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Dwelling·14 February 2020

Experimental Mexican community contains social housing by Tatiana Bilbao and Frida Escobedo

Tatiana Bilbao , Frida Escobedo and Fernanda Canales are among 32 architects and studios that have created low-cost housing designs as part of an innovative community development in Hidalgo, Mexico.

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Arts & Culture·13 February 2020

Sonia Boyce OBE RA: British Pavilion Artist 2021

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Arts & Culture·13 February 2020

Artangel: Portugal joins Red Lines

On the day the UK exited the EU, Portugal became the tenth country to join Evan Roth's Red Lines network . The new network-located videos show coastal sites in Lisbon and Porto where cables that carry the internet emerge from the Atlantic…

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Arts & Culture·12 February 2020

How Activists Made the Art World Wake Up to the Climate Crisis

From school strikers at the Royal Shakespeare Company to a Trojan horse at the British Museum, protests over oil sponsorship have gripped the arts

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Economics·11 February 2020

World Urban Forum: cities must be ‘at the heart’ of sustainable development

The official opening of the 10th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) took place in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with UN chief António Guterres telling delegates that cities and towns were crucial to deliver sustainable development across the…

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Arts & Culture·2 February 2020

Honeyland

In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently maneuvers the honeycomb without netting or gloves. Back…

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New Museum·1 February 2020

Steve McQueen hopes Year 3 work will inspire art's next generation

McQueen with one of the school classes featured in the project. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock

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Uncategorized·26 January 2020

Green World: The role of citizens’ assemblies

As the UK’s Climate Assembly prepares to meet for the first time in Birmingham this weekend (24-26 January), Caroline Lucas explains why citizens’ assemblies have a vital role to play in the fight against climate change.

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United Nations·21 January 2020

United Nations Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative…

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Arts & Culture·21 January 2020

The Arts and Climate Change | Canada Council for the Arts

Every day we witness new and dramatic consequences of the ongoing rise in temperatures. Scientists have been raising the alarm for quite some time—the causes of climate change are well-known and documented. Many people think the fires…

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Dwelling·21 January 2020

The case for ... never demolishing another building

Should we start thinking of buildings as material depots, full of reusable resources for the next construction project? Photograph: Omar Marques/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media

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New Museum·20 January 2020

Sustainability at the Horniman Museum and Gardens

Here at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, we're working har

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Dwelling·20 January 2020

SLG Environment and Sustainability

Image: Fox Garden. Photo: Andy Stagg Sustainabl

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Climate·15 January 2020

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ to ensure largest corporate emitters act on climate crisis

09 January 2020 — BlackRock has today become the latest signatory to Climate Action 100+ , an unprecedented global investor engagement initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on…

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New Museum·12 January 2020

‘CONNECTED BY A THREAD’. Arts Territory Exchange. Residency in Sustainable Practice.

The ARTS TERRITORY EXCHANGE is an organisation which facilitates creative exchange across borders and works with artists in remote locations and those whose work explores ideas of place, territory and environment. ATE’s work involves the…

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Climate·10 January 2020

The Water, Peace and Security Partnership

Water insecurity is increasing worldwide. A third of the world’s people now live in countries that experience high levels of water stress, with droughts affecting around 50 million people and causing more than $5 billion in damage…

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New Internationalism·8 January 2020

Walking to planetary citizenship | Lorenzo Romito | TEDxRoma

Lorenzo Romito explores planetary citizenship in this TEDxRoma talk.

TEDx Talks · 16 min read

Dwelling·8 January 2020

L’architettura rinnova le città nel tempo

OrdineArchitetti Milano Venerdì 22 marzo l’Ordine de

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