Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Happy Spring Equinox and First Day of Spring. One of my eight Red/Sweet Peppers has finally poked its nose up. The Tripty Project transforms pineapple leaves into stylish no-waste bags and clothes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Millennials are more likely to donate their unwanted clothes than older adults | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building BLAU's innovative Link Hybrid Towers will bring green urban living to Graz, Austria | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New invention uses fluorescent lights to remove air pollution and stinky odors | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Rock On! Toyota Rolls with Marathon Series for 2016 | Corporate The City of Plano, in Partnership with Toyota, American Park Network and Time Warner Cable, Announces Free Public Wi-Fi at City Parks | Corporate Toyota Suppliers Recognized for Superior Performance At Annual Event | Corporate Toyota Hosts Second Annual North Texas Supplier Diversity Event for Local Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses | Corporate 5 ways nature boosts happiness, according to science : TreeHugger Yardfarmers follows 6 young Americans as they move back home to farm their parents' yards : TreeHugger This year it's more important than ever to turn out the lights for Earth Hour : TreeHugger Elon Musk’s mom shares secrets of wellness : TreeHugger
Part 2 BMX track features lung-shaped LED lights that change color based on air quality | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China's booming renewable energy market set to blow away emissions targets by 2020 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar-powered Murphy House is one of Edinburgh’s most adaptable and sustainable homes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Supercomputers that model climate change heat this Potsdam research institute | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Toyota Reveals Stand-Out Style, Intelligent Eco-Tech at NY Auto Show | Toyota Leaked Tesla Gigafactory pictures show Powerwall/Powerpack assembly line and lots of units [Gallery] | Electrek First glimpse inside Tesla’s Gigafactory [Video] | Electrek All new cars in the US will be equipped with automatic emergency braking by 2022 | Electrek A new study says standing desks don't have any benefits. Or does it? : TreeHugger Artist's cardboard steampunk sculptures hint at complex imaginary world : TreeHugger New bike café adds solar, wind, an air purifier, and recycles coffee grounds into flowers : TreeHugger Vertical farm by Rogers Stirk Harbour wins Sustainability Award : TreeHugger
Part 3 Top 5 states for home solar power installations | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Woman attempts to cross Irish Sea in giant hamster ball | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New law in Italy forces supermarkets to donate unsold food to those in need | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The reflective exterior of La Hague Cultural Center in France hides a playful red interior | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Elon Musk and SolarCity CEO organized an event for Nevada lawmakers at Tesla’s Gigafactory to lobby for solar energy | Electrek PSA: California Clean Vehicle Rebate is increasing for low- and moderate-income drivers, and going away for high-income drivers on March 29 | Electrek New battery-powered drivetrains enable trucks with a GVWR of 80,000 lbs to travel more than 400 miles | Electrek New images of the Hyperloop test track in Nevada [Video] | Electrek Photo: Sandhill cranes desperately seeking caption! : TreeHugger 12 great whole grains to try : TreeHugger World's largest private coal miner may file for bankruptcy : TreeHugger 17 wonderfully curious facts about rainbows : TreeHugger
Part 4 Elle turns E-waste into unique and eye-catching jewelry | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Sahara Desert Project to grow 10 hectares of food in Tunisian desert | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building SeaWorld finally announces plan to stop breeding Orcas | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mexico City bans over one million cars as air pollution skyrockets | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Spring Equinox Around the World: Photos : Discovery News Winning Images From Science, Nature: Photos : Discovery News Best Places to See Spring Flowers: Photos : Discovery News 1,500 Butterfly Species Found in Single Park : Discovery News Photo: Beautiful Isle of Skye offers news of birds : TreeHugger These biodegradable bio-photovoltaics use moss to generate electricity (Video) : TreeHugger 5 ways to really go green for St. Paddy’s : TreeHugger Stationary bicycle create calmer, more focused children in the classroom : TreeHugger
Part 5 Stunning solar Butterfly House masters resource conservation in California | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Soar through the sea with 'Iron Man' Exosuit | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Architects escape into the great outdoors by transforming a retro caravan into a mobile office | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Albatross Designs shaves the world from plastic | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Pluto Probably Has an Ocean Under its Surface : Discovery News Could Gitmo Go Green? : Discovery News Presidential Candidates Speak at Middle-School Level : Discovery News Hidden King Tut Rooms May Contain Metal, Organics : Discovery News Snowy fairytale peacocks give unicorns a run for the money : TreeHugger What does it feel like to be an octopus? : TreeHugger If cows could fly: What's in United Airlines' biofuel? : TreeHugger Achoo!!? Reach for sustainable tissue this allergy season : TreeHugger
