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Jeff Speck|Reviews

New Words on the Block

Jeff Speck reviews the Street Design Manual of the New York City Department of Transportation.

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Ernest Beck|Projects

Chulha Stove

Report on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.

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Bryan Mealer|Essays

The Doers Club

Design prodigy William Kamkwamba recalls building a windmill to generate electricity for his village in Malawi, Africa.

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Mark Dery|Reviews

Paradise Fouled

Review of Crude, Joe Berlinger's documentary film about a lawsuit filed against Chevron by denizens of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

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Allison Arieff|Projects

WeCommune

WeCommune offers a technology platform for people who want to share resources and build community within particular subcultures.

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Julie Lasky|Projects

Pizza Farm

Report on Project M at Winterhouse's Pizza Farm event in rural Connecticut in August 2009.

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Phil Patton|Opinions

Triple-Digit Inflation

Phil Patton questions GM's sustainability claims for its Chevrolet Volt electric car.

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Karrie Jacobs|Dialogues

A Thousand Points on Light: Part II

Continuation of debate between lighting designer Leni Schwendinger and Dark-Sky advocate Susan Harder about proper illumination of urban, suburban and rural environments.

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Ernest Beck|Projects

PACT Underwear

Report on PACT, an underwear company that embraces green manufacturing and donates a portion of its revenue to nonprofits.

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Karrie Jacobs|Dialogues

A Thousand Points on Light: Part I

Debate between lighting designer Leni Schwendinger and Dark-Sky advocate Susan Harder about proper illumination of urban, suburban and rural environments.

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Teun Voeten|Gallery

Under Cover

Teun Voeten photograph of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2007. The situation for widows in Afghanistan is desperate...

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Teun Voeten|Gallery

Hell in a Horse Cart

Photo of coal merchant in Shanxi Province, China, by Teun Voeten.

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Ellen McGirt

Love Letter to a Garden and 20 years of Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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Susan Morris

‘The conscience of this country’: How filmmakers are documenting resistance in the age of censorship

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Ellen McGirt

Redesigning the Spice Trade: Talking Turmeric and Tariffs with Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri

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Alexis Haut

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green: ‘Wicked’ spells for struggle and solidarity