Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Spring. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. "Farming for Our Future" tackles sustainable agriculture (inhabitat.com) SeaWeed Naturals harnesses the magic of seaweed and CBD (inhabitat.com) Tom Ford plastic alternatives contest awards its 8 winners (inhabitat.com) Sensgreen air quality sensor saves energy and is adaptable (inhabitat.com) 9 Best Eco-Friendly Places to Explore in 2022 – Ecofriend.com Eco-Friendly Termite Baiting System in Malaysia - What It’s About (ecofriend.com) Green Initiatives that Don’t Require A lot of Human Energy (ecofriend.com) KYMCO's swappable batteries share power from motorcycles to streetlights (electrek.co) Apple Gets First Commercial-Grade Low-Carbon Aluminum From Elysis (treehugger.com) Biden Administration May Add More Ethanol to Gasoline to Reduce Fuel Prices (treehugger.com) What to See in the Night Sky for April 2022 (treehugger.com) Enjoy Spring Tonic Herbs From Your Garden (treehugger.com)
Part 2 See the beauty in Türkiye's plan for sustainable tourism (inhabitat.com) Make takeout greener with these paper food containers (inhabitat.com) Shark deterrent device improves fishing safety (inhabitat.com) Clothes made in Ecuador are reaching the rest of the world (inhabitat.com) Drone whips around Tesla's Berlin Gigafactory in new fast-paced video - Electrek Nevada pledges to electrify all new trucks and buses by 2050 - Electrek GM's BrightDrop rebrands its electric delivery vehicles and carts with more cohesive names - Electrek Siemens Gamesa is now producing 115-meter-long offshore wind turbine blades (electrek.co) The Joy of Discovering My Own Backyard (treehugger.com) Minamata Convention Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants (treehugger.com) Critically Endangered Blue-Eyed Lemur Born in Florida (treehugger.com) Are Baugruppen the Answer to the Housing Affordability Crisis? (treehugger.com)
Part 3 This bakery is the first in the US to run on 100% renewables (inhabitat.com) Plarn mats help homeless people get a drier night's sleep (inhabitat.com) Sustainable housing complex features amazing bursts of color (inhabitat.com) Bitcoin under pressure to adopt more sustainable practices (inhabitat.com) Drive Electric Earth Day runs all of April, with in-person outdoor events around the US - Electrek Tesla opens its 'longest' Supercharger station in the world - Electrek Tesla Model 3 tops list of 20 most affordable EVs to run according to 2022 EV Miles Report - Electrek 'World's largest electric cruise ship' makes maiden voyage in China with a whopping 7,500 kWh in battery power - Electrek Oru Lake Kayak Is the Essence of Origami Design (treehugger.com) Famed Photographers Sell Prints for Relief in Ukraine (treehugger.com) Conservation Officials to Revert Land Near Stonehenge to Natural State (treehugger.com) How to Plant Edible Climbers and Vines (treehugger.com)
Part 4 HP moves toward 100% plastic free with Choose Packaging (inhabitat.com) Fresco Motors unveils futuristic energy-positive campus (inhabitat.com) Eco-friendly furniture from Studio Seitz can last a lifetime (inhabitat.com) 3D printing is behind plans for futuristic Sunflower Village (inhabitat.com) In a world first, solar and wind generated 10% of power for 50 countries in 2021 (electrek.co) Rolls-Royce puts all-electric Spectre through winter tests near the Arctic Circle as part of 2.5 million km testing program - Electrek Tesla to soon open Supercharger network to all EV owners in the UK, says govt official - Electrek Tesla secures big 200 MWh Megapack order for a new energy storage project in Australia - Electrek 'The Last Tourist' Film Will Make You Approach Travel Differently (treehugger.com) We’re Having a Jimmy Carter Moment With Energy Conservation Back on the Menu (treehugger.com) Emerald Geometric Flat Pack Structure Acts As Home Office and More (treehugger.com) Meyer Memorial Trust Is Made With Mass Plywood Panels (treehugger.com)
Part 5 An innovative rainscreen meets sustainable cladding (inhabitat.com) Hubble Space Telescope Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen | PCMag NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 23rd Flight | PCMag UPS Tests eQuad Electric Bikes for Deliveries in Dense Urban Areas | PCMag Vietnamese EV brand Vinfast announces North American manufacturing site will be built in North Carolina - Electrek Lotus pulls the sheet off its new 100% electric Eletre hyper-SUV, fka Type 132 - Electrek US school bus maker Blue Bird receives its largest-ever order of electric school buses (electrek.co) Volvo Trucks receives a record order of electric trucks from Maersk - Electrek Electric Bike Sales Are Booming, Thanks to High Gas Prices (treehugger.com) This New Dispenser System Could Revolutionize Zero Waste Shopping (treehugger.com) Don't Underestimate the Importance of Soil in a Garden (treehugger.com) How Do You Save Energy and Reduce Emissions in a British Home? (treehugger.com)
