Architect students go wild in Alingsås
The central square of Alingsås. Sometimes a busy vegetable market, sometimes a parking space. Photo: Satish Jeswani. Well, the headline may be a bit exaggerated, but from my old hometown Alingsås I get...
View ArticleGreening a small town
The architect students' own image of a sustainable Alingsås. Earlier I’ve written about the 25 architect students from Chalmers University of Technology who have been concentrating on how to turn the...
View ArticleBuilding 4-star hotels – for insects
Photo: Anki-itte (CC BY-NC-ND) Insects. I sometimes get the feeling most people see them as either a nice decoration in their gardens (butterflies) or something you would rather not have at all (the...
View ArticleGetting ready for Earth Hour
The artist duo Bigert & Bergström fetter themselves to shackles with the shape of a CO2 molecule, symbolising an average Swede’s emissions in 10 days. Photo: WWF. On Saturday, the organization WWF...
View ArticleBikes, bikes, bikes in Alingsås
Tilda Dahl giving her grandfather a ride in a box bike. Photo: Ylva Lundin. I know everyone’s not as bicycle fanatic as I am, but who wouldn’t love a bicycle day? In the town where I grew up, Alingsås,...
View ArticleNot just another flea market
One of the Transition Group members talking to the vendors about the group's work. Photo: Ylva Lundin. I know I keep going on about the Transition Group in my childhood town Alingsås, but they just...
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