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- It looks like a shark fin and helps urban river flooding Wed, 23 Feb 22, 6:30amThe Biomimicry Global Design Challenge encourages innovative solutions to the environment’s problems based on replicating the practices within nature...
- Shanghai's sponge districts fight flooding with green space Wed, 3 Jan 18, 12:21amShanghai's Lingang District has installed major green spaces in an effort to improve the city's drainage and environment. As China has rapidly urbanized, impervious, ubiquitous concrete has blocked the natural flow of water,...
- Rebuild By Design Competition Winners Announced – $1 Billion Awarded to Protect East Coast From Future Storms Wed, 4 Jun 14, 7:25am"The winning proposals are truly transformative and serve as blueprints for how we can safeguard the region and make it more environmentally and economically resilient," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan...
- Ice Sculptures Embedded with Seeds Repopulate Riverbeds as they Melt Fri, 16 May 14, 12:28amRead the rest of Ice Sculptures Embedded with Seeds Repopulate Riverbeds as they Melt Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: benefits of local seeds, climate change art project, flood prevention, glacial...
- 6 Innovative, Flood-Resistant Homes from the 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Competition Thu, 10 Oct 13, 5:06amAfter suffering from millions of dollars worth of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy last year, Long Island is serious about never facing the same fate again...
- Could Building Snowmen Help Prevent Flooding in Snow-Filled Cities? Fri, 25 Jan 13, 5:30amDid you ever think that the simple act of building a snowman could help the environment? After London was blanketed with snow this week, Roy Stokes, a spokesman for Great Britain’s Environmental Agency urged citizens to...