Part 6 Use These Pantry Items as Pet-Safe Ant Repellants (lifehacker.com) Avoid These Plants the Same Way You Would Poison Ivy (lifehacker.com) You Need to Spring Clean Your Car's Exterior Too (lifehacker.com) Why You Should Be Refrigerating Your Muffin Batter Overnight (lifehacker.com) Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel says EV batteries should last about 15 years - Electrek Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas to avoid unreliable electric grid - Electrek Could this idea win over NIMBYs who oppose living near renewables? (electrek.co) Rivian R1T: First Impressions - Electrek What You Need to Know About Autism Spectrum Disorder - CNET Scientists Teach Fish to Do Basic Math - CNET Kepler Telescope Coughs Up Distant Second 'Jupiter' Despite Retirement - CNET Pig Grunts Can Reveal Sadness or Happiness (treehugger.com)
Part 7 How to Work a Stretching Session Into Your Day (lifehacker.com) Finish Your Spring Vegetables With These 3 Ingredients (lifehacker.com) Don't Waste Money Buying Brand Names for These Products (lifehacker.com) Why You Should Add an Egg Yolk to Your Mashed Potatoes (lifehacker.com) US NHTSA reinstates billions in fines on gas-guzzling automakers - Electrek Hubble Spots Most Distant Star Ever - ExtremeTech Confirmed: Gigantic Cryovolcanoes on Pluto - ExtremeTech NASA and ESA Make Changes to Mars Sample Return Mission - ExtremeTech Gaze Into This Strawberry Squid's Eerie Mismatched Eyes - CNET Scientists Finally Sequence the Entire Human Genome - CNET 2023 Toyota GR Corolla Debuts With Rally-Tuned AWD, Wicked Widebody - Roadshow (cnet.com) 2023 Toyota GR Corolla debuts alongside limited-run Circuit Edition - Roadshow (cnet.com)
Part 8 Why Truck Stops Are Always Better Than Rest Stops (and How to Find One Along Your Route) (lifehacker.com) Make This Delicious Citrus Syrup With Just Two Ingredients (lifehacker.com) The Smartest Ways to Use Dishwasher Tablets to Clean Your House (lifehacker.com) How to DIY an Inexpensive but Beautiful Garden Path (lifehacker.com) Completely Paralyzed ALS Patient Uses Brain Implant to Communicate With Words - ExtremeTech Geophysicists Map Yellowstone's Plumbing - ExtremeTech Perseverance Rover Helps Scientists Calculate Speed of Sound on Mars - ExtremeTech NASA Ready to Begin Building Sky-Mapping SPHEREx Telescope - ExtremeTech Amazing: NASA Spots Little Mars Helicopter From Orbit - CNET 7 Ways to Relieve Stress in a Stressful World - CNET Why NASA's Record-Breaking Image of Farthest Star We've Ever Seen Matters - CNET Look for a Dazzling Aurora Thanks to a 'Cannibal' Blast From the Sun - CNET
Part 9 Clean Your Flower Pots Before Reusing Them (Without Hurting Your Plants) (lifehacker.com) Gas From the Big Bang May Be Trapped Inside Earth (gizmodo.com) Jupiter Twin Spotted 17,000 Light-Years Away (gizmodo.com) Boston Dynamics' Robo-Dog Is Protecting the Remains of Pompeii (gizmodo.com) NASA’s Perseverance Rover helps scientists find sound travels slower on Mars | Engadget Apple’s ‘Prehistoric Planet’ is a dinosaur documentary narrated by David Attenborough | Engadget Scientists sequence the most complete human genome yet | Engadget Hubble may have spotted the most distant star to date | Engadget Smart Contact Lenses: You Can Control a MicroLED Display With a Flick of Your Eyes - CNET Supercomputer Researcher Wins Turing Award for Boosting Ultrapowerful Machines - CNET Spiders Don't Have Ears, But They Can Still Hear You - CNET NASA Pluto Spacecraft Reveals Huge Ice Volcanoes on Dwarf Planet - CNET
Part 10 Full Human Genome Finally Mapped (gizmodo.com) How Astronomers Spotted the Oldest Known Star (gizmodo.com) See the ‘Brain Terrain’ of Mars in New Satellite Images (gizmodo.com) New SETI Message to Aliens Might Share Too Much (gizmodo.com) Pluto's Huge Ice Volcanoes Are Stranger Than We Realized (gizmodo.com) After 355 days aboard the ISS, astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth a changed man | Engadget FedEx will test autonomous cargo flights next year | Engadget Lung Association report suggests zero-emission vehicles could save 110,000 US lives | Engadget NASA James Webb Space Telescope's Hunt for Alien Life Gets New Clues - CNET Imaginative Space Fans Spot Child in Wild View of the Sun - CNET Leonard Nimoy's Family Donates Spock Ears to the Smithsonian - Nerdist Apple adds workouts for new parents to Fitness+ | Engadget