Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Looks like the nice warm weather of Northern IL, is going to come to an end. But it was pretty awesome for lasting as long as it did. Inhabitat Interview: On Sketch-As-Film With Award Winning Architect Guy Ailion | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Team Austria's LISI House Named Overall Winner of the 2013 Solar Decathlon! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Quazi Design Creates Gorgeous Sustainable Jewelry From Old Magazines | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Passive PEAK House Preserves Energy the Appalachian Way at the Solar Decathlon 2013 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Busting some eco-friendliness myths: A cool wash is not a wash at all - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend 7 ways to go green on back-to-school supplies - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Stunning Solar Homes Can Actually Be Affordable : Discovery News Powerful Shape-Shifting Metal Created : Discovery News The demonization of cyclists and anti-bike culture war in Toronto reaches new low with Rosie DiManno column : TreeHugger 10 Things to Know About Food on World Food Day : TreeHugger Photo of the Day: A wolf stands among wildflowers : TreeHugger Waste seashells can help clean wastewater : TreeHugger
Part 2 How 7 Smart Technologies are Tackling New World Problems | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Stephen Lamb Creates a Prefab Nursery Complete with Vertical Veggie Garden For Children in Cape Town | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Standard Architecture's Garden-Wrapped Salford Meadows Bridge Changes With the Seasons | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Park 567 Opens as Part of Chicago's Elevated Bloomingdale Trail & The 606 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 5 Novel Things You Can Do to build a green Home for Yourself - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend 5 Ways to be Eco-Friendly at School - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Coke's "Downtown in a Box" Delivers Clean Water and Wi-Fi to Africa Ultimate guide to the paperless office | PCWorld African inventor makes 3D printer with... E-waste : TreeHugger Elephants understand what we mean when we point : TreeHugger SolarCity expects to install 80% more solar systems in 2014 than it did in 2013 : TreeHugger Tarantula venom could be key to new insecticide : TreeHugger
Part 3 West African Inventor Makes a $100 3D Printer From E-Waste | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toyota Cuts Fuel Cell Cost by $1 Million for Next-Gen Hydrogen-Powered Car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Geothermal Energy Powers Tiny Arrowtown House in New Zeeland | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Nuon Sun-Powered Car Wins World Solar Challenge 2013 in Just 33 Hours | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 5 Green Business Ideas for Eco-Friendly Entrepreneurs - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend An eco friendly and DIY laser printer from the house of Samsung - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Auto rickshaw Modified into a Cool Eco Cab – The path breaking Green Concept! - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Coffee klatch grows into sustainable brew business - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Photo of the Day: Clouds at sunrise mirrored in still waters : TreeHugger Georgia school cancels class because the weather is too nice to keep kids indoors : TreeHugger With the government shutdown, is it time for Obama to reject Keystone XL? : TreeHugger Number of the Day: Wind power growth, then and now : TreeHugger
Part 4 MenoMenoPiu Unveils Plans for Wind-Powered Alvar Aalto Campus Otaniemi | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Infographic: How Electric Vehicles Can Help Cut US Oil Use in Half Over the Next 20 Years | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Kaal Masten Unveils the World's First Solar Lamp Post | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tornado-Resistant Phoenix Solar Decathlon House Rises From the Ashes After Natural Disasters | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Destination Belize – The chosen Eco-friendly Hot Spot for Norwegian Cruise Line! - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Dubai mosques to turn eco friendly - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Eco friendly cool air - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Eco friendly software development campus by software development campus by TCS in Indore - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Solar double cropping takes off in Japan : TreeHugger 9 inspiring thoughts from Bill Clinton on interconnectedness : TreeHugger Toyota gives Prius Plug-in a price cut for 2014 model (now starting under $30,000) : TreeHugger The world's most beautiful wastewater treatment plant : TreeHugger
Part 5 Ancient Date Palm Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seed Blossoms for the Third Time | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Japanese Architects Protest Against Zaha Hadid's Enormous Olympic Stadium | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UNC Charlotte's UrbanEden Solar Decathlon Home Features Garden Wall for Growing Food in the City | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building First 24 Hour Solar Farm Solana Launches in the United States | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Team Norwich Delta's T-90 Home is an Insulated Fortress that Provides All-Weather Comfort at the Solar Decathlon | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Making your garden environment friendly - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Manitoba Couple Builds Eco-friendly ‘Earthship’ House - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Microsoft Goes Green with new website for Eco-friendly PC’s - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend "Saving Otter 501" documentary is sea otter cuteness overload [Video] : TreeHugger 7 reasons why cloth diapers are more awesome than you might think : TreeHugger Could Mexico be at the start of a solar boom? : TreeHugger WADI helps guarantee safe drinking water from solar water disinfection methods : TreeHugger
