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Portland, Oregon is often recognized as one of the greenest cities in America. The city has plans for peak oil and climate action and policies to address recycling and sustainable urban development, so it makes sense that Portland will host the sixth annual Living Future unConference, a forum for leading minds in the green building movement seeking solutions to the most daunting global issues of our time. The unConference kicks off TODAY, and the agenda is packed with interactive presentations, tours, and experiential activities designed to encourage a “hopeful embrace of the planet’s economic, ecologic and social challenges, and offer solutions addressing these challenges at the building and city scale.” Inhabitat will be on the scene to bring you highlights from this year’s exciting program.

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Read the rest of Belgravia Green is a Net Zero Energy Showhouse in Edmonton

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Read the rest of Net-Zero Yin Yang House Soaks up the Sun’s Rays in Venice Beach, California

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Read the rest of Austria’s Climate Protection Supermarket Produces More Energy Than It Uses

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Read the rest of Clemson Students Win Design To Zero Competition With Sustainable and Stylish LiveWork Units

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Read the rest of Superb-A House is a Net-Zero Modular Prefabricated Home in Venice Beach

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Read the rest of Pixel Building: Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Building is Now Complete!

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Read the rest of Influx_Studio Wants to Turn Chicago’s Marina City Into an Algae-Producing CO2-Scrubbing Powerhouse

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Read the rest of Self-Sufficient Thessaloniki Piers Pavilions Are Topped With Shiny Solar Orbs

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Read the rest of University of British Columbia’s CIRS Building is a Living Eco Laboratory in Vancouver

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Read the rest of The Houl: A Sleek Net-Zero Carbon Long-House in Scotland

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Read the rest of Self-Sustaining Haiti Children’s Academy Breaks Ground Outside Port-au-Prince

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Read the rest of Defend Against An Undead Attack with These 6 Zombie-Proof Safe Houses

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Read the rest of Appalachian State’s Solar Homestead Brings Adaptability and Independent Living to the 2011 Solar Decathlon

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Read the rest of Team Tidewater’s Solar Decathlon Unit 6 is an Efficient Prototype for a Multi-Family Residence

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Read the rest of Team Canada’s Solar Decathlon TRTL Solar Shell Home is Built for Native Canadians

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Read the rest of Gorgeous Ruby Springs Prefab Features Hydraulic Shade Screens That Open Up to the Landscape

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Read the rest of Transforming Truro Vacation Home Reaches Near Zero Energy on Cape Cod

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Read the rest of Canada’s First Net Zero Home has 50 Amazing Green Features

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