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Kronk Village in Detroit
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 18:25Kronk Village 
This project in Detroit, MI includes the historic rehabilitation and “green” adaptive reuse renovation of the existing Kronk Community Building (including the Kronk Boxing Gym founded by Emanuel Steward) as a multi-use center and the redevelopment of existing vacant public blocks and adjoining sites (Atkinson Playground) as a sustainable residential neighborhood.
There are approximately 35 acres of predominantly vacant, publicly-owned land surrounding the historic Kronk facility. The proposed new neighborhood development would contain a mix of approximately 250-350 units of affordable senior and family rental and/or cooperative housing in a variety of residential forms, including single family homes, duplexes, rowhouses and multi-family apartments. A green infrastructure of sustainable urban initiatives including a district-wide geothermal utility and food farming is integrated into a traditional, walkable, transit-oriented “New Village” plan.
Urban Agriculture Movement Detroit
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:37"Yoking the Local Food Movement to Small Scale Meat Producers: Challenges in Translating Urban-Rural Identities"
The Year of the Environment lecture series featuring Scout Calvert (Library and Information Science)
Friday, March 12, 12:30pm in Room 2339, Faculty/Adminstration Building, Wayne State University, Detroit.
Flyer attached
here
Kronk Village in Detroit
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 18:31Kronk Village 
This project in Detroit, MI includes the historic rehabilitation and “green” adaptive reuse renovation of the existing Kronk Community Building (including the Kronk Boxing Gym founded by Emanuel Steward) and adjoining sites (Atkinson Playground) as a multi-use center and the redevelopment of existing vacant public blocks as a sustainable residential neighborhood consisting of various forms of affordable housing in the area bounded by I-94 on the south, McGraw and Warren Avenues on the north, 28th Street on the east, and 35th Street and the ThyssenKrupp facility on the west.
Compostable Toilets
Composting toilets are toilet systems which treat human waste by composting and dehydration to produce a useable end-product that is a valuable soil additive.
They use little or no water, are not connected to expensive sewage systems, cause no environmental damage and produce a valuable resource for gardening.
New Work is implementing compostable and waterless toilets in its many projects in developing nations. Such New Work technologies also have global-wide implications for a sustainable future.
For more information on this technology visit the Wikipedia entry or the sustainability wiki Appropedia.
Urban Farming
Permaculture is an efficient and sustainable system of agriculture. Crops are grown in clusters, often mixed together or placed in terraces one above the other. By carefully selecting the plants and their placement, the waste from one becomes the fertilizer for the next.
Permaculture not only provides high yields from smaller plots, it is good for renovating land that has been neglected or overfarmed.
Permaculture exists in force in South Africa. The Tlholego Ecovillage is situated on 120ha (300 acres) of land outside Rustenburg in the Northwest Province of South Africa. Attached directly below is a Powerpoint presentation detailing the vertical garden collaborative of Lift Africa Technologies and the communities of Jane Furse and Orange Farm.
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