Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Finally got tomatoes planted into larger pots. But with this up and down, dry and wet weather; still behind in getting the garden in. 13 of the most incredible sandcastles you've ever seen | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 10 Must-see designs from Sight Unseen Offsite 2015 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 20 Fascinating Design Finds Spotted at WantedDesign 2015 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building OffCentre invites nature indoors with hand blown glass at New York Design Week | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Floor materials with a love for the green, and tiny carbon footprints | Ecofriend Do you have a green home? Here’s a checklist to know | Ecofriend Environment-smarts to employ when heating your home | Ecofriend Google makes progress toward goal of 100% renewable energy in latest Greenpeace report | 9to5Google 13 amazing and critically endangered frogs : TreeHugger Here's another way to deal with old elevated expressways: turn them into parks : TreeHugger Google's self-driving car hits the road this summer : TreeHugger British Expo pavilion is a human-scaled hive & bee habitat (Video) : TreeHugger
Part 2 INFOGRAPHIC: The ultimate guide to guerrilla gardening | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Subterranean Conservation Hall is a glass-walled atrium under the Governor's lawn in Tennessee | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google's self-driving cars will cruise around the streets of Mountain View this summer | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bill Nye launches crowdfunding campaign to back Carl Sagan's dream LightSail | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Your sustainably clean house starts now | Ecofriend Going the whole nine yards for an eco-friendly birthday party | Ecofriend An eco-friendly restaurant is just the business makeover you want | Ecofriend The smart route to an eco-friendly vacation | Ecofriend Photo: Yellow bee explores a matching wildflower : TreeHugger 12,300 megawatts of coal power will shut down in the US in 2015, lots more to come : TreeHugger Subaru celebrates 10 years of zero landfill manufacturing : TreeHugger Cobblestones vs. cyclists on New York's Varick Street (video) : TreeHugger
Part 3 INFOGRAPHIC: Top 18 houseplants for purifying the air you breathe, according to NASA | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Is this the world's most efficient solar system? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This minimalist wallet is the thinnest in the world | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Energy-positive townhouses power Boston’s power grid with renewable energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Report: Toyota and Mazda to Expand Powertrain Sharing Toyota App Helps Drivers Find Restrooms for All Needs | TOYOTA Global Newsroom pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+named+one+of+diversityincs+top+50+companies+for+diversity.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2015+toyota+sae+recruiting+michigan.htm What does your handshake say about your health? : TreeHugger Can emojis help save endangered species? : TreeHugger Holy smokes! Did China's CO2 emissions actually just fall? : TreeHugger Stressed at work? Commute by bike. : TreeHugger
Part 4 Vampire power is sucking away your savings, to the tune of $19 billion a year | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Scientists conclude that permafrost melting may not be as devastating as predicted | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Apple is the world's greenest tech company, according to Greenpeace | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 10 solutions to California's drought | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2015+yellowstone+lamar+battery+lentz.htm Call for Creativity in Toyota i-Road R&D Project in Tokyo | TOYOTA Global Newsroom Toyota and Mazda Team Up to Make Cars Better | TOYOTA Global Newsroom pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+sustainable+power+yellowstone+may12.htm 'Just Eat It' is a must-see documentary about food waste in North America : TreeHugger “Deforestation-Free” is just one step towards greater sustainability : TreeHugger Cadillac to slash ELR electric car price on 2016 model by $10,000 : TreeHugger How green is the internet? Which online giants are cleanest and dirtiest? : TreeHugger
Part 5 Could humans make their own sunscreen like many animals do? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google says self-driving cars were not at fault in any of their 11 accidents | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Can Tesla's battery hit $1 billion in sales faster than the iPhone? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building US taxpayers foot the bill for billions in subsidies for fossil fuel companies | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building news.discovery.com/earth/plants/ecuador-breaks-guinness-reforestation-record-150517.htm news.discovery.com/adventure/activities/million-strong-bat-colony-gets-a-close-up-by-kayak-150515.htm news.discovery.com/space/new-horizons-probe-spies-plutos-entire-moon-family-150513.htm news.discovery.com/autos/future-of-transportation/electric-hypercar-packs-1300-horsepower-150511.htm Research says bike share has a rosy (digital) future : TreeHugger Dutch solar bicycle lane generating more power than expected : TreeHugger Wunder Capital offers 6% return for solar investors : TreeHugger Etsy might not change the world, but it's the best we've got for now : TreeHugger
Part 6 EDI is a sleek, modern table made out of local, renewable wood using renewable energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Engineers build artificial muscles from onion skin and gold | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Smart Garden Hub from GreenIQ saves time and water resources | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Scientists are turning fungi into clean-burning jet fuel | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/10-crazy-ways-to-make-and-eat-ice-cream-photos-150511.htm Apple aiming to go all green in China manufacturing - CNET Wounded turtle can return to the ocean thanks to a 3D-printed beak New York's getting 500 solar-powered food carts this summer Star Trek-inspired underwater robots could plan their own missions : TreeHugger This ranger station built in 1907 in Yellowstone National Park is now powered by 208 old Camry hybrid batteries : TreeHugger Why is Philadelphia such a bike success story despite having few bike lanes? (video) : TreeHugger Smaller satellite sensors help scientists follow young endangered turtles : TreeHugger
Part 7 7 Easy Ways to Save Water in Your Household | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The government in Norway doesn't want to pay fur farmers anymore. | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Hawaii aims to be the first state to run entirely on renewable energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building A rolling garden on wheels recently popped up in the middle of Milan | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Here's One Way to Reuse Old Oil Tankers: Turn Them Into Small Cities The first solar bike path is producing more energy than expected the-gadgeteer.com/2015/05/17/protect-yourself-from-mosquitos-with-this-flameless-torch Sony's new smart light bulb is also a speaker NYC will get 500 solar-powered food carts this summer : TreeHugger Classy carbon fiber reinforced wooden bike is durable & lightweight : TreeHugger Vampire power costs Americans $19 billion in electricity every year : TreeHugger Why divestment and investment must go hand-in-hand : TreeHugger
Part 8 Atelier COLE’s Bamboo Trees combats illegal Moon Bear trade in Laos | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This tiny shape-shifting sideways-driving car could mark the end of parallel parking | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Starbucks moving bottled water operations out of California | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Carl Sagan's solar-powered LightSail spaceship to finally launch test flight | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Clean Corroded Car Battery Terminals with Coca Cola How Technology Can Help Cities Make Better Use of Storm Water The Benefits of Fiber (And How to Know You're Getting Enough) Make Dishes Fresh and Sparkly with a Lemon Wedge In the Dishwasher Apple will protect 1 million acres of forest in China, wants to run manufacturing on clean energy : TreeHugger Waterproof solar charger claims to keep charging even in 'worst possible conditions' : TreeHugger Listen to 133 years of climate change in one evocative song : TreeHugger MIT says current solar technology is good enough to take us into a clean energy future : TreeHugger
Part 9 Apple partnering with World Wildlife Fund in China to create sustainable forests | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Old pickle factory converted into beautiful, nearly net-zero energy home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building San Francisco is protecting cyclists with raised bike lanes | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Watch a 500,000-Year-Old Mammoth Get Its First X-Ray Sony's New LED Bulb Is Also a Bluetooth Speaker A One-Minute Explanation Of Why Sitting Is Bad For Your Health Why Washington Is the Best State for Biking How maintaining regular exercise helped me during and after pregnancy : TreeHugger
