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DawnTown Designs for Miami MetroMover Makeovers

Dawntown is an architectural competition held every year to " to bring innovative architecture to Downtown Miami, and help tell the exciting urban story of Downtown Miami to the world." Every year it gets bigger, with hundreds of designers competing. The subjects are often banal; this year it is a design of a Metromover elevated rail station. But the results are anything but banal; computers have put so much power into the hands of designers that the presentations are mind-blowing. The winners are being announced tomorrow, but here are a few images that caught my eye as I cruised throughRead the full story on TreeHugger

Reuse Industry Overlooked While Recycling Blossoms

Image credit: Salvo As every good TreeHugger knows, Reuse comes before Recycle. Yet sadly, even as recycling has blossomed in the UK, numbers for reuse of building materials are in decline. Could government support help turn that around? ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Keep Warmer With the TURN Rotating Fireplace

Image via Conmoto The TURN Fireplace, designed Schweiger & Viererbl, is a beautiful solution to effective room heating. It can be rotated 360 degrees, then locked in a position at set increments. Rather than having the warmth on one side of a room never reaching the far wall before, this design puts the fireplace back where it's supposed to be - smack dab in the middle of the room. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

World Deaf Information Resource Project Launches

A new initiative enables users to find deaf organizations and schools in 149 countries around the world. Launched by the Gallaudet University Center for International Programs and Services (CIPS) in October 2009, the World Deaf Information Resource Project provides contact information for hundreds of international-, national-, and local-level organizations and schools globally. http://cips.gallaudet.edu/wdi.xml

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for Human Rights Projects by Disabled People Organizations (DPOs)

Disability Rights Fund Releases Second 2009 Request for Proposals, Extending Another Year of Grantmaking to Existing Target Countries and Opening Grantmaking to the Pacific July 15, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, MA – The Disability Rights [...]