Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 18, 2013 by Inhabitat Staff In 2012, the Danvers, Massachusetts North Shore Community College (NSCC) campus opened its new 58,000 square-foot Health Professions/Student Services Building. Designed by Boston/Seattle-based...
Combining music education, environmental awareness, and creativity, Music Matters gives students the tools and instruction to build their own playable instruments out of reuse materials. Since instruments can be very expensive and music classes have been victim to...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: November 22, 2012 By Susan DeFreitas Old railroads are all the rage when it comes to adaptive reuse. New York City kicked off the trend with its High Line park, which officially opened to the public last year. Now we’ve got...
Source: mcclatchydc.com Published: October 31, 2012 In a program begun five years ago, Mexico City’s municipal government has given grants to 3,080 families to build gardens on their rooftops, sometimes sheltered by simple greenhouses to protect from nightly mountain...
Source: guardian.co.uk Published: October 3, 2012 Courtesy of BBM Sustainable Design Ltd. All Rights Reserved Construction and industrial waste will be used to build ecohouse in Brighton city centre. The project is named “the house that Kevin built” and will have...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: October 2, 2012 Is it a trend? We’ve seen green low-income housing the city of Rome, Ga., expected to earn LEED for Homes certification at the Silver level. We’ve seen solar installed across a wide range of...
Source: grist.org Published: September 19, 2012 By Claire Thompson Sarah Bergmann does not see herself as a political artist. Promoting social causes, raising awareness — that stuff doesn’t appeal to her. But she likes asking questions. Doing so, she says, “allows me...
Brooklyn Botanical Garden Art Gallery 2006 This tree’s bark naturally grows lips Matter of Trust was the fiscal sponsor for this eco-educational project in New York. With an artistic vision, Cedric Pollet looks closely at trees, revealing the spectacular beauty...
Matter of Trust was invited to join the San Francisco Department of the Environment in organizing festivities involving international and local participants. The United Nation’s Environment Programme asks that its annual World Environment Day (WED) be hosted by...
The twenty-minute mini-documentary highlights the community kitchen that reclaims hundred tons of almost expired food from stores and prepares meals for the homeless of San Francisco. Total Raised: $5000 Direct Program Expenses: $5000 = 100% Eco-educational =...
