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Raye@Langtrees
and for you HP.......
Where would you prefer to live?
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Raye@Langtrees
or maybe this HP.....
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and when you finished with em ......
you can have these ok Homer.....
With all those cute pony tails, Homer will have to beat Rolf to get there first!
...Too soon?
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Wow, that's pretty harsh. I hear all the complaints about congestion and traffic, but I just don't see it. I think Perth natives are so lucky that perhaps they're a little spoiled, and what little traffic there is frustrates them. So, I understand. But still, it's not so bad. I'll trade Perth congestion any day for the congestion there is where I'm from, Houston.
I think Perth is wonderful.
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Adrianna Lush
As Don McLean sings, "I need a country woman for my wife. I'm city born but love the country life"
Me love the country
Me love the country
scarlett lee
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Book my 1 way tickets to Wonder Woman's Paradise Island please………
Yoshi Langtrees
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I would like to live in Thailand when i get older. if will be great when you get old and have family to look after you.
Morgan Sapphire
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Those homes look amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! But I do like where I live which is semi rural but easy access to the city.
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10 REASONS WHY EARTHSHIPS ARE F!#%ING AWESOME
Earthships are 100% sustainable homes that are both cheap to build and awesome to live in. They offer amenities like no other sustainable building style you have come across. For the reasons that follow, I believe Earthships can actually change the world. See for yourself!
1) SUSTAINABLE DOES NOT MEAN PRIMITIVE
When people hear about sustainable, off-the-grid living, they usually picture primitive homes divorced from the comforts of the 21st century. And rightfully so, as most sustainable solutions proposed until now have fit that description. Earthships, however, offer all of the comforts of modern homes and more. I’ll let these pictures do the talking…
2) FREE FOOD
Each Earthship is outfitted with one or two greenhouses that grow crops year-round, no matter the climate. This means you can feed yourself with only the plants growing inside of your house. You can also choose to build a fish pond and/or chicken coop into your Earthship for a constant source of meat and eggs.
3) BRILLIANT WATER RECYCLING
Even the most arid of climates can provide enough water for daily use through only a rain-harvesting system. The entire roof of the Earthship funnels rain water to a cistern, which then pumps it to sinks and showers when required. That used ‘grey water’ is then pumped into the greenhouse to water the plants. After being cleaned by the plants, the water is pumped up into the bathrooms for use in the toilets. After being flushed, the now ‘black water’ is pumped to the exterior garden to give nutrients to non-edible plants.
4) WARMTH & SHELTER
The most brilliant piece of engineering in the Earthship is their ability to sustain comfortable temperatures year round. Even in freezing cold or blistering hot climates, Earthships constantly hover around 70° Fahrenheight (22° Celsius).
This phenomenon results from the solar heat being absorbed and stored by ‘thermal mass’ — or tires filled with dirt, which make up the structure of the Earthship. The thermal mass acts as a heat sink, releasing or absorbing heat it when the interior cools and heats up, respectively.
The large greenhouse windows at the front of the house always face south to allow the sun to heat up the thermal mass throughout the daytime.
5) ENERGY
Solar panels on the roof and optional wind turbines provide the Earthship with all of the power it needs. As long as you’re not greedily chewing through electricity like a typical first-world human, you’ll never be short of power.
6) FREEDOM
With all of your basic needs provided for and NO bills each month, you’re free! You don’t have to work a job you hate just to survive. So you can focus your time on doing what you love, and bettering the world around you.
Imagine if the entire world was able to focus on doing extraordinary things instead of just making enough to get by. Imagine if even 10% of the world could do this. What would change?
7) EASY TO BUILD
At a recent Earthship conference in Toronto, Canada, a married couple in their forties shared about how they built a 3-story Earthship by themselves in 3 months. They had never built anything before in their lives and were able to build an Earthship with only the printed plans. They did not hire any help, nor did they use expensive equipment to make the job easier.
If one man and one woman can do this in 3 months, anyone can do it.
