Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Summer. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. This design alliance is paving the way for a better future (inhabitat.com) The Ice Box Challenge shows effectiveness of passive house design (inhabitat.com) Wind-powered lamp post helps reduce light pollution (inhabitat.com) A history of sustainable energy efforts at the White House (inhabitat.com) 4 Changes at Home That Can Help You Save Money and Environment (ecofriend.com) How to Stay Healthy as You Get Older – Ecofriend.com Mercedes-Benz unveils EQE electric sedan with impressive 400-mile range - Electrek Mercedes-Benz unveils awesomely plush electric Maybach SUV - Electrek Mexico Bans Animal Testing for Cosmetics (treehugger.com) Audi Grandsphere Concept Offers Glimpse Into EV Future (treehugger.com) Science Reveals Which Plant-Based Burger Smells Most Like Real Thing (treehugger.com) E-bike Riders Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains (treehugger.com)
Part 2 This giant green wall is a show-stopper at Warsaw skyscraper (inhabitat.com) Ariake Gymnastics Centre resembles a floating ship (inhabitat.com) The most Instagrammable vegan beauty products on the market (inhabitat.com) Leaded gasoline finally phased out worldwide (inhabitat.com) Nissan tests an EV motor-magnet recycling breakthrough - Electrek Rivian 'Large pack' EPA range numbers are in: 314 miles, 70 mpge - Electrek EGEB: Shell to install 50,000 EV chargers in the UK by 2025 - Electrek Polestar shares its EV carbon impact data to offer transparency, build consumer trust - Electrek Lance Hosey Helped Define the Shape of Green (treehugger.com) Baby Bats Babble Just Like Human Infants (treehugger.com) An Electric Bus Is Touring Britain in a 'Race to Zero' (treehugger.com) Hyundai's New EV Will Soon Be a Self-Driving Taxi (treehugger.com)
Part 3 Walk to work at this eco-friendly office tower in India (inhabitat.com) A new rammed earth spiritual center arrives in Arizona desert (inhabitat.com) New Office of Climate Change and Health Equity announced (inhabitat.com) The Cup Hero separates coffee pods for recycling and composting (inhabitat.com) These cute electric robots may soon deliver your dinner - Electrek Genesis announces all-electric future, ending new internal combustion models in 2025 - Electrek 4 reasons why US solar panel shipments broke records in 2020 - Electrek Genesis announces all-electric future, ending new internal combustion models in 2025 - Electrek Does Your Dog Know If You’ve Done Something on Purpose? (treehugger.com) A New Way for the Housebuilding Industry to Look at Embodied Carbon (treehugger.com) What to See in the Night Sky in September 2021 (treehugger.com) EVs Will Take Over Because They’re Better Cars (treehugger.com)
Part 4 England plans single-use plastic ban (inhabitat.com) How to Protect Your Garden for the Winter (lifehacker.com) EcoFlow Delta Pro portable power station review - Better than a generator, and no gas! - The Gadgeteer (the-gadgeteer.com) How to Volunteer for a Scientific Expedition (lifehacker.com) Sono Motors introduces its own bidirectional home charger - Electrek CA Dems endorse plan to push California gas car ban to 2030 - Electrek South Korea is getting a massive 1.4 GW floating offshore wind farm (electrek.co) Scientists develop 'true' bifacial solar cells with 29% power output (electrek.co) You Can Still Plant These Fall Vegetables In September (lifehacker.com) Photos Highlight the Powerful Images Found in Nature (treehugger.com) How to Find Synergy Between Garden Projects (treehugger.com) The Goldilocks Density Delivers the Lowest Life Cycle Carbon Emissions (treehugger.com)
Part 5 Astrophysicists Suggest New Place Where Planet Nine Could Be Hiding (gizmodo.com) Mars Rover Perseverance Appears to Have Grabbed Its First Rock Sample (gizmodo.com) UN Says the World Is Officially Free of Leaded Gasoline (gizmodo.com) NASA starts flight testing with Joby's electric air taxi | Engadget NASA to measure the noise footprint of Joby passenger air taxis - DroneDJ Subaru unveils new pictures and details of its first electric vehicle: the Solterra - Electrek StoreDot unveils Tesla-like 4680 battery cells they claim can charge in 10 minutes - Electrek Radical new 'ride-by-wire' system replaces electric bike chains, belts (electrek.co) NASA Perseverance rover confirms it has collected and stored first Mars sample - CNET Astronomers 3D-print stellar nurseries you can hold in your hand - CNET Scientists reveal the secrets behind ant teeth super strength - CNET Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists see the funny side of nature - CNET
Part 6 Nissan is testing a more efficient way to recycle rare-earth metals from EV motors | Engadget NASA's first lunar rover will scour the moon's south pole for water in 2023 | Engadget Hyundai's Genesis brand will switch entirely to electric powertrains in 2025 | Engadget Perseverance Rover Successfully Collects Mars Rock Core on Second Attempt - ExtremeTech Electrify America to implement 34 DC fast chargers in SoCal for heavy-duty trucks - Electrek VW subsidiary MAN announces transition from diesel to all-electric trucks and buses starting in 2024 - Electrek How Hurricane Ida will impact EV and gas drivers, and power - Electrek Karma expands to commercial electrification with 'Powered by Karma' B2B strategy - Electrek Nissan has a new, more efficient way to recycle EV rare earth elements - Roadshow Dead star collision causes stellar explosion like nothing seen before - CNET How the pandemic and gardening startups fed our homegrown cravings - CNET This 9,000-year-old beer would disappoint fans of modern IPAs - CNET
Part 7 Astronomers Create 'Treasure Map' to Find Proposed Planet Nine - ExtremeTech Astronomers: Many Sun-Like Stars Already Devoured Their Planets - ExtremeTech Synthetic Bacteria Can Produce Muscle Fibers Stronger Than Kevlar - ExtremeTech SpaceX Cargo Ship Delivers Fruit, Girl Scout Experiments to the ISS - ExtremeTech XPeng says Voyager X2 has begun flying in extreme environments and high altitudes - Electrek SVOLT unveils cobalt-free battery, claiming first company to reach 'series production' - Electrek The UN announces the official end of leaded gas worldwide - Electrek Gogoro's massive battery swapping network named #1, boasts 2M swaps (electrek.co) Giant galaxy, one of the closest to Earth, dazzles in new portrait - CNET Leaded gas, a poisonous 100-year-old innovation, is no longer available for cars anywhere - Roadshow NASA's Hubble Telescope spots rare object that looks like a space lightsaber - CNET Over a quarter of stars like our sun might eat their own planets - CNET
Part 8 World’s First Autonomous Electric Cargo Ship Will Set Sail This Year - ExtremeTech NASA Has Completed Work on the James Webb Space Telescope - ExtremeTech SolarXOne: fully electric, solar-powered autonomous drone - DroneDJ Chinese Mars rover snaps sweeping sands in red planet panorama - CNET Moon in a test tube: Scientists re-create chemistry of Saturn's biggest moon - CNET