December 2012 Blog Posts (7)

The Tree week 7

Mon 31 Dec 2012

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... The Tree is a one year collaborative project, alternating weekly between Russell Higgs and cAt Monstersmith. The Tree is a Tree Of Heaven situated @ Hackney City Farm ...…

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Added by Russell Shaw Higgs on December 31, 2012 at 23:38 — No Comments

Tallest timber-framed structure in the world?

Waugh Thistleton Architects - winner of Green Apple Environment Award 2012 - have submitted plans for a cross-laminated timber framed building up to ten-storeys high. Surely this must be one of the most sustainable residential buildings in London? More here;

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hackney-Urban-Design-Dialogue/139305326216757

Added by Benjamin Counsell on December 26, 2012 at 10:43 — 1 Comment

Canal towpath cycling - alternative routes project

With the increasing congestion on the Regent's canal towpath, plans are afoot to develop alternative cycling routes that run parallel to the canal, all the way from Camden, through Islington and Hackney to Tower Hamlets. The Canal and River Trust is leading the project, with the involvement of the London Cycling Campaign, and Friends of the Earth local groups.

See BBC news story and…

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Added by Katherine Pitt on December 21, 2012 at 7:00 — No Comments

The Tree week 5

... The Tree is a one year collaborative project,

alternating weekly between Russell Higgs and cAt Monstersmith.

The Tree is a Tree Of Heaven situated @ Hackney City Farm ...

Acetate : original Daily Self portrait session via…

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Added by Russell Shaw Higgs on December 18, 2012 at 17:58 — No Comments

Young Hackney Designers Competition

PRESS RELEASE

YOUNG HACKNEY DESIGNERS COMPETITION

17 DECEMBER 2012

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Added by Mustafa Korel on December 17, 2012 at 13:50 — 1 Comment

Clothes - the environmental impact

Many of us enjoy shopping in charity shops, and this report from WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) reveals many reasons to do so.

It sets out the environmental impacts of clothing from manufacture to laundry to disposal (not going into social impacts around the globe which is another huge area of concern).…

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Added by Katherine Pitt on December 11, 2012 at 7:00 — No Comments