Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Chicago Flower and Garden Show was awesome. Makes me very excited for Spring, even though we might get a couple inches of snow over night. President Obama launches $150 million textiles-innovation competition | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Middle school class builds a Frozen-themed 3D-printed prosthetic hand for a little girl | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How To: Dye Easter eggs the natural way | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This gorgeous t-shirt is a glamorous way to charge your phone with solar power | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Employ old books for a classy home décor - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Evidence suggests that solar power is better than wind power - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Spring scenes - The Big Picture - The Boston Globe Tesla makes it 'impossible' to accidentally run out of juice - CNET We truly are social animals: Loneliness as bad for your health as obesity, study shows : TreeHugger Photo: Flock of cranes fly across the blush of sunrise : TreeHugger Maine legislators move to speed up GMO labeling law : TreeHugger Urban farming in your backyard? There's a vertical aeroponic garden for that : TreeHugger
Part 2 Researchers are making super-strong spider silk for regenerative medicine | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building In honor of World Sparrow Day, meet Robin and Puck! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google is going to 'go fly a kite' to generate wind power next month | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Celebrate International Day of Forests with these important forest facts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Celebrities who shined in 2015 Oscars for wearing eco-friendly fashion - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Can solar powered robots really enhance workplace safety? - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend Shoe Headlights Illuminate Your Night Run : Discovery News Dew-Collecting Greenhouse Grows Veggies in the Desert : Discovery News Tesla: Model S update 6.2 makes it impossible to "unintentionally run out of range" : TreeHugger Litelok breaks the old rule about bike locks, is both light and strong : TreeHugger Wanted: Big ideas for innovative applications for thin-film solar : TreeHugger 36 eye-opening facts about water : TreeHugger
Part 3 Perth's Carnegie Wave Energy project produces clean power and potable water from the motion of the ocean | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Earth's newest volcanic island is photographed for the first time—and maybe the last | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 marks The International Year of Soils | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Portland architecture students build outdoor Pickathon Music Festival stage from 520 recycled pallets | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Electric Cars Combat Urban Heat : Discovery News Oddball 'Crystal' Crashed to Earth Inside Meteorite : Discovery News Mercedes will have 10 new plug-in hybrid cars by 2017 Obama orders 40 percent cut in federal government's carbon emissions Photo: Signs of spring in northern Illinois : TreeHugger How to improve energy efficiency while cooking : TreeHugger Italian energy giant to phase out coal, go carbon neutral before 2050 : TreeHugger 180 degrees: After being banned for a year, Tesla can now sell direct in New Jersey : TreeHugger
Part 4 O2 Recycle creates a freshly-cut cell phone from grass clippings | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Portable and affordable Elevate desk lets you stand in style | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Roots Up's Dew Collector greenhouse provides veggies and water in Ethiopia | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How Juniper Ridge creates wilderness perfume that smells just like the great outdoors | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building These Skyscrapers Don't Cast Shadows : Discovery News How the Chicago River Turns Green on St. Patrick's : Discovery News Switching to electric cars would help cool down cities 'Defective' graphene makes for super-efficient fuel cells Road test: Joel Feder takes the BMW i3 electric car for a spin (video) : TreeHugger Climate scientists step out from behind the data to share their personal stories : TreeHugger Mercedes to introduce 10 plug-in hybrids vehicles by 2017, one every 4 months : TreeHugger NYC’s vegan pop-up market: The Seed : TreeHugger
Part 5 Help protect native bee populations by joining the Bee With Me network | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building James Corner Field Operations unveils plans for 10-mile "Underline" park in Miami | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Chicago Uber customers can now order an electric car ride | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building A Starter Guide To Urban Gardening | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Vacuum Maker Dyson Invests in 40-Hour Battery : Discovery News World's Largest Cave Explored by Drone : Discovery News Researchers Turn Packing Peanuts Into Rechargeable Batteries Watch Your Dead Tech Get Demolished at an E-Waste Recycling Plant Here comes the sun, with NBBJ's No Shadow Tower : TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/portable-picnic-table-has-four-seats-unfolds-seconds.htm It's Fix-a-Leak Week! Household water leaks waste 1 trillion gallons each year : TreeHugger LED bulbs could foster an urban farming revolution : TreeHugger
Part 6 Conceptual Farm-X is a modular vertical farm that grows food hydroponically | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building BMW X5 eDrive40e plug-in hybrid SUV debuts with 19-mile EV range | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Vincent Callebaut's City of Science in Rome is turning a former military district into a self-sufficient urban ecosystem | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ignacio Canales Aracil transforms pressed flowers into ephemeral sculptures | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Eagle-Cam Captures Dive from World's Tallest Tower : Discovery News Earth Shots: Must-See Planet Pics (March 16) : Discovery News Will a $15m investment from Dyson change lithium ion batteries forever? The New Materials That Are Revolutionizing Helmet Safety Right Now Ben & Jerry's new 'ice cream Tesla' will deliver free scoops during climate tour : TreeHugger Spring clean your kitchen naturally in 6 steps : TreeHugger Levi’s wants you to help lower the impact of jeans : TreeHugger DIY coffee-coconut exfoliant bars for face and body : TreeHugger
Part 7 Report: Wind could supply a third of the USA's electricity by 2050 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes achieves Living Building Challenge certification | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Hong Kong school campus to boast a green, bioclimatic facade | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toronto's Gladstone Hotel hosts landscape architecture series for Earth Day | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Our Cities Could Become High-Density Solar Power Plants A Tour of the World's Most Futuristic Port How to Take Your Running to the Trails for a More Satisfying Workout Reuse Potting Soil for Your Next Plant with a Few Additives Is the global coal boom over? : TreeHugger 5 bike trends to make you a happier cyclist : TreeHugger Photo: Rainbow bird nibbles at a bright pink flower : TreeHugger 37 green food recipes that don’t include artificial color : TreeHugger
Part 8 Freight Farms are super efficient hydroponic farms built inside shipping containers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Delphi's self-driving car is set to take a road trip from San Francisco to NYC | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 5 great reasons to build a geodesic dome home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building A new space race? Japan can now transmit solar power from space | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UN committee announces support for fossil fuel divestment movement | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Reuse Spent K-Cups as Seed Starters for Your Spring Garden Avoid Emotional Eating with the Broccoli Test How to Properly Freeze Fruit for Longer-Lasting Freshness Print your own urban farm: AKER offers a full suite of open source urban ag kits : TreeHugger New record: SolarCity rooftop systems produced 4GWh in a single day last week : TreeHugger The Guardian calls on Wellcome Trust & Gates Foundation to divest from fossil fuels : TreeHugger Canadian grocer will sell ugly fruits and vegetables at a discount : TreeHugger
Part 9 PlantLab could grow fruit and vegetables for the entire world in a space smaller than Holland | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tornado-shaped Oklahoma Weather Museum sits atop a 1920s warehouse in Tornado Alley | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Surprising water use facts and how you can make a difference | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building JAILmake Studio's Awesome Plantable Table Invites Nature to Dinner | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Splinster and Vanmoof just unveiled the bike share of the future at SXSW | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Free and low-cost smartphone apps to improve your home's energy efficiency | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green-roofed Hong Kong health center is 100 percent naturally lit and ventilated | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Virtual mouse could make animal experiments a thing of the past : TreeHugger
