Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Sugar snap peas are getting close to being ready. Been having some nice days here in Northern IL. But I am so tired, took on too many other activities. But thankfully things will calm down a bit by next week. This Biometric Workout Shirt Means Fewer Gadgets at the Gym | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This Girl Built Her Family an Off-Grid Washing Machine When She Was Only 14! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Guerrilla Gardening Guide | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Michael Jantzen's Sun Rays Visitors Center Generates Solar Electricity in the Desert | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building All that you must know about eco friendly paint - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Eco friendly fashion labels that won’t burn a hole in your pocket - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Future Cars: 2015 and Beyond - MSN Autos Most fuel-efficient cars by class - MSN Autos Photo: Breathtaking bike trail through the alps : TreeHugger This clever game is like Guitar Hero, but for bird songs : TreeHugger Montreal's 2014 Tour de l'Île: 25,000 people on a 50km bike ride around the city! (video) : TreeHugger tado° is back, raises $204,000 on Kickstarter for smart AC device and app : TreeHugger
Part 2 Incredible Transforming Furniture System Can Be Used in 36 Different Ways | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Adventurous Couple Meanders Down the Pan-American Highway in a Solar-Powered 1967 VW Van | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Saving the Places We Love: A Call to Action from Geologist Ned Tillman | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 8 Last Minute Father's Day Gifts for the Procrastinator's Papa | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toyota launching hydrogen car by year-end - MSN Autos New nano-dots could mean cheap, paint-on solar cells - CNET Intel and San Jose's smart city will use real-time data to monitor air quality and more MIT reactor gets a second shot at producing unlimited clean energy Bio-digital, interactive Urban Algae Canopy produces a small forest's worth of oxygen (Video) : TreeHugger Researchers reveal the hidden secrets of ant rafts : TreeHugger It Takes a Planet to Save a Planet : TreeHugger What's all this architect love for COR-TEN steel? : TreeHugger
Part 3 Auckland Zoo's Angular New Giraffe House Fits Animals and Zookeepers Under One Roof | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Stockholm's Insect City and Buzz Building Take Cricket Cultivation to a Whole New Level | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toyota is Working on a Real-Life Hovercar! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Phoenix Towers: World's Tallest Pair of Skyscrapers Unveiled for Wuhan, China | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tesla open-sources all of its patents and technology in bid to kill gas-powered cars | ExtremeTech How does a lithium-ion battery work, and why are they so popular? | ExtremeTech Focus Fusion: Has cheap, clean Earth-saving fusion power been right under our noses all along? | ExtremeTech The Best Things to Buy at Whole Foods for Better Value Success! UK oil company to pull out of Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site : TreeHugger Students create smog-sucking roof tile to battle air pollution : TreeHugger 5 ways this year's World Cup is going green : TreeHugger 10 steps for a 'zero waste' shopping routine : TreeHugger
Part 4 BVN Donovan Hill's Passive Solar Australian PlantBank Houses 25,000 Indigenous Seeds | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tesla Just Gave All its Patents Away to Anyone Who Wants to Use Them | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Storkstand: World's Most Affordable Mobile Standing Desk Turns Any Chair into a Work Station | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How To: Create Unique Fabric Prints with Veggies | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Faveable - The Best Men's Stuff Online. Men’s Style, Gadgets, Watches & More. Hyundai's Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Arrives in the U.S. | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Walmart Vehicle Is a Truck Worth Staring At Lowe's Is Putting (Kinda Sorta) Holodecks In Some of Its Stores Biking around the beautiful Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan! (video) : TreeHugger Our quest for 'green' workouts : TreeHugger I want a smart bike with frickin' lasers : TreeHugger Convert any desk into stand-up workstation with this affordable add-on (Video) : TreeHugger
Part 5 Gorgeous Dutch Power Plant Clad in Delftware Tiles! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This is What NASA's Warp-Capable Enterprise Starship Would Look Like! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Russian Physicists to Rebuild Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Brighten Up Father's Day with a DIY Lamp Made of Upcycled CD Cases | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ford Wants to Make Car Parts Out of Leftover Ketchup Illinois Bans the Microbeads in Soap That Are Ruining the Great Lakes Treadmill Washes Your Clothes : Discovery News Got Produce? App Helps You Share Your Bounty : Discovery News Tesla to open source ALL of its patents, won't sue anyone for using its technology : TreeHugger Smart sprinkler controller uses weather intelligence and analytics to optimize watering : TreeHugger Join Daylight Hour and switch off the lights on June 20 : TreeHugger Do you forage for food? This interactive online map can help. : TreeHugger
Part 6 Vermont Becomes First State to Create Long-Term Climate Plan | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green-Roofed Bourne Lane House Treads Lightly on the English Landscape with Locally Sourced Materials | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Starbucks to Install Wireless Charging Stations in Stores Across the U.S. | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building WikiPearls Deliver Your Favorite Foods in Bite Sized Edible Packaging | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Denmark's Gorgeous Faaborg Harbour Bath Encourages Visitors to Swim in the Sea | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Edge of Tomorrow: Future Tech Innovations : Discovery News Nissan's New Electric Car Gets 120 Miles a Charge : Discovery News 3 superfood smoothies for your skin : TreeHugger After decades of stagnation, fuel economy finally climbing in the U.S. : TreeHugger California is trying to lure Tesla's $5 billion Gigafactory away from other states : TreeHugger 11 ways to use nutritional yeast (and why you should) : TreeHugger Looking for the holy grail: Heat-resistant corals that could survive in warming oceans : TreeHugger
