Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Spring. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. Debut clothing line by Akala is 98% plant-based (inhabitat.com) Biden announces plan to reduce emissions 50% by 2030 (inhabitat.com) USA Surf Team and Wyland Foundation launch national waterway cleanup (inhabitat.com) Grow Fragrance offers non-toxic, plant-based candles and air fresheners (inhabitat.com) The Ecological Importance of Bats: Why to Conserve Them? (ecofriend.com) Seven Superb Environmental Benefits of Online Study - Ecofriend Lawmakers unveil $25 billion legislation to convert US school buses to electric - Electrek The world's most powerful tidal turbine launches in Scotland - Electrek Patagonia and Bureo Are Making Jackets Out of Old Fishing Nets (treehugger.com) Two Companies Cement X-Prize for Decarbonizing Concrete (treehugger.com) Dolphins Are Smart Team Players That Learn 'Names' of Friends (treehugger.com) It's Time to Try Hanging Your Laundry to Dry (treehugger.com)
Part 2 Jennifer Bonner and MALL create affordable ADUs in Los Angeles (inhabitat.com) KOGAA upcycles construction waste into a plant-filled coffee hub (inhabitat.com) Blue X is a new, wave energy-harvesting prototype (inhabitat.com) Save the Earth IRL by playing Pokémon Go during Sustainability Week (inhabitat.com) Honda announces 100% 'electric' sales by 2040, but there's a twist - Electrek Here are a bunch of accessories Rivian is bringing to its electric pickup truck and SUV - Electrek No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022 - Electrek Formula E races in Spain for the first time at 2021 Valencia ePrix this weekend - Electrek Eco Ideas for a Garden Shed (treehugger.com) Global Leaders Announce New Climate Goals at Biden’s Earth Day Summit (treehugger.com) Community Fridges Help Food Insecurity and Restaurants (treehugger.com) On Earth Day, Make One Change (treehugger.com)
Part 3 Zibi will turn an industrial site into a thriving, green community (inhabitat.com) Oregon State mass timber buildings sequester over 2,000 tons of CO2 (inhabitat.com) Forma Atelier conceptualizes modular treehouses near historic French castle (inhabitat.com) Coal miners union shows support for renewable energy (inhabitat.com) Bye eFlyer 800 will fly you and 7 friends 500nm at 320 knots, or more with solar (electrek.co) 3 countries to watch at the Leaders Summit on Climate - Electrek Tesla is increasing Powerwall power capacity by up to 50% - Electrek Exclusive: Bridgestone partners with Lightyear for custom tires on Lightyear One SEV - Electrek Cameras Reveal 'Secret' Colors in Nature in David Attenborough Series (treehugger.com) Volvo Wants Half Its EU Truck Sales to Be Electric by 2030 (treehugger.com) Secret and Old Spice Deodorants Go Zero Waste (treehugger.com) Home Improvements Are an Investment in Happiness, Especially During COVID (treehugger.com)
Part 4 This BREEAM office is a reconstructable wooden "cathedral" to nature (inhabitat.com) We need to talk about the environmental impact of marijuana (inhabitat.com) The winners and losers of 2021's greenest states report (inhabitat.com) An underground garden filters water in this natural swimming pool (inhabitat.com) Daimler unveils new 'first of its kind' electric truck charging station - Electrek A planned eVTOL flying car will charge like a Tesla – and fly! - DroneDJ 12 US governors ask Biden for all new vehicle sales to be 100% zero-emission by 2045 (electrek.co) Thailand builds a huge floating hydro-solar farm - Electrek UK Pledges 78% Emissions Cuts by 2035 (treehugger.com) Banned Preschool Farm Stand Finally Opens Again (treehugger.com) The New Apple iMac is a Demonstration of Decoupling (treehugger.com) Byrdie's Eco Beauty Awards Reveal Top Skincare and Makeup Picks for 2021 (treehugger.com)
Part 5 Yerba Buena is a new, green island community in San Francisco Bay (inhabitat.com) Emeco's Za stools offer a lifetime of sustainable beauty (inhabitat.com) World's whitest paint could be an A/C alternative (inhabitat.com) Enter the WWF Observation Cabins competition for a shot at $17K (inhabitat.com) Solectrac donates electric tractor to Jack Johnson's nonprofit in Hawaii - Electrek Long Island Rail Road tests US's first battery-powered trains - Electrek Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Phoenix Motorcars - Electrek This mountain project won the DOE's Solar Decathlon Build Challenge (electrek.co) Logitech's new carbon labels show your mouse and keyboard's impact on the environment | PCWorld Can Rotting Wood Really Help Plants Grow? (lifehacker.com) How to Easily Memorize All Eight Phases of the Moon (lifehacker.com) Fix Your Dull Fish With a Salt and Sugar Cure (lifehacker.com)
