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When Cities and Wetlands Collide

By Tyler Caine on September 14, 2011 Comments Off on When Cities and Wetlands Collide bio-remediation, brownfield remediation, brownfield site, ecology, environmental, environmental remediation, EPA, Gowanus Canal, Gowanus Lowline Competition, green building, green roof, heavy metals, New York, New York City, NY, pedestrian friendly, sustainability, sustainable city, Toxic Waste, toxic waste remediation, Tyler Caine, urban design, urban planning, water pollution, wetland restoration

Describes the winning entry in the recent Gowanus Lowline Competition. The winning entry, which is described encapsulates the kind of far sighted bio-mimetic and bio-symbiotic urban design our country needs. Reading this post is like reading a how to book on healing the earth; and in particular healing the brownfield urban wastelands, very often built over per-existing wetlands.

Lean is Green

By Tim McMahon on February 7, 2011 3 Comments A Lean Journey, air, deadly wastes, energy, Energy Star®, environment, environmental waste, EPA, green, hazardous waste, lean, Lean and the Environment Toolkit, LEAN manufacturing, Ohno’s 7 deadly wastes, solid waste, sustainability, Tim McMahon, TimALeanJourney, Toxic Waste, Water

It can be said that lean is green. The obvious benefits of green and lean are energy savings, productivity savings, and savings from improved utilization of materials. They can also lead to innovations that involve creation of new products out of waste materials.