Vicki Nikolaidis
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Environment: Recycling & Creative Architecture:Shipping Containers
Living in a Shipping Container doesn't sound like any fun at all until you see these renovated containers. … Read More
October 12, 2009 | In Environment
Vicki Nikolaidis commented on Environment: Recycling & Creative Architecture on October 5, 2009, 4:35 PM
Hi Tim, the www.PhoenixCommotion.com talks about meeting buidling inspections. (no, not with clubs,although my uncle was terribly beaten up one time when he worked as a building inspector in the Midwest!) I lived in east Texas, in Huntsville! for awhile. Not sure they are as strict about building codes as one would wish. I once checked out a brand new 4 million dollar 'mansion' that was very flimsily built. Quite a shock for me. But in Texas if there is a rule or regulation I guess real Texans do the opposite! I love the aesthetic value of the houses in the video. I'm not sure if I'm big on industry doing the recycling. There's a big mess with recycling computers which i'll try to blog about in the next couple of days. Also most industry has always refused to this point, anyway, to use the technology available to reduce pollution in their processes. We'll see! Talk to ya later, my friend! Vicki
Environment: Recycling & Creative Architecture
There's an architect in Texas who is known as the Dr. Seuss of architecture. Instead of suburbs with cookie cutter houses, creative architecture offers an opportunity for individuality. … Read More
October 3, 2009 | In Environment
Vicki Nikolaidis commented on Improved education and $6,000 minimum average annual income required for democracy and peace on September 28, 2009, 12:29 PM
Professor Marsh I enjoy your blog at Midwest Voices. I thought you and other Big Thinkers might find a video from AlJazeera.net/English interesting. It's about a new comedy show in Palestine. A Palestinian family is interviewed in their home, about how they like the show. Perhaps some of your blog readers should take a peek, too! Palestinian families live a lot like many of us although that does not seem to be common knowledge in some countries. Palestinian satire making waves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Aaj7agkgs
born and raised on a farm in Iowa
now living in Crete
raising two daughters, writing,taking photos,working on environment issues, cooking with fresh food and always trying to learn how to speak Greek by dropping my Middle West accent!
Vicki Nikolaidis commented on Environment: Recycling & Creative Architecture on October 9, 2009, 6:29 AM
Joe BrockhausWe have a resource like this here in Cincy -- It's called Building Value:http://bit.ly/UIT73This year was the region's first completely de-constructed house:http://bit.ly/3PTOfe