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- One Concern raises $45M from SOMPO to scale its disaster resilience platform across Japan Thu, 3 Jun 21, 10:00pmClimate change is intensifying across the globe, and one of the most challenging cases is Japan. In addition to lying on a major fault, the archipelago is increasingly inundated from rising sea levels that make the country...
- Low-income housing in flood zones traps families in harms way Fri, 26 Apr 19, 1:33amNearly one out of every 10 low-income housing projects is in a flood zone. In Houston, residents of a government-subsidized complex have sued the landlord, arguing that the subsidy system unfairly traps them in a cycle of...
- Richard Branson is planning to rebuild the Caribbean with clean energy Fri, 3 Nov 17, 11:34pmRenewable energy could help islands in the Caribbean be more resilient in the face of future hurricanes - and billionaire Richard Branson wants to make that happen...
- Richard Branson's plan to help rebuild the Caribbean with clean energy Fri, 3 Nov 17, 11:34pmRenewable energy could help islands in the Caribbean be more resilient in the face of future hurricanes - and billionaire Richard Branson wants to make that happen...
- Life Box: An Air-Droppable Pop-Up Recovery Shelter For Victims Of Natural Disasters Thu, 26 Dec 13, 10:00pmLife Box is an air-droppable, rapid-response emergency shelter that be quickly inflated to provide housing for four people. The Red Dot Award-winning emergency shelter contains supplies to provide relief to victims of natural...
- ReTyre Clip Transforms Waste Tires into Temporary Public Seating for Christchurch Wed, 14 Aug 13, 4:30amThe 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people, caused widespread disaster in the central city and eastern suburbs and is considered the costliest disaster in New Zealand's history...
- Check Out Architecture for Humanity’s Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! Today in San Francisco Wed, 14 Nov 12, 6:15amToday Architecture for Humanity‘s 3rd Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! conference is bringing San Francisco a schedule of panels and workshops that “bring together designers, architects, real estate professionals,...
- Architecture for Humanity Teams Up with MTV’s Jersey Shore to ‘Restore the Shore’ After Hurricane Sandy Thu, 8 Nov 12, 4:00amIn between trips to the tanning booth and the gym, the cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ is dabbling in philanthropy. MTV and their most notorious reality TV cast have joined together with Architecture for Humanity to air...
- Six Things You Can Do To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Wed, 7 Nov 12, 8:35amRead the rest of Six Things You Can Do To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture for Humanity, Breezy Point, Charities, disaster recovery, Hurricane, hurricane...
- Power in a Box: Princeton’s Disaster Relief Solar and Wind Generator Fits in a Shipping Container Fri, 4 May 12, 4:20amA prototype for a solar and wind power station that fits within a shipping container has placed a group of students from Princeton University among the winners of a national EPA-sponsored sustainable design competition...
- AIA and Architecture for Humanity Team Up To Help Architects Respond To Disasters Fri, 23 Mar 12, 5:00amLast month the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and nonprofit Architecture for Humanity teamed up to launch ArchitectsRebuild.org, a new website that promises to help architects contribute to recovery and rebuilding...
- Telesar V is a Groundbreaking Telexistance Robot Sat, 18 Feb 12, 9:32amThe groundbreaking Telexitstance Robot Telesar V from researchers at Japan’s Keio University could bring us a step closer to a real out of body experience...
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Affordable Re_Home is Prepped for Natural Disaster Recovery Wed, 5 Oct 11, 1:13amRead the rest of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Affordable Re_Home is Prepped for Natural Disaster Recovery Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 2011 solar...
- Japanese Students Build a Pavilion from Thousands of Fish to Support Tsunami Reconstruction Efforts Tue, 26 Jul 11, 8:32amRead the rest of Japanese Students Build a Pavilion from Thousands of Fish to Support Tsunami Reconstruction Efforts Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: arch, disaster recovery, eco design, fish arch,...