8) CHEAP
Earthships are exorbitantly cheaper than conventional houses. The most basic Earthships cost as little as $7000 (The Simple Survival model) with the most glamorous models costing $70,000 and up, depending on how flashy you want to be with your decorating.
With these cost options, Earthships can fit the needs of everyone — from the least privileged to the most worldly.
9) MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS
Much of the materials used to build Earthships are recycled. For starters, the structure is built with used tires filled with dirt:
If there’s one thing we’re not short of on Earth, it’s used tires! There are tire dumps like the one pictured here in every country in the world. There are even places that will pay you by the tire to take them away.
The walls (above the tires) are created by placing plastic and glass bottles in concrete. When the Earthship team was in Haiti after the earthquake, they employed local kids to both clean up the streets and provide all of the bottles required for building their Earthship. Plus, they look pretty sexy.
10) THINK DIFFERENT
The most powerful thing Earthships do is force people to think differently about how we live. If housing can be this awesome, and be beneficial to the environment, then what else can we change? What else can become more simple, cheaper and better at the same time?
It’s time for us to re-think much of what we consider normal.
Earthships are 100% sustainable homes that are both cheap to build and awesome to live in. They offer amenities like no other sustainable building style you have come across. For the reasons that follow, I believe Earthships can actually change the world. See for yourself!
1) SUSTAINABLE DOES NOT MEAN PRIMITIVE
When people hear about sustainable, off-the-grid living, they usually picture primitive homes divorced from the comforts of the 21st century. And rightfully so, as most sustainable solutions proposed until now have fit that description. Earthships, however, offer all of the comforts of modern homes and more. I’ll let these pictures do the talking…
2) FREE FOOD
Each Earthship is outfitted with one or two greenhouses that grow crops year-round, no matter the climate. This means you can feed yourself with only the plants growing inside of your house. You can also choose to build a fish pond and/or chicken coop into your Earthship for a constant source of meat and eggs.
3) BRILLIANT WATER RECYCLING
Even the most arid of climates can provide enough water for daily use through only a rain-harvesting system. The entire roof of the Earthship funnels rain water to a cistern, which then pumps it to sinks and showers when required. That used ‘grey water’ is then pumped into the greenhouse to water the plants. After being cleaned by the plants, the water is pumped up into the bathrooms for use in the toilets. After being flushed, the now ‘black water’ is pumped to the exterior garden to give nutrients to non-edible plants.
4) WARMTH & SHELTER
The most brilliant piece of engineering in the Earthship is their ability to sustain comfortable temperatures year round. Even in freezing cold or blistering hot climates, Earthships constantly hover around 70° Fahrenheight (22° Celsius).
This phenomenon results from the solar heat being absorbed and stored by ‘thermal mass’ — or tires filled with dirt, which make up the structure of the Earthship. The thermal mass acts as a heat sink, releasing or absorbing heat it when the interior cools and heats up, respectively.
The large greenhouse windows at the front of the house always face south to allow the sun to heat up the thermal mass throughout the daytime.
5) ENERGY
Solar panels on the roof and optional wind turbines provide the Earthship with all of the power it needs. As long as you’re not greedily chewing through electricity like a typical first-world human, you’ll never be short of power.
6) FREEDOM
With all of your basic needs provided for and NO bills each month, you’re free! You don’t have to work a job you hate just to survive. So you can focus your time on doing what you love, and bettering the world around you.
Imagine if the entire world was able to focus on doing extraordinary things instead of just making enough to get by. Imagine if even 10% of the world could do this. What would change?
7) EASY TO BUILD
At a recent Earthship conference in Toronto, Canada, a married couple in their forties shared about how they built a 3-story Earthship by themselves in 3 months. They had never built anything before in their lives and were able to build an Earthship with only the printed plans. They did not hire any help, nor did they use expensive equipment to make the job easier.
If one man and one woman can do this in 3 months, anyone can do it.
8) CHEAP
Earthships are exorbitantly cheaper than conventional houses. The most basic Earthships cost as little as $7000 (The Simple Survival model) with the most glamorous models costing $70,000 and up, depending on how flashy you want to be with your decorating.
