Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. More pickings from the garden. Love the freshness, can not beat store bought items. Just wish I didn't lose a pint of blood to mosquitoes each time I went out to the garden. Airplane Winglets Will Save United $200 Million per Year in Fuel Costs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Honda's New Hybrid Powertrain for Small Cars Gets 86 MPG in Japan | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Courtesy of Nature: Temporary Gallery Space Frames Nature as Art | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Hot Ways to Stay Cool Today | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Reasons why you should not be drinking bottled water - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five reasons you should only be eating organically grown food - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Portable Solar Pavilion for Recharging Plug-Ins : Discovery News Quiz Yourself on Conserving Energy at Home : Discovery News Details emerge on all-new 2015 Honda Fit Hybrid : TreeHugger A natural path to protect what we love : TreeHugger +Pool prototype gets funded on Kickstarter, will be built this summer : TreeHugger This smart irrigation and water management system is controlled by your smartphone : TreeHugger
Part 2 Can Design and Technology Save Us from Wildfires Driven by Climate Change? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building HOW-TO: Homemade Insect Repellent Sprays and Lotions | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Students of Bielefeld University Produce Batteries Powered by E.Coli Bacteria | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Top 6 Human-Powered Gadgets That Will Improve Your Life | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Go Green and Earn Green: The Energy Resale Quiz : Discovery News Biometric First: Touchscreen Recognizes Fingerprints : Discovery News Reasons why upcycling is even better than recycling for the environment - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Best eco friendly games that get you addicted - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Corn and potato summer skillet salad [Vegan] : TreeHugger Senate FINALLY confirms EPA chief, Gina McCarthy : TreeHugger How it's made: The Tesla Model S electric car (video) : TreeHugger Brooklynite carries sign around New York to raise awareness about Keystone XL. : TreeHugger
Part 3 Dubai's First Farmers Market Offers Local Produce Near the World's Tallest Building | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks to CodeGreen Solutions' Stephen Rizzo About Greening Existing Buildings | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building CIA Sponsors $630,000 Geoengineering Study to Protect Us from Mad Scientists | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Michael Jantzen’s Solar Eco-Aquaponic House is a Self-Sustaining Urban Farm | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Five coolest examples of recycled shipping pallet art - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend What’s Next: Gadget batteries that need no charge for months - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Disposable Drones Take Flight : Discovery News Plastic skin lights up on contact, may lead to touchscreens everywhere (video) New York City Mayor Bloomberg says "Take the stairs" : TreeHugger Researchers create electronics that dissolve in water to reduce waste [Video] : TreeHugger Solar robot slims down for better performance : TreeHugger The vegetarian spectrum: a rainbow of terms that mean "eating green" : TreeHugger
Part 4 UK Paper Company Invents Technology to Recycle Disposable Plasticized Coffee Cups | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Kite Patch Can Make You Invisible to Mosquitoes for 48 Hours | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Energy-Efficient Waverley House Embraces the Outdoors in Sydney, Australia | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on Floating Buildings & Hydro-Cities | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Future Perfect: Energy efficient home lighting, courtesy LED bulbs - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five waste products that you didn’t know can be recycled - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Tesla CTO hopes to reduce EV charging times to 10 minutes or less Ford hybrid software update will improve gas mileage, arrives in August Eiko Ojala's "paper" landscapes are cool and paper-free : TreeHugger We've got twins! Extremely rare panda cub twins born in Atlanta zoo : TreeHugger EPA Portfolio Manager gets major upgrade for better tracking of building water and energy use : TreeHugger Watch: Gorgeous macro time-lapse of flowers opening : TreeHugger
Part 5 Swedish Machine Turns Sweat into Perfectly Good Drinking Water! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Peppermint Products Makes Modern Furniture from Cardboard | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Air-Breathing SABRE Rocket Could Allow Aircrafts To Cruise At Five Times The Speed Of Sound | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Report Shows More Efficient Urban Transportation Could Save the World $70 Trillion | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building What’s Next: Aircrafts that fly on biofuel - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five most striking examples of eco friendly buildings made using shipping containers - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Scientists Created an Impossible Supermaterial Totally by Accident How These Simple Scimitar Winglets Make the 737 a Whole New Plane Ford to recalibrate its 2013 hybrids for better fuel efficiency : TreeHugger This could be the holy Grayl of water filters : TreeHugger British scientists power cell phones with urine : TreeHugger Beat the heat: EPA's infographic is a good place to start : TreeHugger
