Carbon-neutral New Zealand
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Environmentally Responsible Architecture |
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 In the years before the collapse of the Roman Empire the vomitorium
made it possible to go on eating even though you had had enough. The
vomitorium was a technical fix which failed to address the consumption
problem.
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Farewell to stormwater |
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 Photograph by Richard Robinson
Some years ago an inspector called in to check that no stormwater was
entering my foul drainage system. I explained I did not have any
stormwater. He bristled, as inspectors tend to do, at the thought that
someone was trying to get smart with him. Nevertheless he responded to
my invitation to come on in.
He looked up at the roof of the house and could not believe what he was
seeing. "You don't have any gutters!" he stuttered. I followed his gaze
and found I had to agree with him. "That's all right" he continued "you
indeed don't have any stormwater."
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