Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Spring. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. The Netherlands to ban carbon-emitting delivery vehicles (inhabitat.com) How to get involved in virtual and local Earth Day events (inhabitat.com) Noa* tucks a 3-star hotel beneath a refurbished barn in Italy (inhabitat.com) Green-roofed CABI HQ champions biodiversity and energy efficiency (inhabitat.com) How Do You Buy Organic Wine on the Internet – A Guide (ecofriend.com) Green Adhesives in Flooring, Building and Construction Industry (ecofriend.com) Here's what one woman used to replace her car and save $50,000 (electrek.co) Tesla Semi prototype and new refreshed Model X spotted on test track - Electrek Artist's Hybrid Sculptures Merge Reclaimed Industrial By-Products With Plant Life (treehugger.com) Learn the Secrets Behind Superzero's Popular Shampoo Bars (treehugger.com) What's Not To Love About Tiny Robots on Our Sidewalks? (treehugger.com) The 'Climate Art for Congress' Project Empowers Kids to Speak Up For the Planet (treehugger.com)
Part 2 Lessons from Schoonschip, Amsterdam's floating eco-village (inhabitat.com) Campus building reduces stress from California's car culture (inhabitat.com) BobaWare eliminates single-use plastic from the boba experience (inhabitat.com) New Zealand requires financial firms to prepare climate impact reports (inhabitat.com) This tech repels dust from solar panels, saving up to 98% of energy (electrek.co) Lightning eMotors and REV to produce electric ambulances - Electrek AMPLY Power and UES partner to electrify V2G capable buses - Electrek Washington State bans gas cars by 2030 – the earliest in the US - Electrek 5 Satisfying Food Swaps to Help the Planet (treehugger.com) Nonprofits Are Going Solar With Recoverable Grants (treehugger.com) Plant Flowering Herbs to Boost Garden Biodiversity and Beauty (treehugger.com) AlterLock Is a Bike Security Service (treehugger.com)
Part 3 Eco-friendly, affordable housing emphasizes walkability in Milan (inhabitat.com) France to ban short domestic flights in favor of trains (inhabitat.com) Nepal's rhino population is on the rise (inhabitat.com) Charlotte McCurdy, Phillip Lim design carbon-neutral algae sequin dress (inhabitat.com) Volkswagen ramps up production to 600,000 battery systems per year - Electrek Minnesota's largest utility files to replace coal plants with huge solar (electrek.co) The schools at the front lines of solar - Electrek UK EV owners to get free charging with excess clean energy - Electrek Panera Is Giving Away 'Bread Bowl Bikes' in Honor of Earth Month (treehugger.com) 'The Climate Diet' Shows How to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint (Book Review) (treehugger.com) 20 Perennial Vegetables to Plant This Spring (treehugger.com) What Will the Office Look Like Post-Pandemic? Nobody Knows (treehugger.com)
Part 4 Virtual Pollinator Park shows a future with — or without — pollinators (inhabitat.com) Redevelopment project brings major green space to Tokyo (inhabitat.com) How to Pick Plants That Will Grow Well Under Trees (lifehacker.com) 17 Household Uses for Dryer Sheets Outside of a Dryer (lifehacker.com) Toyota partners with Apex.AI to develop autonomous platform - Electrek California's PG&E launches community microgrid program - Electrek Tesla prepares to use its new electric semi-trucks between Fremont and Giga Nevada - Electrek The Navajo Nation finalizes leases for two more solar farms - Electrek 5 Easy Ways to Save a Lot of Water (treehugger.com) Critically Endangered Gorilla Born at Jacksonville Zoo (treehugger.com) France to Offer E-Bikes for Clunkers (treehugger.com) Century-Old Water Tower Is Transformed Into 2 Family Homes (treehugger.com)
Part 5 Does Vitamin C Actually Help When You're Sick? (lifehacker.com) These Are the Only 'Natural' Cleaning Products That Actually Work (lifehacker.com) When to See the Lyrid Meteor Shower Light Up the Night Sky (lifehacker.com) When to See This Month's 'Pink Super Moon' at Peak Brilliance (lifehacker.com) Ireland to build the Atlantic's first floating offshore wind farm - Electrek NASA Selects SpaceX to Build Upcoming Lunar Lander (gizmodo.com) See the First Camera Collar Footage From a Wild Wolf (gizmodo.com) New Video Puts Iconic Image of Black Hole in a Cosmic Context (gizmodo.com) United Partners with Corporate Customers to Fund Sustainable Fuel (treehugger.com) Central Park May Soon Be Free of Pesticides (treehugger.com) Planting Ideas for Garden Paths and Walkways (treehugger.com) Take the Train: France to Ban Short Flights (treehugger.com)