Part 6 China Becomes World's First Nation to Install 3 GW of Utility-Scale Solar Power! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Top 6 Green Bike Accessories For A Safer, More Comfortable Ride | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building HOW TO: Recycle a Tin Can Into a Gorgeous Outdoor Lantern for Summer Parties | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building OLPC's New XO Tablet Computer to Hit Store Shelves This Week | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Five simple ways to conserve the battery on your tablet computer - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five most amazing DIY systems that produce biofuel from algae - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend The Big Question: Can the world really ditch fossil fuels? - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five easiest ways to produce good compost for your garden - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Good news! Wind power and this vulnerable bird species get along fine : TreeHugger Safer bike lane from guerilla activists in Seattle made permanent : TreeHugger Tesla "confident" Model S production will double to 800 per week by late 2014 : TreeHugger Study finds Keystone XL will raise gas prices : TreeHugger
Part 7 The Bird Brick Gives Endangered Birds a Home in Buildings and Garden Walls | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building EU Bans Another Pesticide Harmful to Bees | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Morphocode Unveils Plans for Crazy Home Set Atop an Offshore Wind Turbine | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UK Scientists Create World's First Pee-Powered Cell Phone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green-Roofed Ecohabit Residence Learns About its Residents to Boost Efficiency | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building HARVEST: A Solar-Powered Prefab that Replenishes Nature's Gifts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Study Shows Plants Talk to Each Other Through the Soil | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Cradle-to-Cradle Inspired Netherlands Institute of Ecology Celebrates Biodiversity | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building World’s most efficient semiconductor chip triples waste heat conversion : TreeHugger Community Building Leads to Sustainability : TreeHugger Solar power makes yard work clean and quiet : TreeHugger Beware Brutalism: Concrete-eating robot "literally erases buildings" : TreeHugger
Part 8 The SolarGoPack is a Solar-Powered Backpack for Tech-Savvy Adventurers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Brilliant Compost Program Trades Food Waste for Fresh Produce | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Spiber's Synthetic Spider Silk is Lighter than Steel, Stronger Than Kevlar | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building DIY: 5 All-Natural Insect Traps and Deterrents for those Pests That Just Won't Bugger Off | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Why the Farm Bill Fails: Congress Ignores Hungry Americans in Favor of Big-Agriculture | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: 7 Questions With Star Architect Steven Holl | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Peru to Provide Free Solar Power to its 2 Million Poorest Citizens | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 7 Incredible Inventions by Teenage Wunderkinds | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 29 new branches on the tree of life : TreeHugger How solar parks could help save the bumblebee : TreeHugger Hero diver rescues a whale entangled in fishing line (Video) : TreeHugger Bridging the Green-Khaki Divide : TreeHugger
Part 9 Elon Musk to Unveil Ultra High-Speed Hyperloop Train Plans by August 12 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Inhabitat Interviews Henrik Fisker, Founder of Fisker Automotive and Designer of the Karma | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Keystone XL Could Raise Gasoline Prices by 40 Cents Per Gallon, Report Finds | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building CalTech Researcher John Dabiri Uses Biomimicry to Design Cheaper, More Efficient Wind Farms Inspired by Schools of Fish | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mitchell Joachim Wants to 3D Print Cities Using 'Smart Trash' From the World's Overflowing Landfills | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California Increases Solar Power Installations by 26 Percent in 2012 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Beautifully Renovated Hispasat Office is Wrapped in a Space-Age Solar Facade | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Be.e Electric Scooter is a Lightweight Ride Made From Compressed Plants | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Smart Ways to Escape The Summer Heat at Home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building DIY: Beat the Heatwave by Making Your Own Air Conditioner | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Nissan is building more than 100 direct current fast-charging stations at US dealerships : TreeHugger SunSocket portable solar generator tracks the sun for maximum output : TreeHugger
Part 10 Simple ways you can become an eco friendly pet owner - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Shark Finning Finally Banned in the European Union | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Work Begins on World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Off the Fukushima Coast | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Conservationists Rescue the Iberian Lynx from the Brink of Extinction | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