Part 6 Dreamy Costa Rican retreat uses a pavilion concept for minimal impact (inhabitat.com) How to Take Gorgeous Photos of the Lyrid (or Any) Meteor Shower (lifehacker.com) You're Probably Air Drying Your Clothes All Wrong (lifehacker.com) These Are Ingenuity's First Color In-Flight Photos of Mars (gizmodo.com) This ultrawhite paint could cancel the need for air conditioning - Electrek Toyota unveils bZ4X electric SUV without specs, coming next year - Electrek In Third Flight, Ingenuity Goes Beyond All Tests Done on Earth (gizmodo.com) California Commits to Phasing Out Oil Extraction by 2045 (gizmodo.com) NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars sets new speed record in third flight - CNET Cloud seeding hopes to help fight drought by increasing rain - CNET SpaceX, NASA Crew-2 astronauts dock with space station, climb aboard - CNET The nearest black hole to Earth ever seen is a tiny 'unicorn' - CNET
Part 7 Expanding Cloud From ‘Volcanic’ Star Revealed in New Hubble Image (gizmodo.com) Bones of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats Found in Philippine Cave (gizmodo.com) Kickstart These Crayons Made From Rice and Vegetable Waste (gizmodo.com) Greta Thunberg to US Congress: ‘End Fossil Fuel Subsidies Now’ (gizmodo.com) Perseverance Rover Extracts Breathable Oxygen From Martian Atmosphere - ExtremeTech NASA Chooses SpaceX Starship for Human Lunar Landing - ExtremeTech NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Takes Flight on Mars - ExtremeTech New Horizons Reaches Deep-Space Milestone, Snaps Photo - ExtremeTech Hubble telescope snaps image of monster star 'doing something weird' - CNET Biden to let California keep setting emissions standards, reversing Trump ban - Roadshow One of the most powerful flares in our galaxy erupts from star next door - CNET NASA ISS astronauts: We haven't seen any unicorns in space 'so far' - CNET
Part 8 Ancient Meteorite Contains Evidence of CO2-Laced Water (gizmodo.com) NASA Generates Oxygen on Mars, Setting Stage for Crewed Missions (gizmodo.com) NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Completes Its Second Flight on Mars (gizmodo.com) Astronomers Don't Know What Our Black Hole Ate, but They Definitely Saw It Belch (gizmodo.com) Researchers: 2.5 Billion Tyrannosaurus Rexes Walked the Earth - ExtremeTech California plans to end oil extraction by 2045 | Engadget NASA's Mars helicopter travels further and faster on its third flight | Engadget New space radar in Costa Rica can track even tiny orbital debris | Engadget NASA Mars helicopter Ingenuity completes 'higher, bolder' second flight - CNET Discovery Plus launches 'slow TV' nature videos to Zen out for Earth Day - CNET Stopping plastic in rivers from reaching the ocean with new tech from The Ocean Cleanup - CNET NASA Perseverance rover pulls breathable oxygen from air on Mars - CNET
Part 9 Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Uncovered in Maryland (gizmodo.com) New Technique Could Turn Plastic Back Into Oil (gizmodo.com) Physicists Get a Good Look at an 'Exciton' for the First Time (gizmodo.com) Utah Mass Death Site Bolsters Theory Tyrannosaurs Hunted in Packs (gizmodo.com) The world's 'most powerful' tidal turbine is nearly ready to power on | Engadget Biden pledges to cut US greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 | Engadget High Hopes plans to extract atmospheric CO2 with hot air balloons | Engadget NASA's Perseverance rover turns a tiny bit of Mars air into breathable oxygen | Engadget Tyrannosaurs roamed Earth in terrifying packs, suggests boneyard find - CNET NASA Ingenuity helicopter takes off on first historic flight over Mars - CNET Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity make first flight on another planet - CNET Disney Plus' Secrets of the Whales gives intimate look at lives of belugas, orcas and more - CNET
Part 10 Nation’s Biggest Miner Union Ready for Clean Energy Transition (gizmodo.com) The Challenge of Shopping for Sustainable Clothes (gizmodo.com) See New Footage of Ingenuity’s Remarkable Rise and Successful Landing (gizmodo.com) Why Schools Should Be the Center of a Green New Deal (gizmodo.com) NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Flown on Mars (gizmodo.com) Toyota's first electric vehicle will hit the road in 2022 | Engadget NASA's Mars helicopter becomes the first aircraft to fly on another planet | Engadget Parker Solar Probe Captures View of Venus’s Orbital Dust Ring (gizmodo.com)