Part 6 Windlicht wind lights by Roosegaarde reveal the true beauty of green energy | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Top 20 greenest hotels from around the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New tent-like HQ plan emerges from the ashes of Google's original vision | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New Wheelys 4 bike café cleans smoggy air and turns coffee grounds into fertilizer | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building DNews: Get to Mars in Three Days? Here's How That Could Happen : Discovery News Bald Eagle Chicks Hatch on Channel Islands Webcam : Discovery News Obama Administration Drops Atlantic Drilling Plan : Discovery News Laser Windmills Light Up Night Sky : Discovery News Photo: Where's Waldo? The bird edition : TreeHugger UK to enshrine 'net zero' emissions into law : TreeHugger The 20 happiest countries on the planet : TreeHugger Meet the Bios Incube, the app-controlled urn accessory that grows a tree from a loved one : TreeHugger
Part 7 MBI's 8 tiny LED flashlights in a matchbook provide 64 hours of emergency light | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building How two amazing teenage girls convinced Bali to ban plastic bags | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Kengo Kuma unveils plans for spiraling timber-clad library in Sydney | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Beautiful kindergarten blends sustainability and play into an eco-friendly envelope | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots Change Unexpectedly : Discovery News Just Toss This Ball to Extinguish a Fire : Discovery News Pigeons Tracking Air Quality Over London : Discovery News Six Micro-Robots Pull 4,000-lb Car : Discovery News 21 animals found in only one place in the world : TreeHugger Computer program solves mysteries of fossilized leaves : TreeHugger United Airlines launches first regularly scheduled sustainable biofuel flights : TreeHugger Ephemeral butterfly jewelry brilliantly imitates the real thing : TreeHugger
Part 8 The innovative Canopia tower in Bordeaux will be one of the tallest timber frame structures in the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Gaze at the stars in this magical recycled cardboard playhouse | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Jean Nouvel's Cyprus tower is a pixelated, perforated plant paradise | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Honest Pet Products makes natural pet toys out of sustainable hemp and organic wool | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Malawi Burns 2.9 Tons of Smuggled Ivory : Discovery News Worm-Like Bio-Bots Inch Toward Light : Discovery News Top 5 Weird Facts About Mysterious Uranus: Photos : Discovery News Floating Solar Panels Restore Doomed Lake : Discovery News Bhutan residents celebrate royal birth by planting 108,000 trees : TreeHugger Brooklyn's new community micro-grid will allow for peer-to-peer renewable energy sharing : TreeHugger Pigeons take to the London skies to tweet pollution data : TreeHugger Social media now an important tool for monitoring impact of natural disasters : TreeHugger
Part 9 Affordable self-watering planter lets you grow a countertop garden with ease | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Wildstone reforms a crime-ridden London corner with vibrant new community garden | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Pigeons with backpacks are tweeting about London's notorious pollution | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Obama to target Arctic and Atlantic oil drilling in fight against climate change | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Pi Day: Facts About Today's Math Holiday : Discovery News Mars Mission Blasts Off to Seek Signs of Life : Discovery News BYBLight E-481 LED Desk Lamp review Ilumi LED Smart Bulbs review: The brains are in the bulb Group Ikea to introduce cute countertop hydroponic garden kit : TreeHugger Blueberries could help fight Alzheimer's : TreeHugger Holidays are good for children's brain development : TreeHugger
Part 10 IKEA launches indoor garden that can grow food all year-round | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building BIG, Foster + Partners, and Grimshaw Architects unveil designs for Dubai’s 2020 Expo | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building These lamps let you grow plants anywhere - even in windowless rooms | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Can solar panels redeem this inefficient hydroelectric dam in Brazil? | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Petbo Playhouse provides an eco-friendly kingdom for kitties | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Gooey cactus guts remove arsenic and bacteria from polluted water | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Group Group Group Group Group Group
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Part 11 Hybrid solar and biofuel plane to attempt first zero-carbon trans-Atlantic flight | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scientists grow functional human heart tissue using skin cells | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building ESA blasts off mission to detect life on Mars | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This Magical Elide Fire Ball extinguishes any fire immediately | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Minarc's prefabricated mnmMOD wall panels could revolutionize the way we build | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Small Woodland Nursery in Germany has a light-filled atrium at its heart | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 9 crazy things we learned about Pluto in the past year - CNET Chia vest puts a wearable green garden on your chest - CNET Battery-free wearables of the future could run off your footsteps - CNET University of Michigan's anti-ice coating would be perfect for cars - Roadshow Newly discovered bacteria eats and digests PET plastic - CNET The ExoMars spacecraft is headed for Mars, where it will sniff around for life - CNET
Part 12 Show off your green thumb with this sprouted chia vest | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Balight's bike LEDs light up your ride in the doofiest way possible NASA picks solar power candidates for deep space missions Non-toxic carbon nanotube battery could power space probes Report shows we really can fight climate change without breaking the bank | ExtremeTech Plastic-eating bacteria set to revolutionize waste disposal | ExtremeTech Functional human heart tissue grown from skin cells | ExtremeTech