Units swap room for ‘stuff’
Units swap room - swap shelf Swap room with stuff for the taking A block of units I’m working with to ‘go sustainable’ has a ‘swap room’ where residents put their ‘stuff” for others to take if they want it. Things not taken after a while are then sent to waste. Next step is to work out how to stop stuff going to the mine near Goulburn where Sydney’s waste gets tipped down the shaft. Good... Read More
Frasers’ Broadway project to slow city traffic
New lanes being added and footpath narrowed for new 3,300 car park, Broadway (Apology for pedestrian giving the works the finger in the artwork.) Frasers will slow city traffic with their new project, and we’re looking at more minutes added to the journey for buses and cars going to and from the city. The 30,000 students at UTS and Sydney Institute and the 40,000 + students at Sydney uni and the thousands of citizens who walk... Read More
Urban heat island data for Chippendale
Average Temperatures by Time of Day – Period of Record: April 2010 – July 2011 We’re measuring the urban heat island in two Chippendale streets, Myrtle and Buckland. In a partnership with Sydney City Council, our community and Professor Peter Newman’s Biophilic Cities project, we’re getting data of the temperature of the streets every five minutes. Every 25 minutes the data is sent to a computer in Hobart using a... Read More
More on Chippo ads
Chippo ads are go Ads that add, not subtract Clive sent me these delightful pics along with a story; here’s his note: “Dear Michael I noticed your website reference to “advertising” and thought you might appreciate this bit of art. It appeared a couple of days prior to Australia Day and speaks volumes. Oddly, I encountered a young man near this who was draped in Australian flag. He was having his photo taken by friends but... Read More
A murmuration of starlings
Interested in good communication? Me, too. But who of we humans can match this: get ready for one beautiful vid: www.wired.com… Mmmmm Read More
