Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Tomatoes ripening, picking zucchini and cucumbers. Tesla 'Ludicrous Mode' upgrade takes the Model S from 0 - 60 in 2.8 seconds | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This “smart” bikini detects UV rays and tells you when to apply more sunscreen | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building RECIPES: 12 oven-free, animal-free desserts for a summer treat | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Footloose German kid builds a beautiful dome home for an orphanage in Kenya | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Go greener in your kitchen with these tips and ideas | Ecofriend Ways the renewable energy sector is having a ball with technology | Ecofriend Renewables will be the future of our planet | Ecofriend Flexibility of the sun: Photovoltaic panels maturing in appearance and design | Ecofriend How to tell if a watermelon is ripe : TreeHugger 200 coal plants announced to retire since 2010 in US! That's almost 40% of the country's coal plants : TreeHugger Ebook offers plans for fast, simple, and scalable DIY solar-plus-battery system : TreeHugger Tesla announces bigger battery pack (90kWh, 300-mile range), 'ludicrous' mode: 0-to-60 in 2.8 seconds : TreeHugger
Part 2 Hankook's airless car tires should hit the market very, very soon | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Clever guerrilla birdhouses make it easy to give our feathered friends urban nests | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: 9 eco-friendly cleaning tips for keeping your home spotless | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building These life-sized willow whales swim through a sea of plastic bottles to raise pollution awareness | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Amazing lamps crafted by repurposing wine bottles | Ecofriend Futuristic green concepts that could transform our lives | Ecofriend Solar energy poised to overtake nuclear for use in space programs | Ecofriend Countries that are close to going fully renewable for their energy requirements | Ecofriend Citi Bike: Location of over 100 new stations unveiled! : TreeHugger Photo: Pod of dolphins splashes and dives : TreeHugger Wood that wows: Church in Romania buttressed in giant glulam arches : TreeHugger Re-Volv solar seed fund: Donate to solar (and your money keeps giving) : TreeHugger
Part 3 All-electric Corvette could hit a record-breaking top speed of over 200 mph | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Off-grid Candle Charger powers up two cell phones in just six hours | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Leonardo DiCaprio donates another $15 million to save the world | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Henning Larsen Architects' climate-responsive Syddansk Universitet building meets Denmark's strict new codes | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 5 Objects you discard to the landfill, but should be recycled | Ecofriend Here’s why developing countries should continue investment in renewable energy | Ecofriend The renewable energy revolution has arrived – Are you game? | Ecofriend Amazing mp3 players that power themselves for your entertainment | Ecofriend Green gifts for a new baby and parents : TreeHugger The US is now running an ecological deficit, according to a new report : TreeHugger Could this solar technology bring water abundance to thirsty California? : TreeHugger Why plastic bag bans are like brown M&Ms : TreeHugger
Part 4 INFOGRAPHIC: How the European Union is tackling energy consumption | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Compressed-earth bird-watching center in Switzerland celebrates ancient building methods | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Fledgling startups want to suck greenhouse gases right out of the atmosphere | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Cecilia Levy upcycles old Spiderman comics into delicate teacups and saucers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Amazing ideas to use for repurposing wine bottles | Ecofriend Solar powered 3D printers could solve myriad problems in developing countries | Ecofriend news.discovery.com/space/plutos-weirdly-young-surface-doesnt-make-sense-150717.htm news.discovery.com/animals/insects/top-10-real-life-ant-powers-150715.htm 3 easy natural treatments for sunburns : TreeHugger Viaducts could be the best new place for wind turbines : TreeHugger Bikes are not cars, and infrastructure is better than helmets : TreeHugger Candle-powered USB charger provides emergency power for mobile devices : TreeHugger
