PHOTOS: Solar Decathlon Opens in Washington DC Solar Decathlon 2011, Team Canada's TRTL – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

PHOTOS: Solar Decathlon Opens in Washington DC Solar Decathlon 2011, Team Canada's TRTL – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Team Canada's TRTL home packs an incredible array of green building strategies into a compact 1,000 square foot home nestled beneath an arched 8.3 kW photovoltaic panel system. The home's shape, along with its interior design, was inspired by the culture of Treaty 7 Native Peoples in Southern Alberta. The modular home was designed specifically for Southern Alberta and could help alleviate housing problems for the native communities.

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Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture | Video on TED.com

Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture | Video on TED.com

proposal for a proposal to reforest the sahara using terminology familiar to all permaculurists, like stacking functions, integrating, closed loop, using  seawater  evaporation, and concentrated solar powerplants working together, providing water and shade for food production, power for export and seasalt can be turned into building blocks, rare minerals extracted for export, or building batteries.