Part 6 New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun (gizmodo.com) Adorable 'Porg' Pterosaur Flapped Above Jurassic China (gizmodo.com) Massive Rockfall Along Britain’s Jurassic Coast Could Be a Boon to Fossil Hunters (gizmodo.com) 2.5 Billion T. Rex May Have Roamed Earth (gizmodo.com) Researchers Develop Whitest Paint Ever to Combat Climate Change - ExtremeTech Fast-Spinning Black Holes May Narrow Search for Dark Matter - ExtremeTech DARPA Taps Blue Origin for Nuclear-Powered Rocket - ExtremeTech Astronomers Discover Cluster of Rare Explosive Stars - ExtremeTech Toyota confirms electric and hybrid trucks are coming soon - Roadshow Toyota BZ4X EV concept is US-bound, launches new 'Beyond Zero' branding - Roadshow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on how VR can help space missions - CNET NASA picks SpaceX and Starship to send Artemis astronauts to the moon - CNET
Part 7 The U.S. Can Get to All Electric Vehicles by 2035 (gizmodo.com) Navy Acknowledges Footage of UFO Around Its Ships Is Real (gizmodo.com) See the Fractal-Like Shells of Ammonites Like Never Before (gizmodo.com) The US Is Closer to a Zero-Carbon Grid Than It Seems (gizmodo.com) Archaeologists Discover Lost Egyptian City Said to Rival Pompeii - ExtremeTech Washington state votes to ban new gas car sales by 2030 | Engadget Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completes a 'spin test,' moves closer to flight | Engadget Sound location inspired by bat ears could help robots navigate outdoors | Engadget NASA's New Horizons delivers poignant image as it nears space milestone - CNET Researchers create whitest paint, the Vantablack of white paints - CNET Best eco-friendly iPhone 12 and 12 Pro cases for Earth Day and beyond - CNET Billions of T. rexes roamed Earth over their lifetime, study says - CNET
Part 8 Paleontologists Describe 'Monkeydactyl,' Pterosaur With Opposable Thumb (gizmodo.com) NASA Funds Interstellar Probe and Space Habitats Made From Fungi (gizmodo.com) Carnegie Mellon's Snakebot Takes to the Water (gizmodo.com) A Scientist Uses a Microscope to Make Maps of 3D-Printed Metals (gizmodo.com) SpaceX wins NASA's Artemis lunar lander contract | Engadget SpaceX gets the go-ahead for Crew Dragon launch to ISS next week | Engadget Apple starts $200 million fund to remove CO2 by restoring forests | Engadget Adidas' Stan Smith Mylo are its first mushroom leather sneakers | Engadget See the mark NASA's asteroid-booping spacecraft left on Bennu - CNET NASA: Don't expect humans to fly around Mars on big helicopters - CNET Researchers identify systems that could have Tatooine-like planets with twin suns - CNET Facebook hits renewable energy goal ahead of Earth Day - CNET
Part 9 The Last Two Giraffes Are Rescued From a Vanishing Kenyan Island (gizmodo.com) MIT Researchers Want to Talk to Spiders (gizmodo.com) Facebook reaches its target of using 100 percent renewable energy | Engadget United Airlines unveils plan to fund more sustainable jet fuel made from trash | Engadget DARPA picks Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin to build nuclear spacecraft | Engadget Apple is helping launch a $200 million fund to restore forests - CNET Matchbox's new Tesla Roadster toy is made from 99% recyclable materials - Roadshow Matchbox is going sustainable, starting with this new Tesla Roadster - Roadshow Hear the haunting music MIT scientists made from sounds of spider webs - CNET See a meteor explode in a dazzling fireball that lit up Florida skies - CNET Super 'pink moon' will grace the night sky this month - CNET Watch a glorious 'Earthrise' from the perspective of the moon - CNET
Part 10 Scientists find ancient flying 'Monkeydactyl' with oldest opposed thumb - CNET Mars has the blues in stunning NASA image of sand dunes on the red planet - CNET Segway's slick Tron-style motorcycle runs on hydrogen - Roadshow Toyota's electric SUV shows off ahead of reveal next week - Roadshow