Tag Archives: Mexico

Using local ecological knowledge to rebuild ecological infrastructure

Jesús León Santos won a 2008 Goldman environmental prize for his work on land renewal by reinventing milpa agriculture. The prize website has a video on his work, and his speech on accepting the award is on youtube with English … Continue reading

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Teddy Cruz – What adaptive architecture can learn from Shantytowns

Teddy Cruz a California architecture, who has focussed on what architecture can be learnt from informal settlements is profiled in an article Border-town muse: An architect finds a model in Tijuana from the March 13 International Herald Tribune. The IHT … Continue reading

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