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The island of Samso, in Denmark, is 100% powered by wind power, and with a combination of wind and solar, they have managed to be completely carbon neutral.
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How to fight a mountain lion and other funny signs to make sure you get along with nature.
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This is an old hairspray canister that has been meticulously worked into a filigree pattern candle holder.
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Ah sweet afterlife! We love eco-friendly death. There’s no excuses to not be green these days, even if you’re dead you can still minimize your impact. The Ecopod is a compressed recycled paper coffin designed by Hazel Selina.
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Chase DeForest is an artist designer who lets her pastimes of gardening and the outdoors meld with her work, the result... Hoseware.
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Mark your calendars! September 19th 2008 is Park(ing) Day, a project aimed at redefining urban space and bringing awareness to the need for green in our cities.
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The fuel flexible Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel can use Gasoline, Ethanol or Methanol and now Lotus is developing the Omnivore, which as the name suggests, will be able to consume almost any type of fuel!
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The Panhandle Bandshell in San Francisco’s Panhandle Park is an amphitheater built from nearly all reclaimed/repurposed materials. Recycling, while creating a free performance space.
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Researchers at WPI announced yesterday that they have discovered a method to use paved surfaces to collect solar energy!
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Travelodge is getting their recycle on with this hotel, just outside of London, made completely of old shipping containers!
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Durat makes a dynamic and multi-use plastic from recycled plastic that can itself be recycled. Great designers, engineers & manufacturers looking for environmentally friendly matrials.
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How do you raise awareness for the growing collection of junk floating in the Pacific? Sail a boat made entirely out of junk through it!
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Great user submitted HDR photography site. Not all the photos are HDR but they are all stunning!
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HAL? No, its the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France.
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Designed for the “10, Ten, X Project” Nina Tolstrup uses simple pallets and screws as her base material for these upcycled pieces of furniture & decor.
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The recent gas prices have been fueling the fire to green up the airlines & environmentalists are fanning the flames, but there are some cool eco-friendly ideas on the horizon that could completely change the way we fly.
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Look closely to see junk mail, postcards, business cards, greeting cards, cruise itineraries… stand back to see them upcycled into a textural representation of beauty. Mosaics by Schimmel.
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The Crosscage is Suzuki’s concept zero emissions motorcycle that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell.
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Uhuru, like the Shakers, believe “beauty rests on utility.” Their work aims towards sustainability, lasting appeal, and quality. The Bilge Lounge is a chair constructed from reclaimed bourbon barrels and the spring suspension leafs from used trucks.
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Body panels made from locally grown hemp, water based paint, solar panels, manufacturing energy efficiency…the Lotus Eco Elise is more than just a car concept…
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A modification of the ad in #11790 to show that McCain's flip flop on off shore drilling is tightening the noose on America, leaving us hanging.
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Pallet housing is a sustainable & innovative approach to transitional relief housing for those displaced by disaster & conflict, like the millions displaced by the Chinese earthquake or the floods in Sri Lanka.
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Gray water is waste water with no human/organic waste (feces) or toxic chemicals that is suitable for reuse with little to no filtration. Gray water pumps allow you to capture this water and put it to use helping you waste less.
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The “Flooded London” exhibition provides a look into NASA scientist, James Hansen's prophetic warning about global warming.
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This cool Map Bowl from Liz Grotyohann is made from discarded used paper shopping bags and lined with a map of the Bay Area.
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This clever green vehicle concept from the Technical University of Berlin is cleverly named CLEVER. Running on compressed natural gas this beauty gets 100 mpg and has less than half the emissions of a Prius.
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From the design studios of Greetje van Tiem comes newspaper yarn. It can be woven into anything from curtains, to rugs, netting throws, or even upholstery.
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These high rise multi-level “Farmscrapers” offer a much more sustainable way to farm, and could ultimately ease the world’s food, water, and energy crises. Not to mention giving urbanites tasty fresh locally grown veggies.
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This Seedling design from Bret Duncan is basically a system of biodegradable nestling planters that you place inside each other as the plant grows, eliminating the stress of repotting.
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There has been quite an uproar over the images snapped of the uncontacted tribe in Peru. Here is an update on whats going to be done.
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The new UNEP Atlas provides striking visual evidence of the environmental effects of climate change by showing before and after satellite photos over a 35 year span.
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The Eco-Cook design by Kechenyi Camille, which earned honorable mention at the international design competition “Dining in 2015,” sustainably addresses both energy and water use while cooking.
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Hybrid Technologies plans to produce two models of this beauty, an all electric that will have a range of 150-180 miles, and a plug-in hybrid model that will boast a 220 mile per gallon efficiency & over 600hp!
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Once Discarded is a design concept by Claire Danthois of the UK. Danthois, passionate about sustainability, recreate objects of value and use from refuse.
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Raishee Sowa, took upcycling up a notch and created his own self-sufficient island out of 250,000 recycled plastic bottles, just off the coast of Mexico.
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This foldable Greenhouse concept by Daniel Schipper is a folding frameless modular plant growing heaven made out of recyclable plastics.
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One of the worlds last remaining tribes that have never had contact with the modern world were photographed by aircraft and are seen pointing their bow and arrow weapons at the craft in defense!
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This great looking easy to read chart helps you determine which plants are best suited to cleanse the airborne toxins plaguing your place.
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Sheep Poo Paper - “These delightful eco-friendly air fresheners are made from the finest and freshest sheep poop from the rolling green mountains of Wales…”
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Grain Surfboards are made from locally grown wood cut by sustainable forestry pros. They even reuse the wood by-product for fuel, compost & wood chips.
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These rain chains are a great way to beautify your water harvesting system using this ancient Japanese linking system.
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1Hotel is Seattle ’s premier eco-friendly residence, spa, and hotel featuring many prominent green amenities.
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This beautiful & unique eco-friendly Jewelry by BATUCADA forms to the contours of your body.
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We saw the Mottainai Furoshiki post on Notcot.com and tried it out right away. It was so easy and fun we made a video of our Mottainai Furoshiki. We love this idea!
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