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This Self-Sufficient Country Home Is “Not Normal” — Yet

Self-sustaining country home designed by architect Germán Spahr
Self-sustaining country home designed by architect Germán Spahr Gentileza Germán Spahr

BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine architect has won his country’s 2016 Sustainable Habitat Prize for his very first project, a self-sustaining country home inspired by Michael Reynolds’s emblematic “earthships.” The winning project, designed by architect Germán Spahr and built near Bariloche, in western Argentina, maximizes insulation, is self-powered, has a vegetable patch and even treats […]

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Don’t Throw That Out! Four Ways To End Food Waste

A farmer dumps boxes of cucumbers in a greenhouse in Algarrobo, Spain, in June 2011.
A farmer dumps boxes of cucumbers in a greenhouse in Algarrobo, Spain, in June 2011. Jorge Guerrero/Xinhua/ZUMA

PARIS — The figures are dizzying. According to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization, 1.3 billion tons of food — one-third of the world’s total food products — are thrown away or wasted each year. Among the food we needlessly toss are yogurt pots that have passed their “best before” date and potatoes that aren’t […]

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