Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Winter. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. Urwahn Platzhirsch e-bike wins major sustainability award (inhabitat.com) Prague Meander competition to reinvent Prague neighborhood (inhabitat.com) Town Enclosure art installation is made of CLT panels (inhabitat.com) Dog toy and treats from Project Hive help save bees (inhabitat.com) How to Make Your Bathroom More Environmentally Friendly (ecofriend.com) 7 Ways to Make Commercial Buildings More Sustainable (ecofriend.com) EV charging scheme raises $6.2 million in funding, coming to Taco Bell (electrek.co) Volvo Trucks introduces second-generation VNR Electric with bigger battery, added range, and new configurations - Electrek Explosive Final Moments of Giant Star Observed by Astronomers (treehugger.com) Enough With 'Smart Cities'—We Need Cities Done Right (treehugger.com) Who Needs Toothpaste Tubes When You Have Plastic-Free Tablets? (treehugger.com) How to Let Foliage Flourish in Your Garden (treehugger.com)
Part 2 Nokia Arena has touchless digital keys with mobile access (inhabitat.com) Urban Sequoia is a blueprint for sustainable architecture (inhabitat.com) Kentucky coal mine to become clean energy hydropower project (inhabitat.com) Coca-Cola is cleaning up river plastic pollution worldwide (inhabitat.com) Coal-hungry Indiana's largest-capacity solar farm is about to come online (electrek.co) Shark-funded REGENT 'seaglider' concept will be made in the US (electrek.co) Tesla expands Gigafactory Nevada solar array toward goal to become world's biggest - Electrek Proterra to provide battery systems to at least 600 Vicinity Motor Corp. commercial EVs by 2024, including transit buses - Electrek How Do You Dress to Ride an E-Bike in Winter? (treehugger.com) Scientists Search for 10 Elusive Bird Species That Have Been Lost for Years (treehugger.com) ETH Zurich Uses 3D Printed Forms to Build Yummy Waffle Slabs (treehugger.com) Keurig Canada Fined $2.3 Million for Misleading Recyclability Claims (treehugger.com)
Part 3 Award-winning apartment design is built 90% out of wood (inhabitat.com) Nearly all of the German Pavilion is recyclable (inhabitat.com) CLOUDROOM's bioclimatic design highlights the climate crisis (inhabitat.com) This frying pan gives new life to recycled aluminum (inhabitat.com) The big upgrade to the US power grid is kicking off - Electrek Nuro shares third-generation autonomous delivery vehicle with external airbag, BYD to help with assembly - Electrek Rivian will sponsor dozens of free public chargers in National Parks for nonprofit Adopt A Charger - Electrek Tesla is releasing a product roadmap update on Jan 26 with Cybertruck and more - Electrek Dog Brains Can Distinguish Between Different Human Languages (treehugger.com) Turn Your Garden Into a Refuge for Rare and Endangered Plants (treehugger.com) CES 2022: EVs and Future of Automotive Tech Took Center Stage (treehugger.com) Can Nexii Building Solutions Save the Planet? (treehugger.com)
Part 4 University under a hill in India has a green roof (inhabitat.com) Basketball museum is meant to be viewed from all angles (inhabitat.com) These shoes are made in the world's only entirely vegan factory (inhabitat.com) WOMB building reflects nature in the middle of Milan (inhabitat.com) New York gets green light for massive 480,000 acre offshore wind deal (electrek.co) Tesla takes delivery of yet another giant casting machine at Gigafactory Texas - Electrek EV sales rising ahead of schedule in EU & UK, predicted to overtake gasoline vehicles by 2025 - Electrek Windows giant Andersen leads $30M funding of solar window company (electrek.co) Dolphins Perform Elaborate Spin Dives to Hunt Prey (treehugger.com) Best of Green Awards: Sustainability Trends for 2022 (treehugger.com) These Woven Metal Sculptures Are Inspired by Resilient Seed Pods (treehugger.com) Forest School Is My Kids' New Favorite Place to Go (treehugger.com)
Part 5 Net-zero emissions area will be built on renewable energy (inhabitat.com) Ghost orchid among new plant species discovered in 2021 (inhabitat.com) LEED-certified apartments set highest green design standards (inhabitat.com) Beam solar-powered off-grid EV chargers deployed worldwide (inhabitat.com) Volkswagen doubles electric vehicle deliveries in 2021 (electrek.co) Cyclum reimagines the truck stop ahead of electric semi truck surge (electrek.co) VW Group Chairman visits Audi's new charging hub, previewing a very feasible future for charging stations - Electrek Maserati returns to motorsport with Gen 3 Formula E entry for 2022/23 (electrek.co) Hövding is a wearable airbag for your head! - The Gadgeteer (the-gadgeteer.com) ITEHIL 500Wh Power Station and Solar Panel review - The Gadgeteer (the-gadgeteer.com) This Modular Wall System Has Built-In Solar Panels, Heat Pumps, and Ventilation (treehugger.com) Is LED Lighting More Energy-Efficient Than Daylighting From Windows? (treehugger.com)
