Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Although I have several Apple Orchards around me, I am impatiently waiting on one picking schedule flyer for my favorite orchard. I hope it comes soon, so I can start planning. FlashFood App Aims to Reduce the United States' 33 Million Tons of Annual Food Waste | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Johnson & Johnson Again Announces Plans to Remove Chemicals from Products | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building DIY: How To Turn a Playing Card Into a Solar-Powered Battery Charger | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Adult and Eco-Friendly Versions of the Oh-So-Comfortable Backpack | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Our 2012 Homesteaders of the Year: Living the Good Life Through Modern Homesteading - Modern Homesteading - MOTHER EARTH NEWS In drought-stricken Wisconsin, farmers helping farmers - U.S. News New 'Nonstick' Plastic Repels Bacteria : Discovery News Bluetooth Bulb lets you switch on, time, dim and color your lighting from your phone (video) -- Engadget Publish Gives Fabric Scraps a "Second Chance" in New Men's Collection : TreeHugger 2013 Nissan LEAF Should be Cheaper and Have 25% More Range : TreeHugger New Salt-Based Battery Could Make Grid-Scale Storage Affordable : TreeHugger Self-Charging Battery Generates and Stores Energy Simultaneously : TreeHugger
Part 2 LEED Platinum Marin Country Day School is the First Zero-Energy Classroom in North America | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green Roof Garden by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects Is a Peaceful Escape In the Chicago Sky | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Peter Geiger Upcycles License Plates Into Rockin' Guitar Sculptures | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Ways Artists Are Recycling Guns for Peace | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building In Iowa, Obama to announce measures to soothe drought pain - NBC Politics Olympic Village Takes Recycling Gold : Discovery News Volkswagen 2013 Jetta Hybrid sets speed record, gives new meaning to hypermiling -- Engadget Scientists develop lithium-ion battery that charges 120 times faster than normal | ExtremeTech The Most Jawsome Photos, Videos, News and More from Shark Week : TreeHugger Wireless Car Charging In Action : TreeHugger 400 Bee Friendly Plants That Will Make Your Garden Buzz : TreeHugger Student's Research Project Uncovers 8 New Species of Sharks : TreeHugger
Part 3 University of Arizona's Breakthrough Telescope Solar Panel Doubles Efficiency | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building University of Wisconsin-Madison Develops Solar System Inspired by Sunflowers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bloombox iPhone Docking Station is a Living Natural Acoustic Amplifier | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Freewheelin Pedal-Powered Buses To Provide Transport At 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Georgia Tech develops self-charging battery that marches to the owner's beat -- Engadget Carbonized Li-On Batteries Can Charge 100 Times Quicker From Plastic Waste to Pencil Box The Five Biggest Myths About Saving Energy in the Summer Nature Blows My Mind! The Wonders of Shark Skin : TreeHugger Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos) : TreeHugger Largest Building-Integrated Wind Power System in U.S. Installed in Oklahoma City : TreeHugger Stunning Dolphin Video Captured by Tuna Fishermen : TreeHugger
Part 4 Wheaton College's Mars Center for Science and Technology Awarded LEED Gold Certification | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Scientists Crack Code That Would Allow Bionic Eyes To Send Signals To Brain | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 2012 Architecten Design a Mobile Ice Cream Stand Made Out of Recycled Refrigerators | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Johnson & Johnson To Remove All 'Chemicals of Concern' From Its Products By 2015 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Researchers create super-efficient microbial fuel cell, dream of selling excess electricity -- Engadget GE, Urban Green Energy set up first integrated, wind-powered EV charging station (video) -- Engadget Clean Energy Revives Communities, Gets People to Work : TreeHugger 5 Tasty Ways to Eat Your Tomato Harvest All Year : TreeHugger What's Making Holes in Your Tomatoes? : TreeHugger Only 2% of Canadians Now Deny Climate Change : TreeHugger 7 Most Helpful Things Being Done to Save Sharks Today : TreeHugger Turn Your iPhone Into An Environmental Sensor : TreeHugger
Part 5 Top Green Back to School Backpacks for a Sustainable Academic Year | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bill Gates Awards $100,000 Prize to Caltech for Energy-Generating Solar-Powered Toilet | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Venger Wind Unveils World's Largest Rooftop Wind Farm in Oklahoma City | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Lernort Natur: A Living, Growing Garden Center Springs Up at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Brilliant Invention Turns Office Paper Waste into Pencils | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Electricity-Free Laundry Pod Washer Cuts Down on Water, Time and Energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 10 Amazing but Endangered Shark Species: How Many Do You Know? : TreeHugger NASA Time-Lapse Video Shows the Beautiful Lights of Earth : TreeHugger America's Top 10 Greenest Colleges : TreeHugger 3 Wearable Technologies That Could Make Us Healthier : TreeHugger Tips for Finding and Eradicating Tomato Hornworms in Your Garden : TreeHugger Bill Gates Backs Solar Powered, Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Equipped Toilet : TreeHugger
Part 6 10 Eco-Friendly Back to School Essentials | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Wooden-Framed Eco Computer Reduces Environmental Impacts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Fantastic Furnishings That are Perfect for Small Dorm Room Spaces | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bacteria-Eating Viruses Could Lead to Cell Phones That Never Need to be Plugged In | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Cee Lo Green Launches GreenHouse Foundation to Spread Eco-Friendly Education in Atlanta | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Scientists Developing Wood-Powered Batteries Made From Paper Waste! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Union Pacific to Test 25 Cleaner Experimental Locomotives in California : TreeHugger U.S. Gasoline Consumption Drops to 8.5 Million Barrels/Day During First Quarter of 2012 : TreeHugger Weekday Vegetarian: Candied Tomatoes : TreeHugger Shark Fight! Survivors of Attacks Battle For Protection of Sharks : TreeHugger Vertical Axis Turbine Maker Builds on Olympic Success : TreeHugger Toms Shark Shoes Help Protect Them : TreeHugger
Part 7 US Announces Agent Orange Clean-Up in Vietnam After 40 Years | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 3D Printed Symphony Shells Amplify iPhone Tunes Naturally | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building London 2012 Olympics Games Were The Greenest Ever According To Independent Group | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Urban Green Energy Unveils World's First Integrated Wind-Powered EV Charging Station In Barcelona | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Folding Door Transforms Into a Life-Saving Earthquake Shelter | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ruth Allen Morphs Glass Bottles Into Beautiful New Glassware | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 100 MPH Passenger Train to Link Miami and Orlando—With No Government Funds : TreeHugger Nest Thermostat Reviewed by Jacqui Cheng : TreeHugger Community Group Harvests 25,000lbs of Fruit From Unloved Trees : TreeHugger Flexible Battery Technology Hits Highest Density Yet : TreeHugger Status of the Shark Infographic : TreeHugger What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared? : TreeHugger
Part 8 MIT's All-in-One Solar ORC to Provide Heat, Electricity, and Hot Water For African Communities | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Royal Veterinary College Provides Eco Friendly Lodging for Their Clinical Students | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Essential Supplies for an Eco-Friendly Back-To-School | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building PHOTOS: Inhabitat Checks Out the World's Largest Solar Bridge at Blackfriars | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Bambu Pet Hammock II Provides a Stylish Spot for Your Furry Friend to Relax | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building US Wind Energy Surpasses 50GW, Could Dwindle Facing Upcoming Election | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Seed Money: Leafcutter Design's Plantable Paper Coins Flourish into Flowers! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Can You Save Seeds From Farmers Market Tomatoes? : TreeHugger