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Big Problems, Tiny Solutions The city of Barre needed homes for people emerging from homelessness, and students in Norwich University's Design + Build Collaborative needed...

From Design+Build Collaborative, a community LIFT in Barre Second tiny house sited in December, providing home for holiday season Norwich University’s students and faculty used their civic-mindedness and creativity to leave a lasting holiday gift in Barre, Vermont before the winter break. The stylish, ecologically efficient tiny home they built, LIFT 2.0, stands as an example of affordable housing’s future and marks a step toward resolving local homelessness. LIFT 2.0 was sited Dec. 17 in a “Home for the Holidays” ceremony attended by students and faculty from Norwich’s Schoo...

Using their outside voices In ‘Learning Spaces’ contest, international group designs outdoor learning and play spaces The “think globally, act locally” catchphrase encourages problem solvers to consider global health and local communities as they work. For “Learning Spaces,” an outdoor classroom design competition, Norwich University thought and looked globally — inviting inventive high schoolers from around the world to submit ideas for outdoor spaces for learning and play. Fifty-seven people from 10 countries on four continents registered for the contest, which ran Nov....