Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Winter. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. New floating campus in Manhattan showcases vision of the future (inhabitat.com) MVRDV designs BREEAM Excellent-targeted Matrix 1 for Amsterdam (inhabitat.com) Foster + Partners wins bid to design the nature-filled Guangming Hub (inhabitat.com) Researchers discover new species of endangered blue whale (inhabitat.com) NIO unveils impressive autonomous electric car with a massive battery pack - Electrek A look at Tesla's biggest Solar Roof install: A massive 44 kW system - Electrek This 'bug' robot will inspect and repair offshore wind turbine blades - Electrek Li-Cycle will build North America's largest Li-ion battery recycling plant (electrek.co) Canada Is About to Get Its First Carbon-Negative Brewery (treehugger.com) A Home Meal Kit Without Plastic (treehugger.com) Tips for Garden Planning: What to Work Out in January (treehugger.com) Is Intermittency of Renewable Energy a Problem? (treehugger.com)
Part 2 Futuristic aviary design uses piezoelectric energy to mimic bird movements (inhabitat.com) Den's DIY flat-pack cabin kit takes just 3 days to build (inhabitat.com) The Great American Rail-Trail to offer bike access from coast to coast (inhabitat.com) Dove launches new refillable deodorant (inhabitat.com) California's 2021 budget includes $1.5B for EVs, hydrogen cars - Electrek Mercedes-Benz unveils massive 'hyperscreen' inside the EQS electric sedan - Electrek All-electric cars hit 54% market share of Norway's new cars sales in 2020 – 100% achievable by 2025 - Electrek The only Republican who won in Georgia's election backs solar - Electrek Photos Capture the Beauty of Starling Murmurations (treehugger.com) Do You Need a Permaculture Garden Designer? (treehugger.com) Dove Introduces Refillable Deodorant (treehugger.com) 10 Rules for Proper Trail Etiquette (treehugger.com)
Part 3 North America's first mass timber hotel opens in Austin (inhabitat.com) 11 delicious vegan winter foods from ALDI (inhabitat.com) Rolloe is a bike wheel that filters outdoor air while you cycle (inhabitat.com) By 2035, all new cars sold in Massachusetts must be electric (inhabitat.com) A new community solar marketplace launches in the US - Electrek Which electric vehicles still qualify for US federal tax credit? - Electrek Montana gets its largest wind farm – by a shrinking coal plant - Electrek Tesla unveils new map of upcoming Supercharger stations, adds stations, and updates timelines - Electrek Bring Back the Front Porch (treehugger.com) How The Netherlands Is Reducing Household Food Waste (treehugger.com) Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to End Wildlife Trafficking (treehugger.com) Ana Luisa Makes Classic Jewelry From Recycled Materials (treehugger.com)
Part 4 Vincent Callebaut proposes a green, food-producing footbridge for Paris (inhabitat.com) O2 Treehouse to launch treehouse-based hospitality company (inhabitat.com) Scientists discover 503 new species in 2020 (inhabitat.com) CRA's Playscraper stacks 8 tennis courts into a 300-foot-tall skyscraper (inhabitat.com) Workhorse gets order for 6,320 electric delivery vans - it had planned to build 1,800 this year - Electrek Here's why Wisconsin is rapidly switching from coal to solar - Electrek Japan to scrap gas-powered cars by mid-2030s - Electrek Check Out These New Photos of the 'Grand Canyon of Mars' (lifehacker.com) How Can We Design For Intermittency? (treehugger.com) Artist's Retro-Futuristic Sculptures Are Made From Reclaimed Everyday Objects (treehugger.com) Big Bumblebees Memorize Locations of Rewarding Flowers (treehugger.com) 6 Little Resolutions for a Better New Year (treehugger.com)
Part 5 Sustainable interior design trends for 2021 (inhabitat.com) Catch a Rare Three-Planet Conjunction All Weekend (lifehacker.com) 10 Cookbooks to Read in 2021 (lifehacker.com) Is Cauliflower 'Rice' More Nutritious Than Regular Rice? (lifehacker.com) Newborn Megalodons Were Larger Than Adult Humans and Probably Ate Their Siblings (gizmodo.com) Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently (gizmodo.com) Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighborhood Seem to Have... Stripes? (gizmodo.com) Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes (gizmodo.com) This Toyota Land Cruiser is totally electric and will work in Aussie mines - Roadshow (cnet.com) NASA adds years to Mars InSight and Jupiter Juno missions - CNET MBUX Hyperscreen: The future of infotainment systems - Roadshow (cnet.com) The farm of the future could be hiding inside this shipping container - CNET
Part 6 Physicists Are Looking for Dark Matter in Tiny, Ancient Black Holes (gizmodo.com) Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope (gizmodo.com) This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before (gizmodo.com) Iron Age Settlement With Large Roundhouses and Roman Trinkets Found in the UK (gizmodo.com) Mercedes-Benz Unveils 56-Inch 'Hyperscreen' Dashboard Panel - ExtremeTech NASA SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Probe Secrets of the Big Bang - ExtremeTech Harvard Astronomer Still Believes Interstellar Object Was Alien Technology - ExtremeTech Researchers have turned pineapple leaves into drone parts | Engadget How to see Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn in rare conjunction this weekend - CNET Hubble telescope reveals rare, glorious views of six different galaxies colliding - CNET NASA set to fire up massive SLS moon rocket for another 'Green Run' test - CNET NASA suspects sunquakes are coming from deep beneath the sun's surface - CNET
Part 7 Two Upcoming NASA Missions Will Study Earth-Threatening Space Weather (gizmodo.com) NASA shows how the SPHEREx space telescope will observe the Big Bang | Engadget Massachusetts plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035 | Engadget China will open its 500-meter FAST telescope to astronomers across the world | Engadget The electric car's future starts this year, research report says - Roadshow (cnet.com) Space calendar 2021: SpaceX launches, NASA missions, Mars landings and more - CNET Early Solar System meteorites might explain how Earth got water | Engadget NASA smallsat concepts will study galaxy evolution and exoplanets | Engadget