Part 6 Green-Roofed InSite House Features Crazy Thick Walls Stuffed with Blue Jean Insulation at the Solar Decathlon | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Traditional Utility Companies Can Lose Half Their Market to Solar Energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Infographic Shows the Energy Efficiency of All 50 US States | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Eleonora Nicoletti's Sculptural 'Dancing Screen' Uses Solar Power to Charge Electronic Devices | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building David Baker's Ultra-Efficient Net Zero Cottage Generates 30% More Energy Than it Consumes [PHOTOS] | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Meet the Ten Finalists in the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Fifth Grade California Class Give Grownups a Lesson in Plastic Pollution Prevention | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The World's Largest Binary Geothermal Power Plant Opens in New Zealand | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The farmer, poet and environmental legend Wendell Berry speaks with Bill Moyers about social change : TreeHugger Is Home Depot giving up on "Going Green" Strategies? : TreeHugger Photo of the Day: A colorful close-up of a Sandhill crane : TreeHugger Make a portable solar powered outlet that can go anywhere : TreeHugger
Part 7 Team Texas' Solar Decathlon ADAPT House Takes Advantage of El Paso's Abundant Sunlight | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Click & Grow Introduces Internet-Controlled Smart Farm for Urban Agriculture | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Skyonic to Transform Carbon Emissions into Baking Soda at Texas Facility | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Students Use Merry-Go-Round Power to Study Through The Night in Africa | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Project Urban Forest Infographic Shows How Trees Effectively Combat Carbon Emissions | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Start.Home: Stanford's Prototype For a Sustainable Home Construction System | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Livermore Scientists Announce Critical Milestone for Nuclear Fusion Power | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Team Ontario’s Super Efficient ECHO Solar Decathlon House Could Revolutionize the Housing Market | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Urine for a surprise: 6 historic uses for pee : TreeHugger Searching for lettuce that can withstand climate change : TreeHugger From trash to treasure: Could non-recycled plastic be turned into a low-carbon fuel? : TreeHugger Poachers should be shot on sight, says Tanzanian government minister : TreeHugger
Part 8 Mind-blowing Photographs of Earth Taken From Space | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Biomimicry Manual: How Does Nature Make Saltwater Drinkable? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building United States Government Shutdown Cuts Down on Emissions | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar PV Cell Cost Has Decreased an Incredible 99% Since 1977 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building OMA Completes 3-Star Green Rated Shenzhen Stock Exchange | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Melting Ice Cools Team ASUNM's Desert-Adapted SHADE House at the Solar Decathlon | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Amtrak Teams with Google to Create a Real-Time Train Locator Map | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California Company Launches a Car Fuel Made from Landfill Methane | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The smoke detector, reinvented by NEST : TreeHugger 4 ways that walking to school can benefit kids : TreeHugger More than 50% of city freight could shift from truck to bike : TreeHugger Photo of the Day: Fogbow arches over a dirt road : TreeHugger
Part 9 Scientists Turn the Problematic Plastic Bag Into a High-Tech Nanomaterial | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Calculator Shows How Many Potatoes it Would Take to Power Your House | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building PopTarts Works Cardboard Beehive Hotel Can Support a Colony of City Bees | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Team Alberta's Borealis Solar Decathlon Home Features a Stunning Air-Filtering Indoor Vertical Garden | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building NRG eVgo Installs Nation's First All-EV Supercharger Station in San Diego | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Prefab Moyle Duplex in Yellowknife Comprises a Set of Super Energy Efficient Modern Homes | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building World's First 'Water Bicycle' Allows Commuter to Bike Across the San Francisco Bay | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 9 Great Uses for Pumpkin (Other Than Pie) | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Nuclear fusion milestone reached: more energy out than in : TreeHugger Watch this zoologist get lovingly pounced upon by lions (Video) : TreeHugger Nissan gives rides in self-driving electric LEAF at Japan's CEATEC show (videos) : TreeHugger GWU's Solar Walk is world's first solar paneled sidewalk : TreeHugger
Part 10 Farmers Build Sustainable Energy Barn Directly in Keystone XL Pipeline Path | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building WADI: Solar-Powered Water Disinfecting Device Could Save 400,000 Lives a Year | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Super High-Tech Cars Take Off in World Solar Challenge | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Stevens Institute's Ecohabit Home Stands Out with Photovoltaic Shingles at the Solar Decathlon 2013 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Walmart Launches Line of $10 LED Bulbs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Living Microalgae Lamp Absorbs CO2 From the Air | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Photo of the Day: Masked boobies kiss while courting : TreeHugger Graph of the day: More bike lanes = more cyclists = fewer accidents : TreeHugger