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In conceptual renderings, it looks like a set for a sci-fi movie about a better future. It's been called "the eco-friendly apartment we should all live in," by Fast Company magazine. It requires no heat- that's right, none. MGB spoke with designer Tony Kettle about the "eco-friendly concept apartment" he unveiled at Cannes on March 10.
As sustainable principles begin to be applied to various human endeavors, we can expect to see changes that go way beyond slapping solar panels on the roof and tucking a recycling bin into the foyer. MGB talked to Chicago dentist Mladen Kralj about green health care and how the principles involved make going to the dentist an entirely different experience. Those of us not in Chicago can only hope this catches on…
Nabih Tahan has been designing buildings in various corners of the globe for 27 years- in a position, as he notes on his website, to practice, learn, evaluate and compare "how we do things" in different parts of the world. Through this experience, Nabih feels that we can all improve our systems so that we can reach our global goals of protecting our local environment and planet.“ MGB talked with Mr. Tahan about the state of his art and his multinational perspective.
Textiles are a huge industry, and an even larger polluter, says Patty Grossman, CEO of O Ecotextiles. But it wasn't until Grossman and her sister - O Ecotextile's US General Manager Leigh Anne Van Dusen - started searching for an ecofriendly alternative, that they discovered that one didn't exist. MGB spoke to Grossman about how she and Van Dusen founded a company to make ecofriendly furnishings fabrics.
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