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  • Teresa Bergen
  • 03/03/2020

A basket of bread comes around, and the person next to me removes a chunk, holds it up and says, “Bread of life.” I accept it and do the same for the person on my other side. It’s the first time I’ve ever attended a religious service so egalitarian that all participants are assumed qualified to give each...

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“Temple of Poop” grows a flowering rooftop with human waste

  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/03/2020

Latvian design and build workshop Zeltini has made answering the call of nature into an environmental statement with the “Temple of Poop,” a timber outhouse that composts human waste into fertilizer for a rooftop garden. Built on the designer’s property in Latvia, the project celebrates “humanure” while...

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Architecture

Minimalist, charred-timber tiny cabin is only 129 square feet

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 03/03/2020

Belgian firm dmvA Architects has unveiled a sophisticated and sustainable tiny cabin clad in charred timber. Just shy of 130 square feet, Cabin Y is a lightweight, flexible structure that is easily transportable and reconfigurable. Additionally, the cabin runs on solar power, meaning it doesn't have to rely on...

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Architecture

Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto

  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/03/2020

The Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass timber college building. Designed in collaboration with construction services company EllisDon as well as architecture firms Dialog and Smoke Architecture, the Progress Campus A Block expansion...

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  • Anya Hindmarch storefront filled with empty plastic water bottles
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Design

'I Am a Plastic Bag' is made from recycled single-use plastic bottles

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 03/02/2020

Following the sold-out success of “I Am Not a Plastic Bag” in 2007, designer brand Anya Hindmarch has launched a new product, called "I Am a Plastic Bag", aimed at recycling single-use plastic and leaving behind a net-zero carbon footprint from production. The initial “I Am Not a Plastic Bag”...

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Architecture

York University’s new green-roofed student center celebrates inclusivity

  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/02/2020

After overwhelmingly voting in favor of a second campus building devoted solely to student space, students at Toronto’s York University have welcomed a new student center with an inspiring emphasis on inclusivity and sustainability. Designed by global architecture firm CannonDesign, the student center was created...

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  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/02/2020

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  • Lucy Wang
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  • Nicole Jewell
  • 02/28/2020

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  • Katherine Gallagher
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