author has connected with readers across the globe.
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The Enchanting Fairies of Celtic Lore
The fairies of Celtic traditions trace their origin back to an ancient race of otherworldly royalty - the Tuatha Dé Danann. As fairy nobility, the Tuatha Dé Danann were alternatively seen as gods, monsters, demons, and even the real...
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The Macabre Origins of the Grim Reaper
There are fewer images of Death personified than the scythe-wielding skeletal form of the Grim Reaper. But where did it come from? You may have heard that this haunting figure emerged as a result of the Black Plague, but that’s only a...