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Sep 3rd, 2010
Posts Tagged ‘social action’
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Welcome to Part 10 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-10!)
Broad Pavilion
The key highlights of the Broad Pavilion, as introduced in Shanghai Expo Part 4, was the interactive Energy Conservation Technology Hall.
BROAD Pavilion Carbon Footprint
The Broad Pavilion Carbon Footprint (as seen in the picture above) was divided into Construction, Trash and Operation. If green building techniques are used, you can save a significant amount of CO2, which translates into cost saving.
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Welcome to Part 9 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-9+!)
Inside Urban Planet Pavilion
On the second day, I was the most surprised when I entered the Urban Planet Pavilion. We were strolling around the Theme Pavilion and since there was no line at this pavilion we decided to just walk inside of course not knowing what to expect. I immediately felt like I was on a new planet that showed us how much destruction we have caused on Planet Earth.
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CulturalCreative
Cannes Advertising Festival 2010: Where will 100,000 Condoms End Up?
Aug 30th, 2010
Every May the Cannes Film Festival makes headlines across the world as film makers and actors vie for some of the most coveted prizes in the industry, but what of the Cannes Advertising Festival? Also held in the south of France, over the last 57 years the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (IAF) has made a name for itself as the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals. In our series on the Cannes Advertising Festival 2010, we’ll take a look at what the jury deemed to be the most creative social advertisements in the world. (more…)
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EarthNews
Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo Part 8 – Alsace Case Green Building Techniques
Aug 29th, 2010
Welcome to Part 8 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-8+!)
Alsace Case Shanghai Expo
The Alsace Case has a wonderful green wall (made out of plants) and a window waterfall, as I like to call it. The Alsace Case pavilion recreated the solar wall prototype of the Bouxwiller High School. A great example of how to use solar energy to control interior temperature. (more…)
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Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo Part 7 – European Green Capital 2011
Aug 28th, 2010
Welcome to Part 7 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-7+!)
Hamburg (picture from http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=55793921)
Hamburg, Germany was awarded the European Greenest Capital for 2011. This is partially due to the HafenCity discussed in Part 5 of the Shanghai Expo tour. Hamburg has made use of innovative approaches for environmentally sustainable development of urban spaces. Hamburg has reached a 25 % reduction of CO2 emissions, aiming at a 40% reduction by 2020 and even an 80% reduction by 2050. The public transportation system is world class offering public transportation within 300 meters to 99% of its residents. (more…)
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SustainableCommunity
Now that’s an E-idea! Introducing Eco-Idea Competition Winners : 3rd Prize Part03
Aug 20th, 2010
Tomoaki Ishii received third prize for Resources & Revolution
Previously at greenz.jp we introduced ‘Long Cycle Project’ by Yuri Yahara and Recycled Tire Sandals by Akiko Kawase, the third winners of the E-idea Competition held by the British Council, with support from LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) Japan.
The next project that won third prize and a grant of 400,000 yen is….
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EarthNews
Aug 17th, 2010
Welcome to Part 5 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-5+!)
HafenCity in Hamburg, is a very extensive development of a sustainable district near the Elbe River. However, HafenCity will not be completed for another 10 to 15 years. This new district will increase the size of Hamburg’s city center by 40%. Not only is money being spend on the buildings but there will be plenty of quality designed public spaces. (more…)
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SustainableCommunity
Now that’s an E-idea! Introducing Eco-Idea Competition Winners : 3rd Prize Part04
Aug 16th, 2010
Akihiro Matsui received third prize for a food scrap composting initiative
Previously at greenz.jp we introduced ‘Long Cycle Project’ by Yuri Yahara, ‘Recycled Tire Sandals’ by Akiko Kawase, and ‘Resources & 3R Revolution’ by Tomoaki Ishii, the third prize winners of the E-idea Competition held by the British Council, with support from LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) Japan.
We’ll introduce the fourth project that won third prize and a grant of 400,000 yen.