With these cost options, Earthships can fit the needs of everyone — from the least privileged to the most worldly.
9) MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS
Much of the materials used to build Earthships are recycled. For starters, the structure is built with used tires filled with dirt:
The walls (above the tires) are created by placing plastic and glass bottles in concrete. When the Earthship team was in Haiti after the earthquake, they employed local kids to both clean up the streets and provide all of the bottles required for building their Earthship. Plus, they look pretty sexy.
10) THINK DIFFERENT
The most powerful thing Earthships do is force people to think differently about how we live. If housing can be this awesome, and be beneficial to the environment, then what else can we change? What else can become more simple, cheaper and better at the same time?
It’s time for us to re-think much of what we consider normal.
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I'm a walking contradiction lol, I love the city but I'm really passionate about sustainable living and hopefully will get a chance to study in this field. I'd love to be able to work more on helping develops the earth ship principles to inner city housing and lifestyle.
The urban structure of Perth is terrible! We're so ingrained with having that Aussie backyard that they keep striping the land to build homes most people can only just afford, so they can spend up to 2hrs a day travelling to and from work on roads that can't support the congestion. The wealth and privilege is locked into a relatively close stretch which leaves so much 'working class' having to struggle.
The housing in and around the city is too highly priced for everyday city folk to afford livings where or near to where they work.
So I hate suburban living. I'd rather live closer to the inner city. But probably not in an apartment since I do like a bit of outdoors and nature. I like the older areas that have large trees and nice grass. I like the beach. I've lived in a few different places in W.A and buy far best liked living in town, in the heart of everything. I haven't lived in the city with kids though, and mostly my mind boggles at the idea, but in other cities around the world they do it...and do it well.
The urban structure of Perth is terrible! We're so ingrained with having that Aussie backyard that they keep striping the land to build homes most people can only just afford, so they can spend up to 2hrs a day travelling to and from work on roads that can't support the congestion. The wealth and privilege is locked into a relatively close stretch which leaves so much 'working class' having to struggle.
The housing in and around the city is too highly priced for everyday city folk to afford livings where or near to where they work.
So I hate suburban living. I'd rather live closer to the inner city. But probably not in an apartment since I do like a bit of outdoors and nature. I like the older areas that have large trees and nice grass. I like the beach. I've lived in a few different places in W.A and buy far best liked living in town, in the heart of everything. I haven't lived in the city with kids though, and mostly my mind boggles at the idea, but in other cities around the world they do it...and do it well.
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Green Ideas Turn New York City into Efficient Urban Farming Area
Green ideas for turning New York City into a large farming area are an innovative response to the growth of global urban population. Terreform, Inc. has come up with a creative way for New York City to deal with the issues that arise from this world wide problem.
The plan is called New York City Steady State (NYCSS), and designed to make New York the entirely self-sufficient area, dramatically reducing its ecological impact and carbon footprint. The new green ideas are based on data analysis of the city’s food, water and energy supply and demand, and would create an efficient urban farming area.
These green ideas are focusing on the eco friendly products and green building technology, efficient food, water and energy production and usage, sustainable designs, as well as providing high quality air and pleasant climate conditions for specific areas of New York City.
Wind powered lighting ideas, The Hope Of Breeze, green backyard ideas
LED light bulbs from LED LEDO Technologie, green technology and eco friendly products
Green building technology and sustainable design ideas
Green ideas and sustainable design for urban green living
Environmental projects and creative green ideas are popular in Europe and Asia. They change house eaterior design, bringing more plants into cities landscapes. North America was lacking leaders in the field of eco friendly products and green ideas that could create a new reality and improve green living conditions.
Now US started a transition to green building, sustainable design and improving conditions for humane world community. Local architectural firms and talented professionals in all disciplines need to rethink outdated urban infrastructure and offer a new way of green living, changing the house exterior design, using green technology and sustainable design ideas.
