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Nature With an Edge

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

9.19.06 | New York Times | It sounds too selfish to say that the struggle to preserve the natural world is also a struggle to preserve the wholeness of our being, but it is a fact nonetheless. There are few better examples of this than the works now on display at the International Center of Photography, in a new exhibition called “Ecotopia.” That word implies something paradisal, but what the exhibition really suggests is the fragile ecology of the place we live — the glory of what it is and the sorrow of what we have done to it.

WOODSTALK Fiberboard Helped Developer Work Toward LEED Certification

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:19:18 GMT

7.21.05 | Midland , MI | Even though individual products are not eligible to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, products like WOODSTALK Gold MR Fiberboard play a key role in the overall ability of a project to earn sustainable distinction.

UrbanAmerica Launches New Fund

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:25:07 GMT

3.2.05 | The Slatin Report | Fund manager UrbanAmerica, which in the late 1990s was a pioneer of institutional investing in non-core urban areas in cities across the U.S., is launching its second fund, UrbanAmerica II. And UrbanAmerica has a powerful partner in hand: Fisher Brothers, a multi-billion-dollar New York-based family development and ownership organization. By PETER SLATIN

MoMA Exhibit Showcases Power of Landscapes

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:57:01 GMT

2.24.05 | San Francisco Chronicle | "Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape" opens Friday at the Museum of Modern Art and runs through May 16. The display features 23 projects from around the world — some completed and some still conceptual — of abandoned, derelict or industrial sites that have been transformed into viable public space. By DEEPTI HAJELA

Greenworld 2005: Sustainability Uncovered

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:41:18 GMT

2.23.05 | IIDA | The Northern Pacific Chapter of the IIDA hosts Greenworld, April 7 with keynote speaker Jean-Michel Cousteau, famed oceanographer, explorer, filmmaker, and son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau. Jean-Michel has spent his life communicating to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our planet. A trained architect, he founded the Ocean Futures Society in 1998 to carry on his father's work.