Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Was one of those places that got around 12" of snow. Glad I got everything put away outside. 8 Green innovations at Greenbuild 2015 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Levi Strauss is supplying free shipping labels for Goodwill donations | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 8 ways to give the gift of giving this holiday season | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bake your own tiny organic apple pies for Thanksgiving | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Driving the 2016 Toyota Prius on Fuji Speedway in Japan 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring Review Toyota Crowned Champion of Diversity and Equality | Corporate Toyota Is Tops for Hispanic Consumers | Latino 10 homemade beauty treatments using leftover pumpkin : TreeHugger 'In Defense of Food' documentary is coming soon : TreeHugger Storing bikes? The Pushbike Arc lets anyone pack'em, stack'em and rack'em : TreeHugger This car-sized autonomous farm robot smashes weeds to death : TreeHugger
Part 2 The new 2016 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid is faster, more powerful, and more efficient than its non-hybrid counterpart | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Judge rules WA state has duty to fight climate change | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building U.K. announces plan to shut down all its coal power plants by 2025 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Copenhagen is building the craziest bike lane… ever | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building If You’re Interested In Workplace Equality, You Might Want To Work For Toyota | Corporate Return of the Disrupter: All-New 2016 Toyota Prius Rewrites the Hybrid Rule Book It Created | Toyota 2016 Toyota Prius Product Information | Toyota Innovators Compete to Help Toyota Develop Ideas for i-Road…and Our Roads | Corporate Photo: Black and cobalt blue butterfly with open wings : TreeHugger UK to phase out coal by 2025 (but slash solar support too) : TreeHugger 'Never, ever go shopping' and other important wealth advice : TreeHugger Compact incubator lets you cultivate your own mealworms for food (Video) : TreeHugger
Part 3 Abandoned Spanish farmhouse will be completely powered by poo | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 8 Vegan and gluten-free desserts made without refined sugar | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ultra-light and portable Flite tent lets you camp in the trees | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building SAROS is a portable, self-contained unit that turns seawater into drinking water | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Toyota Turns Compost Into Cars | Corporate 3 ways to organise a sustainable and ethical wedding - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend GM to debut the production version of the Chevy Bolt at CES 2016 | Electrek Taxelco to start beta testing its all-electric taxi services with 60 cars in Montreal | Electrek Elon Musk wants the next Gigafactory to be in Germany, has conducted secret talks : TreeHugger Paris climate talks will move forward despite attacks, some demonstrations may not : TreeHugger Americans would support a higher gas tax if told how the money would be spent : TreeHugger The envelope, please: BuildingGreen's top 10 green picks for 2016 : TreeHugger
Part 4 Obama committed to climate deal, despite Republican attempts to weaken his position | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Elliptical Music Pavilion in Austria is made from locally-sourced silver fir | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: How ocean pollution is harming your health | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building BIG unveils green-roofed master plan for Pittsburgh's Lower Hill district | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building BMW will install 500 DC fast charging stations across 25 U.S. markets in partnership with EVgo | Electrek Elon Musk invests in SolarCity (again) with Rive and Silver Lake – $113 million total | Electrek Electric vehicles indeed produce less emissions than gasoline cars even when accounting for electricity generation [Full Study] | Electrek 360° look in a Tesla store [Video] | Electrek Facebook now lets you donate to charities with just a couple clicks : TreeHugger Minimalist cork-like stools are made from landfill-diverted seagrass : TreeHugger How to make pesto with crazy greens : TreeHugger First ever porous liquid shows promise for carbon capture : TreeHugger
Part 5 NIH promises to retire remaining research chimps | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UN Studio's undulating Arnhem station in the Netherlands opens today after 20 years of development | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California and Minnesota state parks are free on Black Friday | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 2016 Chevy Volt wins 'Green Car of the Year' at the Los Angeles Auto Show | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Test Tube News: The World's Most Energy-Efficient Countries : Discovery News Lasers Refrigerate Water for the First Time : Discovery News 10 Simple Techs to Tackle World Problems : Discovery News U.S. Government Ends Research on All Chimpanzees : Discovery News These Internet of Things devices can earn you cash by reducing your energy use : TreeHugger Green building is gaining ground and it’s within your reach : TreeHugger Microbe-powered robot will clean bodies of water as it rows along the surface : TreeHugger Solar bicycle lane's first year is "a great success" : TreeHugger
