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Design and Architecture

New Meets the Ancient in Water Use and Burial

Hosted by Frances Anderton May. 12, 2015
Can small actions lead to big savings in water?     DnA explores two apps that aim to help save and conserve water. Plus, does the traditional burial need to be redesigned?

Can small actions lead to big savings in water? DnA explores two apps that aim to help save and conserve water. Plus, does the traditional burial need to be redesigned?

Image: Edyn Garden Sensor, courtesy of Edyn.

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Micro Solutions to Macro Water Challenges

Faced with a historic drought, Governor Jerry Brown has mandated a 25% cut in urban water use statewide -- and Californians are flooding him with big ticket ideas for...

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An Urban Response to Traditional Burial

Katrina Spade is an architecture school graduate and the creator of a concept she’s called the Urban Death Project , an ecological approach to burial aimed at dense cities.

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Caroline Chamberlain

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