On Saturday, May 3, The City of Raleigh’s Planning Department and Marbles Kids Museum partnered to host the first Kids City Planning Day 2030.
The City of Raleigh currently is updating its Comprehensive Plan for the first time since 1989. Over the next 20 years, the city is expected to grow by 70 percent and reach [...]

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Following sustainable design, I have been a fan of Nau. It is a great example of how sustainable design can be sexy. Borne of some of the more progressive, corporate minds in outdoor gear, I thought they stood a good chance of fusing a green focus with an innovative business model.
They did have pretty compelling [...]

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The NC Museum of Natural Sciences (with sponsorship by Burts Bees) put on a great celebration for Earth Day this past weekend. There were earthy presentations, great music, fun events and even local and/or organic beer and wine.

First shown in the Art to Wear fashion show earlier this spring, Liz Bradford’s trash dress seems to [...]

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Concordia Architecture, New Orleans: 2 homes to start building in March
Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right” project of rebuilding houses in the Lower 9th Ward has gotten a lot of press since December, when he announced it, but this is a bandwagon well worth jumping on, so I’ll add another tribute article to the list.
According [...]

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Most people don’t know that it takes more than an hour of labor to make most shoes and that they usually use lots of toxic adhesive. That’s what makes a “green and responsible shoe” a true challenge. Below is an attempt by Patagonia to present some of the benefits of globalization, while showing a [...]

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