Children’s Association for Nature

I found this article on Inhabitat. A 15-year-old kid made a system that covers all the basic needs of a community in the third world in a entirely sustainalble, algae-powered system called VERSATILE. Not only is this system very interesting in itself, it shows what amazing things kids just like you can accomplish when you [...]

Why are permeable sidewalks (sidewalks that allow water to drain through them) a sustainable option?
With normal sidewalks, water washes off all of the chemicals that lie around on our roads and sidewalks. Then all this dirty water goes back into the water system. If the sidewalk is permeable, water filters through it dispersing the chemicals [...]