Ancient Wonders of Green Design & Technology


	Ancient Wonders of Green Design & Technology
sahara
10-8-2009 11:46 PM
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Sustainable innovations from way back!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/05eeb3d3-ff5b-4efe-ad6c-ea3580551b5d/E306CA40-550F-4E40-92C1-D605C06E902D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><H2 class="postTitle">7 Ancient Wonders of Green Design & Technology</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/CEFD0775-4A57-4183-A194-3039EE04ABD6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><P>We have come a long way since humans first used biomass fuels for their fires over 800,000 years ago. <A href="http://webecoist.com/artdesign">Green design</A>, sustainable innovation, <A href="http://webecoist.com/energy">alternative energy</A> – these are all recently-coined buzz-phrases for concepts that in some cases date back tens of thousands of years.  The ancient Chinese used concentrated solar power for heat energy and fire,  Native Americans used hot springs as renewable geothermal sources for cooking and healing, and some speculate the Egyptians used wind power to help build their pyramids. From Greece and Rome to Persia and North America, here are seven incredibly innovative uses of geothermal, water, wind and solar power from around the ancient world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><STRONG>1) Wind for Power and Water: Ancient Persian Windmills</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/ED026EBB-5906-44B8-8B91-B44F2E2D6B65" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><P><STRONG>2) Wind for Cooling and Heating: Ancient Persian Wind Towers</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/BBDA64DD-2F8C-4DE9-8ADF-500B4A5F9BA7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><P><STRONG>3) Water Power: Ancient Roman Gravity Aqueducts</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/1850FB10-90BA-47C1-A49B-36A6AEC265A8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><P><STRONG>4) Water Reuse: Ancient Jerusalem Gray-Water Plumbing</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/39209F76-B521-4788-A1F5-5CA26376ACC8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><H4>Ancient Solar Power Designs</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/01/25/ancient-green-architecture-alternative-energy-design/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/0D533EC9-7730-47F9-B5E6-C59C0F28A356" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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