Green ideas that turn New York City into an urban farming area
The city would be divided up into few centers, focusing on urban farming, green building and open spaces. Food growing cells , vertical farms, meat production towers, and neighborhood hubs are parts of the innovative plan for green living in a large city.
Sustainable design for growing furniture, chair farm by Studio Aisslinger
Cardboard furniture collection Prejudice, green ideas for recycling paper
Green ideas include using the plentiful empty rooftops spaces on the buildings across the city and adding plants to house exterior design, as well as the building new 30-storey farms, living walls and street level farms in public places.
Urban farming and green living ideas for large cities, sustainable architecture and green technology of the future
The new plan for sustainable green living would not disrupt the current urban flow, but only infuse edible greenery into the concrete landscape of the large city, creating pleasant atmosphere and offering an efficient eco friendly designs f0r comfortable green living.
4 water saving eco friendly products for kitchen and bathroom, green design ideas
Pendant light fixtures made of corrugated paper, contemporary lighting design
Green technology and sustainable design ideas for contemporary green living
http://www.lushome.com/green-ideas-turn-new-york-city-efficient-urban-farming-area/74456
posted in: Green Design Ideas, Outdoor Living, Plants and Flowers
tags: architectural designs, eco friendly products, green building, green living, green technology, house exterior, outdoor home, sustainable design
© 2010-2014 Lushome.com
All rights reserved
Green ideas for turning New York City into a large farming area are an innovative response to the growth of global urban population. Terreform, Inc. has come up with a creative way for New York City to deal with the issues that arise from this world wide problem.
The plan is called New York City Steady State (NYCSS), and designed to make New York the entirely self-sufficient area, dramatically reducing its ecological impact and carbon footprint. The new green ideas are based on data analysis of the city’s food, water and energy supply and demand, and would create an efficient urban farming area.
These green ideas are focusing on the eco friendly products and green building technology, efficient food, water and energy production and usage, sustainable designs, as well as providing high quality air and pleasant climate conditions for specific areas of New York City.
Wind powered lighting ideas, The Hope Of Breeze, green backyard ideas
LED light bulbs from LED LEDO Technologie, green technology and eco friendly products
Green building technology and sustainable design ideas
Environmental projects and creative green ideas are popular in Europe and Asia. They change house eaterior design, bringing more plants into cities landscapes. North America was lacking leaders in the field of eco friendly products and green ideas that could create a new reality and improve green living conditions.
Now US started a transition to green building, sustainable design and improving conditions for humane world community. Local architectural firms and talented professionals in all disciplines need to rethink outdated urban infrastructure and offer a new way of green living, changing the house exterior design, using green technology and sustainable design ideas.
The city would be divided up into few centers, focusing on urban farming, green building and open spaces. Food growing cells , vertical farms, meat production towers, and neighborhood hubs are parts of the innovative plan for green living in a large city.
Sustainable design for growing furniture, chair farm by Studio Aisslinger
Cardboard furniture collection Prejudice, green ideas for recycling paper
Green ideas include using the plentiful empty rooftops spaces on the buildings across the city and adding plants to house exterior design, as well as the building new 30-storey farms, living walls and street level farms in public places.
The new plan for sustainable green living would not disrupt the current urban flow, but only infuse edible greenery into the concrete landscape of the large city, creating pleasant atmosphere and offering an efficient eco friendly designs f0r comfortable green living.
4 water saving eco friendly products for kitchen and bathroom, green design ideas
Pendant light fixtures made of corrugated paper, contemporary lighting design
http://www.lushome.com/green-ideas-turn-new-york-city-efficient-urban-farming-area/74456
posted in: Green Design Ideas, Outdoor Living, Plants and Flowers
tags: architectural designs, eco friendly products, green building, green living, green technology, house exterior, outdoor home, sustainable design
© 2010-2014 Lushome.com
All rights reserved
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Harajuku in Tokyo is one of my favourite spots. Love people watching ^^
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WOAH!
Imagine the face expression when the cliff decided to do a runner on you, priceless...