Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Awesome weather for the beginning of August here in Northern IL. Japanese Government and Auto Industry Team Up on $1.025 Billion EV Charging Plan | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Start an Organic Garden Anywhere Using Fizzy Farms Compact Hydroponic Grower | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Student Develops Match Cooking System to Help People With Autism Spectrum Disorder Prepare Meals | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building VIDEO: The Secret Life of Paper | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Redditer Builds Incredible Hobbit Hole Camper Trailer From Scratch! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Goal Zero's Lighthouse250 Lantern, solar panel tent charge your gadgets alfresco Circulatory System Keeps Sunny Windows Cool : Discovery News Simple tips to buy environmentally friendly clothes - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Combining electric cars and car-sharing to fight range anxiety : TreeHugger Don't park your bike in the bike rack, it's unprofessional : TreeHugger Activists Raise Awareness of Toxic Coal Pollution in Our Waterways : TreeHugger Why aren't there more people riding bikes? : TreeHugger
Part 2 First Ever Solar Decathlon China Design Competition Kicks Off Today | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Reasons to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline Project | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UrbanEden: Net-Zero Solar-Powered Home Can be Planted Like a Tree in the City | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Clever Transforming Froc High Chair Grows Along With Your Child | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Great Scott! Back To The Future LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Hits Store Shelves | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Five benefits of purchasing environmentally friendly furniture - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend 8 Reasons to Love BMW's New Electric Car : Discovery News This Electric Plane Could Be the First to Top 250 MPH Tree hooks and magnets bring nature into your home : TreeHugger New unique antibiotic that kills anthrax found in the seafloor mud off California's coast : TreeHugger Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosts hour-long town hall Q&A with Tesla owners : TreeHugger World Solar Power Topped 100,000 Megawatts in 2012 : TreeHugger
Part 3 Global Solar Power Passes 100,000 Megawatt Milestone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Canary: Smart Alarm System Learns as You Use it, Protects Your Home From Fire and Theft | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INEOS Bio Creates First Commercial-Scale Waste to Biofuel System | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mexico City's Bajo Puentes Program Turns Vacant Lots Under Freeways into Prized Public Spaces | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Canterbury Coffee Corp. Creates 90% Biodegradable Single-Use Coffee Pod | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Five simple tips to have a green vacation - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend This Solar Charging Tent Means You Can Never Get Away From Gadgets This smart home in Utah hits a bold new benchmark: Net zero energy consumption | TechHive Old is new again as modern Danish house is clad and insulated with seaweed : TreeHugger 16 Simple and easy vegetarian recipes for August : TreeHugger Researchers double efficiency of see-through solar cell : TreeHugger 35 tomato recipes for superfood meals : TreeHugger
Part 4 Man Attempts 1,200 Mile Journey in Solar-Powered ELF Bike/Car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Dubai's LEED Platinum Change Initiative Building Declared the "World's Most Sustainable Commercial Building" | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Los Angeles Completes the World's Largest LED Street Light Retrofit | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Offshore Wind Turbines Could Power the Entire European Union Four Times Over | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 8 Toilet Designs that Could Save Millions of Lives Around the World | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bosch Introduces Home Solar Power Storage System | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building A floor-to-ceiling tour of America's most energy-efficient home | TechHive Future Windows Could Use a Biomimetic Vascular System to Save Energy Obama: "Keystone XL is not a jobs plan" : TreeHugger Electronic tickets on smartphones are the future of mass transit : TreeHugger Cannabis in your car doors, but not to smuggle it : TreeHugger Making electric cars IS rocket science: Another look inside the Tesla NUMMI factory (video) : TreeHugger
Part 5 Penn State Creates Thin and Flexible Glass for Renewable Energy Storage | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 5 Handy Green Gardening Tools Made from Recycled Materials | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Louisiana Flood Board Sues 97 Oil and Gas Companies Over Damage to Coastal Wetlands | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How will Elon Musk's 600mph Hyperloop Train Work? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This Solar Tent Will Keep your Gadgets Charged in the Wilderness | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 3D-Printed Vibrating Shift Knob Made From an Xbox 360 Controller Can Teach You How to Drive a Stick | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Colorado State Study Shows Beavers Build Natural Carbon Storage Shelters | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Doctors Allowed to Prescribe Fruits and Vegetables to Obese and Overweight New Yorkers in NYC | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Obama knocks down Keystone XL talking points : TreeHugger New York had a rooftop farm in 1904 : TreeHugger Avocado desserts: 16 sweet recipes : TreeHugger Ford's plug-in hybrids operate in electric mode 60% of the time : TreeHugger
Part 6 Attracting Pollinators: Plants that encourage bees, butterflies, and birds to visit. | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Sunset Magazine's 2013 Idea Town Opens This Week in Seabrook, Washington | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Stanford Researchers Develop Record-Breaking Thinner Solar Cells That Absorb More Light | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization Urges Developing Countries to Ban Hazardous Pesticides | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tom Donhou Hits 80mph on Homemade Bicycle in Bid to Break Land Speed Record | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Phyto Kinetic: Green-Roofed Buses Add a Breath of Fresh Air to the Urban Jungle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UCLA Doubles Efficiency of Transparent Energy-Generating Solar Film | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Inhabitat Interviews Shiply Green Logistics Company Founder Robert Matthams | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 2014 BMW i3 electric car makes its worldwide debut! : TreeHugger Forest cam captures bears' secret back-scratching party : TreeHugger UK grid-scale electricity storage project moves forward : TreeHugger Sustainable Microfarms aims to make hydroponics easy and automated : TreeHugger
Part 7 William Lee's Beautiful Living Wall Systems Give Building Facades a Green Upgrade | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Chicago Sustainable Backyards Helps City Inhabitants Combat Stormwater Runoff and Climate Change at Home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building MIT Creates World's First 'Perfect Mirror' With Zero Distortion, Signaling Breakthrough For Solar Power | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building President Obama Expresses Doubts About Keystone XL Pipeline | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green Building Labels 101: An Inhabitat Guide to Third Party Environmental Certifications | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California to Break Ground on the Nation's First High-Speed Rail Line This Summer | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building BMW Unveils New 2014 i3 Electric Vehicle in New York City! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mississippi Senator Adds Anti-LEED Amendment Into Housing and Transportation Bill | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Chip Yates intends to beat his own electric plane speed record thanks to upgraded battery : TreeHugger The high cost of climate inaction, continued : TreeHugger 35 blueberry recipes for superfood meals : TreeHugger Mapping a month of bike sharing in New York City : TreeHugger
Part 8 Koa Produces World's First "Organic" Bottled Water | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Halliburton Admits to Destroying Evidence After Deepwater Horizon Disaster | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Europe's Largest Battery to Test Green Energy Storage in Groundbreaking UK Trial | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Easy-to-install living wall system uses felt pockets for plants : TreeHugger Thin, flexible glass could store energy for electric cars, wind turbines : TreeHugger