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Welcome to Part 4 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-4+!)
On the third day at the Shanghai Expo, I was back on the Puxi side. I had hoped that the lines to the pavilions I wanted to see on the previous days would be shorter on a weekday.
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SustainableCommunity
Now that’s an E-idea! Introducing Eco-Idea Competition Winners : 3rd Prize Part02
Aug 11th, 2010
Yakiko Kawase received third prize for an eco-business recycling old tires into funky sandals
Previously at greenz.jp we introduced ‘Long Cycle Project’ by Yuri Yahara, one of the third prize winners of E-idea Competition held by the British Council, with support from LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) Japan.
We’ll introduce the second winner of the third prize and a grant of 400,000 yen.
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Welcome to Part 3 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-3+!)
On the second day at the Shanghai Expo we started on the Pudong Side of the Huangpu River. We entered the Expo through the Expo Axis, the main entrance. I must say it was quite impressive. (more…)
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Previously at greenz.jp we introduced the E-ideas Competition held by the British Council, with support from LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) Japan. After a tough selection process, the best eco ideas and projects were separated from the rest, and granted a share of the five million yen on offer.
Greenz.jp caught up with nine of the recipients to check out what is behind the E-Ideas that made the cut.
In this first installment we introduce four projects that won third prize and a grant of 400,000 yen each.
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Welcome to Part 2 of our ongoing Shanghai “Better City-Better Life” Expo tour! (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1-2+!)
After arriving on the Pudong side with the Ferry, we mostly covered the European Pavilions for the rest of the day. The Pudong Side consists of Zone C, Zone B and Zone A. The European Pavilions are part of Zone C. (more…)
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I recently had the opportunity to attend the Shanghai World Expo 2010. In the history of the World Expos, the Shanghai Expo is the largest Expo covering 5.28 square kilometers as well as the most expensive one so far. In 2008 the Expo was in Zaragoza, Spain and the next one will be in Yeosu, Korea in 2012. (Check out the whole Shanghai World Expo series, Parts 1+!)
I started out on the Puxi Side of the Huangpu River. This side consists of the Urban Planning Best Practices area, Zone E and Zone D. As my interests lie in green buildings and sustainable urban planning I spend most of my time in the Urban Planning area. (more…)
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On September 9, 2009, a group of the worlds leading thinkers gathered at the British Museum in London and announced ‘WorldShift 2012’: a declaration for a sustainable future. The declaration signaled the arrival of a new, positive shift, shattering existing ideas on politics, business, society, and the individual to create a more peaceful, sustainable society by 2012.
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PlayPumps: Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved. Photo by mediamolecule
Previously we reported on PlayPumps – a revolutionary pump that uses the energy of children playing on a merry-go-round to pump clean water from underground into a header tank. This great idea has huge potential in areas with no electricity, and difficult access to clean water. Let’s see how the PlayPumps are doing, and whether they are fulfilling their potential.
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Currently over 1 billion people in the world are living without access to safe drinking water, and 6,000 die every day from illnesses caused by insanitary water. Villages in southern Africa that do not have centralized water supply rely on shared water sources such as rivers. These same rivers that provide drinking water are also used for washing and bathing, often leading to sickness, or death.
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Amnesty International and Leo Burnett have launched a new kind of social network – Tyrannybook. Easy to use and linked with facebook, you can now sign up and start keeping an eye on your choice of tyrant, from Kim Jong Il of North Korea, to Thomas Lubanga Dyilo in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Hu Jintau in China to name a few who have made it onto the list.
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Brandkarma is a social media network work with a mission. Their mission is a simple but potentially powerful one. “To help everyone make better brand choices and influence brand behaviour for good”. (more…)
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Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved. Photo by Rego – twitter.com/w3bdesign.
You may have heard about the E-Ideas Competition recently introduced at greenz.jp. With applications just closed and the screening process under way, let’s take a look at some of the good ideas and projects that are vying for a share of the five million yen in grants up for grabs.
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