LET'S SPEAK SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has just published a multilingual glossary on sustainable construction which contains the English, French, German and Spanish equivalences. Worth revising if you are interested in the subject.

THE PLANT SKYSCRAPERS

Food producers are investigating building 'plantscrapers' in city centres to start a new age of sustainable farming. No chemical pesticides or weedkillers would be needed, and because the climate inside them can be controlled, it is claimed that these farms will dramatically increase crop yields. Check out for the one being built in Linkoping, Sweden.

THE YOUTHXCHANGE GUIDE UNESCO

It is an excellent toolkit to train and teach on sustainable lifestyles available in 20 languages. If you search for its website, you would be able to add content, dowload documents and send your comments to UNEP and UNESCO.

CRAFT GUERRILLA

Love crafts' Are you for sharing your know how? Check out craft guerrillas, stop by their website, or even join them. This Christmas, make it Hand Made! So they say at the East London blog. Pop in and feel inspired for your DIY-ing. (Do IT Yourself). Do not forget the Spanish sister armies. Great Fun.

SLIDING HOUSE

London architects dRMM designed in 2009 a house with mobile walls and roof that may look like a simple barn, until you discover that it can be moved to cover or uncover parts of the dwelling. Sustainable design, both beautiful and practical. Details matter. A video worth seeing.

GREEN GUERRILLAS

In the early 1970's Green Guerrillas began rallying people in New York City to use community gardening as a tool to reclaim urban land and bring people together to solve problems in their neibourhoods. Get some information about ongoing projects.