Part 7 KREOD Unveils Curving International Trade Pavilion for 2016 Rio Olympics | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How Brazil's 12 World Cup Stadiums Hit (or Missed) Their Green Goals | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Zero Maintenance Pikaplant Jar Grows Blooming Plants in a Self-Sustaining Biotope | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Chile Cancels Giant HidroAysén Hydroelectric Project, Saves Pristine Patagonia | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Top Eco-Friendly Camping Gear for Conscientious Outdoor Enthusiasts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 19-Year-Old's Ocean Cleanup Array Could Clean Half the Pacific Garbage Patch in 10 Years, Study Shows | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Crowdfunded Tesla tower project seeks to recreate inventor's wireless energy transmission system : TreeHugger Honeywell joins the smart thermostat war : TreeHugger ‘Organic’ and 'GMOs' matter – but not as much as you think : TreeHugger New smartphone coating could make your screen shatterproof : TreeHugger Don't throw away your juice pulp : TreeHugger Is there a renewable energy secret in your cup of coffee? : TreeHugger
Part 8 DIY: Make Your Own Bath Mat with Recycled Wine Corks! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Report: Cost of Climate Change to Auto Industry Drastically Exceeds Cost of New EPA Standards | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Before Supermarkets, People Foraged for Food Out in Nature (and We Still Can) | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Which U.S. Cities Have the Best Quality of Life? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California Students Create Smog-Eating Roof Tiles to Cut Urban Pollution | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Architecture for Humanity Celebrates 15th Anniversary, Announces Eric Cesal as New Director | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar boom! From 5 GW in 2005 to almost 200 GW by the end of this year, and this party is just starting! : TreeHugger Warren Buffett wants to double his $15 billion investment in renewable energy : TreeHugger 18 steps for going zero waste in your garden or yard : TreeHugger Wind-tunnel face-off: Tesla, Volt, LEAF, Prius, and Mercedes : TreeHugger How big a change would 4.5 degrees celsius be? : TreeHugger 21 ways to repurpose an old yoga mat : TreeHugger
Part 9 Power-Storing Wires Could Replace Batteries in Electric Cars | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Do You Live in One of America's Most Eco-Friendly Cities? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Francis Ooi Takes Beautiful Botanical Portraits of Singapore Flora Found While Jogging | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building SturlesiDesign's iLLuminite Acrylic Glass LED Lights Double as Playful Works of Art | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building BMW Delivers the First i3 Electric Car in the U.S., Pricing Starts at $41,350 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Illinois Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Microbeads in Cosmetics | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building World Environment Day highlights Barbados’ sustainability programs : TreeHugger Nissan LEAF to become the first 100% electric car sold nationwide in Mexico : TreeHugger The real triumph of the city will be seen in Buffalo : TreeHugger Are bicyclists the happiest commuters on the planet? : TreeHugger Foodlander app finds fresh food at farmers markets from your phone : TreeHugger Photo: Red Admiral butterfly spreads its wings : TreeHugger
Part 10 MARS Chocolate Maker to Power Entire U.S. Operation With a 118-Turbine Wind Farm | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UK Jumps on the Driverless Car Bandwagon with New Legislation | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building NASA to Launch New Ultra-Light Inflatable Habitats for the International Space Station | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ford Turns Heinz Tomato Waste into Brilliant New Lightweight BioPlastic for Car Parts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building World's First Waste-to-Biofuels Plant Opens in Edmonton, Canada | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Elon Musk Mulls Plan to Open Tesla Supercharger Patents | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Find or Share Ripe, Home-Grown Local Produce with RipeNearMe | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Feed Supplement Reduces Burping Cows' Methane Production by 60 Percent | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 11-Year-Old's Fantastical Water-Purifying Machine Wins 2014 Doodle 4 Google Competition | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Finland to cut CO2 emissions 80% by 2050, legally binding : TreeHugger Whip up a batch of luscious Vanilla Bean Body Butter : TreeHugger Power-storing wires could take the place of ordinary batteries in gadgets, electric cars : TreeHugger
Part 11 Governor's Cup Pavilion Weaves Through Trees With Over 25,000 Recycled Cups | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 16 Million Color Scribble Pen Lets You Capture the Hue of Any Object | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building America’s First Food Forest: From Ground Level to Canopy, Urban Agriculture is Growing Seattle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Nevermind the Naysayers, Switching to Renewable Energy is a Bargain for States | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Charming Green Roof and Terrace Tops Modern Light-Filled Houseboat in the Netherlands | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building World's Longest Artificial Reef Under Construction in Mexico | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Coke is Changing Beverage Cooling with its Electricity-Free Bio Cooler | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