Part 6 How to Take Care of Air Plants (lifehacker.com) Why You Should Look at the Moon When It's Not Full (lifehacker.com) 15 DIY Shortcuts That Are Sure to Make Your Home Repairs Easier (lifehacker.com) 8 Things You Should Never Put in Your Dishwasher (lifehacker.com) World's second largest mining corporation orders four Wabtec battery-electric locomotives - Electrek Will this 'ocean battery' buried in the seabed be an offshore wind game changer? (electrek.co) EHang opens 5G-connected vertiport for eVTOLs in Guangzhou, China (electrek.co) Using Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel at CES 2022: Hardly groundbreaking [Video] - Electrek Google Doodle highlights the course of civil rights movement for MLK Day - CNET Google celebrates Betty White's birthday with search Easter egg - CNET Our universe isn't supposed to exist -- but we're slowly learning why it does - CNET Toyota's new GRMN Yaris is an even hotter hatch - Roadshow (cnet.com)
Part 7 Bluetti CES 2022: Sodium-ion battery, Bluetti 'APEX' AC500 - 9to5Google The Best Meal-Planning Apps, Because You’re Sick of Doing It Yourself (lifehacker.com) The Best Way to Cook Seafood If You're Skittish About Cooking Seafood (lifehacker.com) 7 Ways You Should Be Using Dish Soap to Clean Your Stuff (lifehacker.com) New Analysis of Famous Martian Meteorite Finds No Evidence of Alien Life (gizmodo.com) Energy Department Creates Clean Energy Corps to Cut Emissions (gizmodo.com) Epstein-Barr Virus May Be Leading Cause of Multiple Sclerosis: Study (gizmodo.com) Astronomers Spot What Could Be a Neptune-Sized Moon in a Distant Solar System (gizmodo.com) Scientists in disbelief over discovery of world's largest fish-breeding area - CNET This is the most inspirational picture of the ISS I've ever seen - CNET Scientists find rare evidence of another supermoon beyond our solar system - CNET Ingarden review: A simple smart garden you can stick anywhere - CNET
Part 8 Martian Dust Storm Sends NASA's InSight Lander Into Safe Mode (gizmodo.com) Oldest Known Modern Human Fossil May Be More Ancient Than Thought (gizmodo.com) Earth Is in a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Bubble That Cooks Up Stars (gizmodo.com) Medieval Warhorses Were Actually Quite Small, Study Finds (gizmodo.com) Astronomers Spot Potential Exomoon the Size of Neptune - ExtremeTech Scientists Transplant Genetically Modified Pig Heart Into a Human - ExtremeTech NASA Completes Webb Deployment, Confirms Doubling of Expected Lifespan - ExtremeTech Chinese Lunar Rover Confirms 'Mystery Hut' Is Just a Rock - ExtremeTech Mars megaripples as tall as people show planet reshaping its landscape - CNET The Milky Way's central black hole is a powerful, fickle enigma of a void - CNET Should you invest in solar panels in 2022? It's complicated - CNET Scientists find 12 shredded galaxies holding secrets of dark matter - CNET
Part 9 Biologists Shocked to Find Millions of Icefish Nesting Near Antarctica (gizmodo.com) Astronomers Spot an Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football (gizmodo.com) In a Medical First, Surgeons Transplant Genetically Modified Pig Heart Into a Human (gizmodo.com) Gigantic Fossil Is the Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found in Britain (gizmodo.com) Waymo has its first commercial autonomous trucking customer | Engadget Biden administration announces new measures to upgrade power grid | Engadget Nuro's third-gen driverless delivery vehicle includes an external airbag | Engadget Scientists observe a red supergiant going supernova for the first time | Engadget Scientists unravel mystery of giant cosmic bubble surrounding Earth - CNET NASA Mars lander goes into safe mode during large dust storm - CNET This eccentric exoplanet's wild weather ranges from boiling hot to deep chill - CNET Scientists discover deformed exoplanet shaped like a rugby ball - CNET
Part 10 Webb Space Telescope Deploys Primary Mirror Without a Hitch (gizmodo.com) Surgeons successfully transplant genetically modified pig heart into human patient | Engadget Toyota wants to 'refurbish' cars like phones and make them like-new - Roadshow (cnet.com) Toyota Tundra Capstone ultraluxury pickup debuts with 22-inch wheels, semi-aniline leather - Roadshow (cnet.com) Toyota debuts halo Capstone trim for 2022 Tundra pickup - Roadshow (cnet.com) Giant fossil from 180 million years ago reveals 'sea dragon' with 1-ton skull - CNET See the stunning finds unearthed at new fossil site in ancient rainforest - CNET NASA names its new chief scientist and senior climate adviser - CNET Hankook wades into the future with airless tire concept - Roadshow (cnet.com)
