Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. The cold finally might break a bit this week, possibly close to 30. Bought some vegetable seeds over the weekend. Hope to pre-start a few things at the beginning of March, so they are ready when May comes and if the snow has melted by then. Hope everyone has a good and green-related Valentine's Day. Why PV Solar is Better than Thermal Energy for Precious Water Supplies | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building France Crushes Over 3 Tons of Illegal Ivory in Stand Against Elephant Poaching | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Valentine's Day Cards for Architects, Urban Planners, and Everyone Who Loves 'Em | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Fukushima Announces Plan to Go 100% Renewable Following Nuclear Disaster | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Powering your mobiles with wind turbine - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend How to make your home a better place to live - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Tumbleweed Robot Rolls Across Desert : Discovery News Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest : Discovery News Former Duke Power CEO: I'd want to work in solar : TreeHugger iPod-powered scarecrows could help subsistence farmers protect crops : TreeHugger Pharrell Williams partners with G-Star Raw to promote awareness about plastic pollution : TreeHugger Photo: Rainbow Volcano : TreeHugger
Part 2 FARMM's b-Shack is an Urban Hive and Bee Study Center for McGill Students | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Seed-Planting Tumbleweed Robot Draws From Nature to Fight Desertification | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building USDA Says Global Warming is Hurting Agriculture, Announces "Climate Hubs" to Address the Threat | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Russian Billionaire Battles to Save Stray Dogs from Extermination in Sochi | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Five cool green business ideas to sustain the environment - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Five green and clean cities in the US - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Tiny Sponges Seal Gunshot Wounds In 15 Seconds : Discovery News Gold Nanowires for Ultrathin, Flexible Sensors : Discovery News Photo: Double duck : TreeHugger Super-insulated and Passive Homes laugh at the polar vortex : TreeHugger Chevy Volt owner surprised to see electric bill go down after getting his Volt, but also knows why : TreeHugger Why I'm hooked on grocery shopping with glass jars : TreeHugger
Part 3 U.K. Testing First Tram-Train Hybrid in Sheffield | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ukraine's Leafy Green 'Tunnel of Love' is a Passageway for Trains and Lovers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Obama Administration Announces the Creation of 7 "Climate Hubs" to Assist Farmers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building San Francisco's Fancy New Clothing Donation Bins to Help Divert Waste from Landfills | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toyota Becomes First Founding Partner of Historic DAYTONA Rising Project at Daytona International Speedway | Corporate Toyota Tops Three Categories in KBB.com’s 2014 Five-Year Cost to Own Awards | Toyota Toyota Prius v Honored with Best All-Around Performance Award by Automotive Science Group | Toyota Green cars displayed at CES 2014 - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Top 10 electric car "states" are... : TreeHugger Thermal power plants use 4x more water than all US residents, solar PV doesn't need a drop : TreeHugger Does biochar live up to the hype? : TreeHugger New battery management technology could boost Li-ion capacity by 40%, quadruple recharging cycles : TreeHugger
Part 4 2015 Kia Soul EV Debuts in Chicago With a 100-Mile Driving Range | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Easy-to-Do DIY Projects That Won't Ruin Your Relationship | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building DIY: How to Make Homemade Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies for Your Sweet! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Former EPA Headquarters Receive LEED Certified Retrofit as D.C.'s Newest Residential Towers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Money, time and energy saving tips for your business - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Recycling industry creating more jobs worldwide - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend US Green-Lights Cars That 'Talk' To Each Other : Discovery News Apple iWatch Could Be Solar Powered : Discovery News $600 pop-up protected bike lane gets Minneapolis residents excited, & me too! (video) : TreeHugger Why Boris Johnson's cycling safety measures are so important : TreeHugger 3 things you need to know about the farm bill : TreeHugger Chewing gum-like material makes lithium ion batteries safer : TreeHugger
Part 5 Empire Cycles Unveils the World's First 3D-Printed Titanium Bike | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is the Most Fuel-Efficient Full-Size Pickup Ever | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Sets His Eyes on Restoring the World's Fish Populations | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Treehouse Point Eco Resort Helps You Reconnect With Nature in Washington | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Best solar gadgets reveled at CES 2014 - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Top five eco friendly brands to look for - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Scientists Say They Can Provide Infinite Power by Harnessing Vibrations Make Your Own All-Natural DIY Dusting Spray Boris bans trucks without sideguards and cyclist safety equipment in London : TreeHugger January sales are in for GM's Volt and Nissan's LEAF : TreeHugger Hybrid solar oven can cook on cloudy days or at night : TreeHugger Are white roofs really three times more efficient than green roofs? : TreeHugger
Part 6 Ototo Turns the Produce Aisle into an Extraordinary Organic Orchestra | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Rawlemon's New Spherical Beta.ey Solar Generator Can Charge Your Cell Phone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Farm Bill Passes the Senate with Massive Overhaul of Controversial Subsidy System | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Map Shows How to Travel Across Country Without a Car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Greenify Your Home - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend How to realize your resolution of using less or no plastic - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Glucose-based battery has 10 times energy of lithium: researchers | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews This Football-Sized Device Could Replace Your Huge Water Heater Gorgeous green eco-house is built of straw and wood and topped with a green roof : TreeHugger Flow battery breakthrough can store renewable energy cheaply : TreeHugger Growing an oasis in the desert and bananas in Massachusetts : TreeHugger Recycled flipflops turned into playful animal toys : TreeHugger
Part 7 14 Green Gift Ideas For Valentine's Day | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar-Powered Electric Coral Reef Station Stimulates Coral Growth | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Low-Carbon Limpley Stoke Eco-House is Packed With Green Building Strategies | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building XStat Gadget Can Seal Gunshot Wounds in Just 15 Seconds | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Plans for World Trade Center Liberty Park Include 300-Foot Living Wall | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Why a Single-Molecule LED Could Be a Big Deal London's Newest Farm Is an Abandoned Bomb Shelter Deep Beneath the City NYT: Apple's Smartwatch Could Use Wireless Charging and Solar Power Dutch kids have a different relationship to the bicycle : TreeHugger India wants to build a solar project so large (4,000 megawatts), it would dwarf all others! : TreeHugger 76 hours after leaving Los Angeles, two record-breaking electric Teslas reach New York City : TreeHugger Crystal ball solar charger concentrates the sun's rays on 1cm square solar cell : TreeHugger
Part 8 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid Arrives with 47 MPG Highway Rating | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Incredible 1,400-Year-Old Angel Oak Tree is the Oldest East of the Mississippi | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Gorgeous Interactive Map Shows Every River in the Continental US | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building IKEA Launches Program to Bring Solar-Powered Light to 10 Million Refugees | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Elio Motors' Two-Seater P4 Vehicle Gets 84 MPG and Only Costs $6,800 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Self-Powered Cyborg Cockroaches Could Locate Disaster Victims | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Study Shows White Roofs are Three Times More Effective than Green Roofs at Fighting Climate Change | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building La Petite Ceinture is a Waste-Free Traveling Market on a Train in Paris | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Photo: A patchwork of green and blue on the Okanogan delta : TreeHugger In defense of organic agriculture : TreeHugger