CityTree: Reducing Air Pollution with Moss-Based Bio-Filters
CityTree represents a moss-filled revolution in reducing air pollution and cooling the air in dense urban environments.Continue Reading
2023-06-15
Living Seawalls: An Innovative Solution for Marine Restoration
To restore and preserve marine ecosystems, Australia is leading the charge with living seawalls. Continue Reading
2023-06-15
Bee Hotel Billboard: Infrastructure for Biodiversity Restoration
Transforming a billboard into a bee hotel for biodiversity restoration and local ecosystem recovery.Continue Reading
2023-06-15
Research Summary: Using Plastics in Ecosystem Restoration
The troubling use of plastic habitat structures in freshwater ecosystems – or when restoration is just littering.Continue Reading
2023-06-02
Rethinking Jersey Barriers to Reduce Carbon
Integrating carbon sequestration materials and plants into Jersey barriers to create “carbon-eating” barriers. Continue Reading
2023-05-31
Reimagining Bus Stops for a Sustainable Future
How permaculture principles could be incorporated into bus stop design and the benefits that could come from them.Continue Reading
2023-05-17
What if We Repurposed Billboards to Increase Urban Biodiversity?
Reimagining Billboards as Natural Habitats to Increase Urban Biodiversity Our landscapes are dominated by advertisements that ask for our attention – with the boldest visual noise coming from billboards. I’ll leave the advertising side of the debate to Adbusters. What I’m thinking about now is a much more direct questionContinue Reading
2023-05-10
Urban Food Deserts: A Speculative Solution
To solve the problem of urban food deserts, we need to ask: “What If highway noise barriers were repurposed as vertical gardens?” Urban food deserts – areas lacking access to fresh and healthy food – are a persistent problem in many cities in the US and worldwide. The lack ofContinue Reading
2023-05-02
Reducing Light Pollution Damage by Replacing Street Lights with Nature-Friendly Bulbs
Replacing Urban Street Lights with Insect and Bat Friendly Light Bulbs is a key step in reducing light pollution damage.Continue Reading
2023-04-25
Five Benefits of Using Gabion Baskets in Cities
Gabion Baskets are a Sustainable and Aesthetic Solution for Urban Landscapes.Continue Reading
2023-04-24