Carboun: Advocating Sustainability in the Middle East Home-Sustainability Perspectives - Sustainability 2030 Visualising sustainability « Computing for Sustainability New (Dec 2011): “Sustainable Lens: A visual guide” published by NewSplash available through Amazon. How to convey the essence of sustainability in a few sketched lines? I’m wading through the net and my bookshelves to find examples of the genre. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, but if I’ve missed your favourite diagram, leave a link and I’ll add it to the list. In no particular order, here’s 100 125 137 158 179 188 218 255 of what I’ve found. 1. “This model recognises that the economy is a subset of society (i.e. it only exists in the context of a society), and that many important aspects of society do not involve economic activity. 2. This model is very very common (google search sustainability Venn). “There is some common ground where each of the circles converge, but the main priority in this model is the health of the economy. Venn diagrams coming together and showing changing dominance of sectors in a static animation. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 Venn 3 with overlaps named (see also WKU) 8.
Retrofit with Earthship Biotecture | retrofit Retrofit Temperature Stabilization This involves three things. Existing homes can be veneered with a variety of insulations from urethane to straw bale and then replastered. Thermal mass can be strategically added to every space in a variety of ways. Ventilation can be set up for each room to bring air in low and out high as per natural convection without fans. If you live where heating is seriously needed, the solar greenhouse is a must for the entire southern sides of your home. If you have a huge home, you may want to retrofit only certain spaces that are most often used and let the others be used more when outside temperatures are milder and heating or cooling is not required anyway. Water Water in the conventional home is dependent on electricity. Both individual wells and community/municipal wells have pumps. Catch water systems can be built into conventional homes via roof catchment systems. This system will admit but not be dependent upon conventional water systems. Energy Sewage Food