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Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks

Water and Sewage

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … 14 $1.40 Add
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Statesmen & Steam

From: Samuel Cunard

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1820-1840. Examines Samuel Cunard’s far reaching business holdings and how they made him an elite person in Halifax. His political experiences are highlights as well as the building for the … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Canadian Hydrofoil Project

From: Fastest in the World

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1948-1957. The naval applications and development of hydrofoil design are explored. 8 $0.80 Add
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Proposals & Partners

From: Samuel Cunard

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1835-1840. Looks at designing steamships for tranoceanic travel, looks at bids for steam ship companies involvment in the British mail service which Samuel Cunard went after as well as his competitors 10 $1.00 Add
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Remembering Bell and Baldwin

From: Fastest in the World

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1957. Looks at the construction and launch of the Bras d’Or (Also known as R-103 and renamed Baddeck in 1962), an experimental prototype. 10 $1.00 Add
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Blue Water

From: Dry Run

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With all the concern the past decade about reducing water consumption in both residential and non-residential uses, you’ll probably not find it surprising that the water field has begun to … 17 $1.70 Add
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BRITANNIA & Boston

From: Samuel Cunard

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1838-1840. Examines the professional relationship between Samuel Cunard and Robert Napier. Looks at building ships to combat the challenges of the North Atlantic 12 $1.20 Add
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The New Bras d’Or

From: Fastest in the World

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1966-1968. Outlines the challenges that were faced during the construction of the new Bras d’Or (Also known as FHE-400). 12 $1.20 Add
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Bras d’Or Flies…and Falls

From: Fastest in the World

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1971. Outlines multiple voyages of the Bras d’Or, during which it bacame the fastest warship in the world. 10 $1.00 Add
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Competition & Cartel

From: Samuel Cunard

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1841-1853. Examines Samuel Cunard’s financial difficulties with his other enterprises, the steamship competition that sprung up, the fact that Boston was surpassing Halifax in terms of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Graywater

From: Dry Run

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Unlike rainwater, which is highly variable both year to year and seasonally, graywater tends to be reliably present in most commercial environments, so why use potable water for flushing toilets, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Brown Water

From: Dry Run

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One of my favorite green building technologies is rainwater harvesting: the capture, treatment and use of rainwater for uses inside the building, such as toilet flushing and cooling-tower makeup … 26 $2.60 Add
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Disaster & Dominance

From: Samuel Cunard

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1854-1868. Disaster strikes the Collins Line in the form of ship sinking, Samuel Cunard capitalizes on this disaster also examines the successes of other shipping lines and how they prospered … 14 $1.40 Add
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Not Made in Canada

From: Fastest in the World

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Examines the use of Hydrofoils after the laying up of the Bras d’Or in 1971 and what it has meant for the Canadian Navy 10 $1.00 Add
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Blackwater

From: Dry Run

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However, wastewater is also another water source; after all if you live inland along a large river, your water supply started upriver as someone else’s wastewater. So, wastewater is just … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chronology of Hydrofoil Development

From: Fastest in the World

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A timeline of innovations and events related to hydrofoil development. 2 $0.20 Add