Philip T. Brady Architects

20/09/2022

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15/09/2022

Meet up with friends and join for a walk in the country and learn about trees and have fun

20/08/2022

We need to heed the bees. They do circular economy really well as does nature.

TODAY IS WORLD HONEY BEE DAY! It's a day dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating beekeeping. It reminds us of the worldwide extinction of bees and our impact on the environment. Did you know that the honey bee in Ireland is not in decline and adding new honeybee hives is not a biodiversity action: https://pollinators.ie/beekeeping-is-important-but.../

20/06/2022

How to become more Eco-smart. Start with the soil, know what it is, its mysteries, how to prepare and how to make it better for you.

04/03/2022

Any chance of lobbying that our stations be converted to green energy e.g. Lanesboro - new build closed end of 2020 after 16yrs and what now happens to the building? Demolition? Recovery of materials? Locally produced energy must be a priority for the future.

The 197ha site on the Vale of Glamorgan coast was bought from German energy company RWE for £8M. The CCR intends to spend a further £28.4M on demolition,

30/11/2021

This is an amazing building that is just built from junk, waste material and scraps donated. Built by one man for everyone. This is circular economy. This is Urban Mining at its best.

Former monk Justo Gallego Martinez has spent the last 59 years constructing a mammoth cathedral from recycled materials in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid

11/11/2021

Wouldn't it be great if communities would develop their own material banks so that the materials/components/elements could be reused in local buildings. '0' waste. It puts a higher value on materials that would generally be considered waste and go to landfill, which we don't want.

Architect Hiroshi Nakamura incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling facility in the town of Kamikatsu – the first place in Japan to pass a zero-waste declaration.

14/10/2021

Time we all said no to plastics on our veg and fruit. If we can ban plastic bags we
can say not plastic on fruit and veg.

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquar...

13/10/2021

How do we re-think progress so that we use of the world's resources?

There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff. 'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re...

13/10/2021

Briefly what we humans have done to the world in which we live and what we need to do.

What is the circular economy? What does it look like in practice? Who's doing it now? And how can you get involved? This week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation...

11/10/2021

With all the decrease in activity last year and most of this year we have only pushed back Earth Overshoot Day by 3 weeks - so little. We need to be talking in months at least, if not years.

Earth Overshoot Day is to quantify our impact with a view to changing our behaviours as businesses and individuals – in time to protect the planet

08/10/2021

Check out this timber building using cross laminated timber construction and beautifully detailed. This is what we should be aiming for and how we should be building. Expects to be carbon negative over lifetime. Click on image to get description and loads more photos.

White Arkitekter has completed the world's second-tallest timber building in the Swedish city of Skellefteå, which it claims will be carbon negative over its lifetime.