Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Got more of the garden in, but still behind. This weather is really goofy this Spring. James Cameron designs five huge flower-shaped solar arrays to power his wife's sustainable school | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Cube-Shaped Flotane is a Solar-Powered Rest Stop For Hikers in Norway | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Cube-Shaped Flotane is a Solar-Powered Rest Stop For Hikers in Norway | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Six of the largest school districts in the US are ditching polystyrene | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+hires+local+grads+from+advanced+manufacturing+technician+program.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+2015+academic+excellence+apia.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+2015+wyland+national+water+challenge+winners.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/rd+breakthrough+efficient+durable+fuel+cell+stacks.htm Artists' salvaged tire installations reactivate Barcelona's streets : TreeHugger UNplug solar controller aims to help you take your fridge off the grid : TreeHugger Sustainable interior design highlights from ICFF : TreeHugger School cafeterias now offering compostable plates at mealtime : TreeHugger
Part 2 6 Of The Greenest Treetop Paradises For Sustainable Living and Play | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Project B connects urban beekeeping with the needs of restaurants | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The Invisible Store of Happiness wooden installation produced less carbon emissions than an iPhone 6 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California Assembly votes to ban all products with toxic plastic microbeads | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar powered cars for cleaner, greener commutation | Ecofriend Solar powered yachts that spare no points of luxury | Ecofriend Get a beat for outdoor parties with solar speakers | Ecofriend Plan an eco-friendly retreat with these green hotels | Ecofriend Portland takes a car lane and makes it a mile-long pop-up park : TreeHugger Eyes not required: The octopus can "see" light with its skin, scientists discover : TreeHugger Photo: Great Egret feeds its chick : TreeHugger Universal energy 10 times cheaper, twice as fast with renewables, says campaign : TreeHugger
Part 3 House Republicans vote to restrict National Science Foundation climate change research | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This $129 foot-powered clothes washer is now available for pre-order in the U.S. | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Trekkie-run Chinese gaming company builds HQ as homage to Star Trek | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This solar-powered 'water ATM' provides fresh drinking water in troubled areas | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Green building 101: Knowing the basics | Ecofriend Countries that top the world for solar power generation | Ecofriend Be the wise geek with a low carbon footprint | Ecofriend news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/planet-earth-flag-designed-to-place-on-other-planets.htm Nonprofit transforms lives through upcycling : TreeHugger Reclaimed wood module combines lighting & furniture in one stackable unit : TreeHugger London's first 'social supermarket' turns food waste into job training : TreeHugger 80% of sunscreens are ineffective or harmful, according to new guide : TreeHugger
Part 4 Solar-powered Ecocapsule lets you live off-the-grid anywhere in the world | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Kay Sekimachi's intricately delicate bowls are made from real maple leaves | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The best new lighting designs from New York Design Week | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Rent a herd of goats on Amazon to mow your lawn | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/clouded-leopard-babies-born-at-washington-zoo-150521.htm news.discovery.com/animals/caziest-new-animal-species-of-2015-photos-150521.htm news.discovery.com/animals/insects/u-s-plan-to-help-bees-focuses-on-more-land-150519.htm news.discovery.com/animals/sea-turtle-gets-3-d-printed-beak-new-lease-on-life-150518.htm Ecocapsule is the egg-shaped tiny home that can go off-grid and off-pipe : TreeHugger Watch the first 21 days of a bee’s life in 60 seconds (video) : TreeHugger Meet the woman building stunning sustainable homes from bamboo : TreeHugger A look at Michael Green's Wood Innovation Design Centre : TreeHugger
Part 5 INFOGRAPHIC: Is your state a clean energy leader or dirty energy loser? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Feds launch pollinator task force to protect butterflies and bees from further population decline | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This amazing Rain Lamp by Richard Clarkson Studio makes it rain in your home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Japanese home uses wooden material stronger than steel to combat natural disasters | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The speed record for poo-powered buses is 77mph, apparently Americans are using more energy, but green tech is softening the blow Glowing paper could pave the way for flexible electronics | ExtremeTech This cloudy-day black silicon solar cell can hit a record 22.1% efficiency | ExtremeTech Belfast-based designer transforms oil barrels into bright furniture : TreeHugger Alaska’s latest crop was once a Soviet military secret : TreeHugger A lesson in garage sales : TreeHugger Sustainable design highlights from WantedDesign : TreeHugger
Part 6 Zero-waste Nomad Chair challenges unsustainable “throwaway” culture | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Peak number of coal plants are shutting down in 2015, ushering in a greener era | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solartab is a tablet case with built-in solar charging | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Unilever uses food waste to save over 1 million metric tons of C02 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Hawaii pushes ambitious renewable energy effort | ExtremeTech The UST 30-Day LED Lantern Is a Great Camping Lantern for Your Money This Graphic Shows the Best Air-Cleaning Plants, According to NASA Britain's Poo-Powered Bus Hits a Land Speed Record More evidence that Apple is working on an electric car, and possibly a breakthrough battery : TreeHugger Forget bikes; In the UK even the ducks get their own lanes : TreeHugger Squid-like robot destined to explore distant planets : TreeHugger How to pack a lunch that you’ll really eat : TreeHugger
Part 7 Japan's zoos and aquariums pledge to stop buying dolphins captured in cruel Taiji dolphin hunts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This woman is rowing 6,000 miles from Japan to San Francisco without any support | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: How food waste has become a huge global problem | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This building in Venice is covered in 1,000 used car tires | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Hardcore Recycling: Using Old MRI Magnets in a Physics Lab The Government Has a Plan to Prevent Bees From Going Extinct This Is the World's Most Efficient Black Silicon Solar Cell This Rubber Film Generates Power as It Stretches Powered by Marmite: Unilever turns food waste into CO2 savings : TreeHugger Smaller gardens at Chelsea Flower Show have big ideas : TreeHugger 9 things you know about olive oil that are likely wrong : TreeHugger UC San Diego students help produce the world's first algae-based surfboard : TreeHugger
Part 8 This 3D-printed mini jet engine can hit 33,000 RPMs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 10 enchanting gardens around the world | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 3D printing gives an injured sea turtle a new jaw and chance at a normal life | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New concrete can repair its own cracks with bacteria | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: How to protect your garden with organic pest control methods | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Missouri scientists may have a cure for white-nose syndrome in bats | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Stop Drinking Bottled Water This Could Be the World's Most Efficient Solar System Green roofs make happier, more productive workers : TreeHugger 3D printing gives sea turtle new jaw : TreeHugger Chelsea Flower Show triumphs despite the rain : TreeHugger Tongue in cheek advice for bicycle safety : TreeHugger
Part 9 Form follows function at Shanghai's new bioclimatic Natural History Museum | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This food distribution center in Spain was designed and built in just three months | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UNplug lets you reduce your dependence on the grid and stay powered during outages | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 500 Kayakers stage "Paddle In Seattle" to protest Shell Oil Rig | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 10 Innovative, eye-opening furnishings from Designjunction EDIT | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Could solar-powered floating farms provide enough food for the entire world? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Sony’s new $200 LED bulb doubles as a Bluetooth speaker | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
