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The Grumpy Environmentalist: Restoring an 1850s range

Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins the Greenbang team to write

7 cool examples of shipping container homes, stores and jails

A research programme that’s looking at how to recycle used shipping containers into emergency housing in disaster areas isn’t so outlandish. In fact, ISBU

The grumpy environmentalist: Heritage first

Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins the Greenbang team to write

2009 in pictures: Green building innovations

Greenbang has covered a variety of green building innovations over the past year, so we thought we’d highlight some of the top ones in

Better than concrete? ‘Liquid Granite’ is greener, safer

Could a fire-resistant “Liquid Granite” made from recycled materials be used to construct buildings of the future? Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University believe so,

New Orleans homes could FLOAT above future floods

One architect has a vision for how New Orleans could sustain another catastrophic levee failure in the post-Katrina era: build houses that are designed

Britain’s 1st straw-bale council houses nearing completion

Britain’s first straw-bale council houses are getting closer to completion, with the buildings expected to be ready for occupancy next March. Located in Waddington,

Living-tree tower sprouts up in Germany

Creating chairs, sculptures and pagodas from living trees isn’t good enough for some of the folks at the University of Stuttgart, it appears. No,

Amazing designs built with living trees

Here’s an idea for environmentally friendly, carbon-absorbing architecture and design: structures and sculptures built with living trees. A concept known as tree shaping, the

‘Green’ cement for carbon-negative construction

A UK firm working to develop carbon-negative cement recently announced that it’s raised more than £1 million equity funding. Cement manufacturing is currently highly