The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Quiet Revolution Ltd has revolutionized the windmill with their new QuietRevolution wind turbine, the QR5. Not only is it one of the most visually appealing wind turbines available on the market, its small scale allows it to fit seamlessly into an urban environment, providing a renewable energy resource in places where space constraints previously made it [...]

Wooow! What an amazing week! I had the great honour to be part of the team of Patrick Blanc to plant the vertical garden here in Melbourne. I’m speachless and I leave you to the pictures!!! http://gallery.me.com/a.giglio#100013&bgcolor=black&view=mosaic&sel=0

From Fortune By Philip Elmer-DeWitt Who’s crazy enough to camp out for a week on the streets of New York City for a chance to be first to buy an iPhone 3G? The Who Farm, that’s who, a newly minted publicity-seeking environmental collective with an agrico-political mission would like to persuade the 44th President of [...]

Wooow that is a great news!!! The great Patrick Blanc (http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/) is coming to Melbourne to build a Verical Garden on the facade of Melbourne Central! http://www.nationaldesigncentre.com/Default.aspx?MenuCode=ME0226&ValuePath=ME0182/ME0226 That is a very exiting news! He will also host a lecture in Fed Square as part of the Melbourne International Design Festival. Here the details: http://www.nationaldesigncentre.com/Default.aspx?MenuCode=ME0257&ValuePath=ME0182/ME0254/ME0257

Up to 30% of the ecological footprint of a city can be attributed to the systems which keep it fed and watered.  But when the mayors of the world’s 40 largest cities met recently to discuss sustainability strategies, food was not on the agenda.  Why? This international debate, organised jointly by Dott 07 (1) and [...]

A really good article that was on the Times last Saturday. I post the link as it is pretty long and with many links, but it is really worth reading! Enjoy! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4225138.ece