Part 6 Massive Roman mosaic discovered under city streets after hundreds of years | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 fun and meaningful alternatives to shopping on Black Friday | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Net-zero Unity home is a solar-powered prefab that pops up in just 3 days | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Make your own tasty vegetarian turkey for Thanksgiving with this recipe | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UK to Shut Down All Coal Power Plants : Discovery News Which Foods Are Healthy? It Depends on You : Discovery News Clean Cook Stoves Can Slow Climate Change : Discovery News Giant Shredder Munches Cars and Trucks : Discovery News 5 ways to reduce waste at the coffee shop : TreeHugger UCS Study: Electric cars 50% greener than gas : TreeHugger The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid goes on sale with better efficiency and electric range than expected : TreeHugger Changing the world, 50 cents at a time: New app helps feed Syrian refugee children : TreeHugger
Part 7 Apple invests $1.5 million in sustainable wave energy projects for Ireland | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Water-purifying park could save the heart of Helsinki from turning into a swamp | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Amplio is an electricity-free, sustainable speaker for your smartphone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The 2016 Toyota Prius injects new life into the world's most popular hybrid car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Faux Fins Could Save 70 Million Sharks : Discovery News The Chevrolet Volt wins Green Car of the Year 2016 - CNET The Toyota i-Road is the funnest electric vehicle on three wheels Volta Flyer is a solar-powered build-it-yourself toy plane Daniel Wallach of Greensburg explains how to talk to a conservative about the environment : TreeHugger Tesla's Gigafactory will produce as much renewable energy as it uses (net zero energy) : TreeHugger Harness monitors health and well-being of guide dogs : TreeHugger Cycle tracks in the sky will abound in Copenhagen : TreeHugger
Part 8 Google asked artists to doodle on their self-driving cars to give them a friendlier look | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Report: more solar would slash 6.85m tonnes of CO2 and make refugee camps safer | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 6 Crafty DIY decorations for Thanksgiving | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building There are six quintillion gallons of water buried beneath the Earth's crust | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This High-Def Footage Of Colored Water On The ISS Is Mesmerizing Are Fresh Vegetables Really More Expensive Than Frozen or Canned? The NIH Is Retiring All of Its Research Chimpanzees Unmuzzled Canadian Scientists Have Harsh Words for Conservative Regime Second-gen iLumi color-tunable smart LED bulb debuts at retail Even a director of Harley Davidson wants net zero global emissions by 2050 : TreeHugger You just missed America Recycles Day : TreeHugger How about that gluten-free, nut-free, vegan, paleo Thanksgiving dinner? : TreeHugger
Part 9 Visionary Homefarm combines retirement homes and vertical urban farms | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UN Studio's Taiwan Taoyuan Airport imagines the air travel terminal of the future | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Honda's Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle to hit the streets of California next year | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Inhabitat test drives the 2016 Honda Civic with its hybrid-like fuel economy | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building HOW TO: Create fabulous custom-designed boxes without lifting a paintbrush | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Sustainable Bamboo Playhouse is a gorgeously green gathering space in the Perdana Botanical Gardens | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Detroit's largest urban farm to grow 60 acres of fresh produce | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The world's first solar-powered bike path is generating more energy than expected | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building This realistic robotic salamander could lead to new spinal therapies for paralyzed patients | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building UK’s first rooftop geodesic science lab pops up on a girls’ school | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Gogoro's battery-swapping Smartscooters are coming to Europe next year | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building The UK's Wood Awards winners demonstrate the beauty and sustainability of wood | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Human Habitat’s Flatpack hydroponic garden delivers 538-square-feet of fresh food to cities | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building How environmentalist kids helped halt a $900 million real estate development in Mexico | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building