Posts Tagged ‘Environment’

Embracing the Elements: Weather-Sensitive Architecture

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Ryerson School of Interior Design Professor Filiz Klassen has produced a series of building skins to create responsive structures which can be described as hot, cold, wet or dry. (Ryerson University)Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end she has created architectural “skins,” which interact with the weather to ultimately create environmental structures that integra

Do It Yourself Solar Power System

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
A Do It Yourself solar power system creates zero pollution, does not harm the environment, and it is always available. It is one of the most readily available sources of renewable energy on the planet, and yet only a small fraction of it is used, mainly due to the expense of installing photovoltaic cells that turn sunlight into energy. When you build your home solar power systems , you’ll save hundreds of dollars every month. Also, building your own Do It Yourself solar power system

Re-imagining the Holy Spirit: the emergence of a positive deviance

Monday, October 5th, 2009
If postmodernity has brought about some measure of freedom in re-thinking, re-assessing and re-imagining so many issues with respect to ecclesiology (and beyond) – especially in an emerging church-sort-of environment – then surely regarding matters of the Spirit, our pneumatology and charismatology can and should be foundational, as our ecclesiology flows from our pneumatology and missiology. But let’s point to the elephant in the room: alas, the evidence is thin in emerging church circles, or