Part 5 Dazin Fuel Cookie helps save lives by eliminating deadly cooking smoke | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Tenderloin's rehabilitated "Prison Park" or Boeddeker Park taps into San Francisco's geothermal energy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Brilliant SUNplace table beams solar energy on a cast iron cooking surface | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The South's first major wind farm is finally taking off thanks to taller turbines | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building news.discovery.com/space/pluto-has-ice-mountains-charon-is-active-new-horizons-150715.htm news.discovery.com/autos/drive/steering-wheel-to-keep-tired-drivers-awake-150714.htm news.discovery.com/space/plutos-moon-charon-hosts-craters-and-monster-canyon-150713.htm news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/rare-harpy-eagle-chick-captured-in-new-pics-150713.htm What makes feet stink : TreeHugger Who's really in charge at the supermarket? : TreeHugger Super thin Solar Paper charges an iPhone fast : TreeHugger Whole Foods tops Greenpeace sustainable seafood report : TreeHugger
Part 6 NASA reveals first up-close look at Pluto on Instagram | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building VolkerWessels drives plan to build recycled plastic roadways that snap together like LEGO | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building COBE unveils designs for green bicycle-friendly university square in Copenhagen | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Emergent Structures challenged furniture design students to transform waste into striking work desks | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+pricing+special+edition+camry+corolla+2016.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2015+toyota+nclr+.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+hsr+robot+japan.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+ecs+green+fellowship+winners+july15.htm World-leading energy economist says fossil fuels may be risky investment : TreeHugger California's 'green car' rebates to vary with income, giving extra help to regular folks : TreeHugger Gigafactory to be biggest building on Earth? Tesla buys additional 1,200 acres, could make it twice as big as original plans : TreeHugger The death of bees, in a nutshell: 6-minute video explores colony collapse disorder : TreeHugger
Part 7 The price of solar power drops to an incredible new low (again) | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Kantoor Karavaan's micro offices let you ditch your cubicle to work in the woods | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Climate change threat is as serious as nuclear war, UK minister warns | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Sugru's moldable glue lets you fix and improve nearly anything! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Lumos bike helmet glows with turn signals, brake lights - CNET How Pluto stacks up with Earth after the New Horizons flyby - CNET NASA gives Pluto's 'heart' a name, reveals second riveting shot of dwarf planet - CNET Surprise! Pluto is bigger than scientists thought - CNET 'The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet' (book review) : TreeHugger Sunplace solar cooker integrates dining and cooking : TreeHugger Happy 120th birthday, Bucky Fuller! : TreeHugger Walkonomics app guides you to the most nature-filled path : TreeHugger
Part 8 Sharks have been discovered living inside an active volcano | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building C.F. Møller completes low-energy research building covered in beautiful prefab screens | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California wants pollution-free freight vehicles Ford's high-tech lighting system makes driving at night safer Riding the $3,000 pickup truck of electric scooters 7 of the world's weirdest green vehicles London's getting another 51 all-electric buses Lumos helmet keeps cyclists safe with automatic brake lights Ford launches pilot peer-to-peer car rental and ride-sharing programs : TreeHugger Water intoxication: Did you know that overhydration can be deadly? : TreeHugger Hawaii’s plastic bag ban goes into effect, but… : TreeHugger Rotterdam may pave its roads in recycled plastic : TreeHugger
Part 9 Toyota takes orders for its hydrogen-fueled Mirai on July 20th Mashup of two photovoltaic materials could make for super-efficient LEDs | ExtremeTech NASA unveils historic, high-resolution Pluto, Charon, and Hydra photos from New Horizons mission | ExtremeTech the-gadgeteer.com/2015/07/17/ice-cold-towels-use-nasa-technology-to-keep-you-cool-for-hours/ Grow your own veggies in your apartment with the Smart Mini Farm Amazon is Building A New Wind Farm in North Carolina Here's the Science so far on Pluto's Icy Mountains and Bumpy Plains Meet Your Three New National Monuments Charon, You are a Glorious, Beautiful, Complicated Moon Soar Over Pluto's Heart at 77,000 Kilometers in This New Animation A Paper-Thin Solar Panel Can Charge Your Phone on the Go The Future Will Run on Algae
Part 10 This Company Wants To Test Plastic Roads That Can Be Made In a Factory It's Open Season on Interpreting the Geology of Pluto and Charon This DIY Bike Safety Light Never Needs Batteries, Is Powered by You This is What We've Learned About Pluto in the Past 24 Hours Tip Tester: The Best Ways to Keep Fruit from Browning Save Water in Your Garden with Nested and Non-Porous Pots
