Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Finally have warm weather. Moved tomatoes and peppers outside. Now I have the room to start my other seeds. Solar-powered Mistbox slashes summer cooling costs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Geizeer cube delivers eco-friendly air conditioning for less than 1 cent per day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Rombaut makes cruelty-free leather shoes from discarded pineapple leaves | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's largest offshore wind farm will be operational next year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building iBOT Poised for Comeback | Corporate Worldwide Sales of Toyota Hybrids Surpass 9 Million Units | Corporate Meet the Man | Corporate Toyota Named New Official Special Olympics Texas Partner, Opportunity Drawing for 2017 Toyota Tundra | Corporate Photo: Young peregrine takes off on a mission : TreeHugger Food Monster is the planet-friendly recipe app you've been waiting for : TreeHugger 10 magical places saved by endangered species : TreeHugger Don't just play, LIVE outside! : TreeHugger
Part 2 Lea the interactive robot helps kids with autism improve their skills | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Most of Nike's shoes are made using recycled materials | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Paris encourages residents to play active environmental role with “1000 Buildings Plan” | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Dutch designer EtiĂ«nne Reijnders upcycles abandoned shopping carts into luxury sofas and chairs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Victory unveils an all new electric motorcycle to compete at the Isle of Man | Electrek London Black Cabs just raised $400 million to electrify its taxi fleets | Electrek Nissan claims the world’s largest electric taxi fleet deal with 110 new LEAF 30 kWh in Madrid | Electrek Proterra unveils a massive new 330 kWh battery pack for its Catalyst XR electric bus | Electrek Watch these incredible green ants build a leaf castle : TreeHugger Peruvian farmers harvest water from fog : TreeHugger Pure Green 100% natural latex mattress topper review : TreeHugger Governor General's Medals for Architecture in Canada unveiled : TreeHugger
Part 3 Seeing eye robot wins top prize of Marvel's STEM challenge for girls | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mio's modular furniture brings function and vibrance to small spaces | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Exciting new designs for Heathrow Airport's expansion unveiled | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New Budapest museum will feature a sweeping green roof resembling a skateboard ramp | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Google self-driving pioneers think big-rigs could get there before cars, started company to prove it | Electrek Tesla Energy completes a new $5.3 million Powerpack project at College of Marin | Electrek Colorado officially approves $5,000 tax credit for electric vehicles – up to $12,500 with federal incentive | Electrek Portugal ran entirely on renewable energy for 4 consecutive days last week | Electrek Towns in Maine declare food sovereignty with local ordinances : TreeHugger Google cars will stick it to the man : TreeHugger Put your kids to bed, even if the sun is still shining : TreeHugger Ford is turning captured CO2 into plastics and foam for car parts : TreeHugger
Part 4 How 'diversion architecture' will make outdoor concert festivals more sustainable | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's largest offshore wind farm will be operational next year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's largest offshore wind farm will be operational next year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Plant and geotag free pine and cedar seeds with "Notes on a Tree" project | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla’s second generation Powerwall is coming “in a few weeks”, features more compatibility | Electrek See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend : Discovery News Brewery Makes Edible Six Pack Rings : Discovery News City Bees Skip the Junk Food, Prefer Flowers : Discovery News Exercise appears to significantly reduce the risk of 13 types of cancer : TreeHugger The 10 windiest cities in the US : TreeHugger New solar tech sets record for converting unfocused sunlight to electricity : TreeHugger Wow! Portugal's grid runs on renewables for four days straight : TreeHugger
Part 5 Penda designs beautiful Indian garden with water mazes and stepwells | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Taipei’s gorgeous Daan Park MRT raises the bar for metro stations everywhere | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar-powered KontererART city in Poland is made of reused shipping containers | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Trump says he wants to "renegotiate" the global climate accord | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 'Peeping Tom' Hubble Spies Mars' Full Frontal : Discovery News Can Farmers Fight Air Pollution, Climate Change? : Discovery News Thousands of Trailcams to Snap Wildlife Across Wisconsin : Discovery News Solar-Powered 'Band Aids' Offer Flexible Energy : Discovery News Net Zero Energy isn't perfect, but it's still a pretty good idea : TreeHugger Extinction Facts labels illustrate the high cost of meat consumption per serving : TreeHugger Fish are much smarter than you think : TreeHugger These e-bikes look just like bicycles on the outside, but ride like an electric : TreeHugger
Part 6 INFOGRAPHIC: How social media can save lives in a disaster | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building A brewery in Florida is saving sea turtles with an edible six-pack ring | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Shape-shifting Exocet Chair conforms to the body in dozens of ways | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Google patents sticky "fly paper" car hood to protect pedestrians in self-driving car crashes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Fusion Reactor Powers Futuristic Airliner : Discovery News International Space Station makes its 100,000th orbit - CNET Toyota is bringing back Dean Kamen's stair-climbing wheelchair Watch NASA inflate the space station's expandable habitat Taxidermy robots made from roadkill help nab poachers : TreeHugger Sharks' electric field "sixth sense" could inspire better fuel cells : TreeHugger Gates Foundation divests all its holdings in BP : TreeHugger Levi Strauss could soon be making jeans from post-consumer cotton garment waste : TreeHugger
Part 7 Newly discovered form of spiralized light breaks everything quantum physics says about photons | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Groundbreaking affordable, paper-thin filter removes viruses from water | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Copenhagen city council approves plan to divest from fossil fuels | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Robots weave an insect-inspired carbon-fiber forest in London | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scientists made see-through wood that's stronger than glass Microsoft pledges to use more renewable energy in its data centers | PCWorld This Is How You Transport a 65,000-Pound Space Shuttle Fuel Tank Through a Crowded City Here's Your First Look at America's New Food Label The Power of Zero (Book review) : TreeHugger Tofu waste powers Indonesian homes : TreeHugger London's new Mayor to double size of London's clean air zone. : TreeHugger Save the butterflies with DIY milkweed seed bombs : TreeHugger
Part 8 13 gorgeous green lights to illuminate your life | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar-powered Hotel at Oberlin is first in US to be heated and cooled with geothermal energy | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Critically endangered Sumatran rhino delivers healthy baby | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Aurora Borealis-inspired lamp features upcycled wine barrels and color-changing LEDs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Portugal Just Powered Itself Exclusively on Renewable Energy for Four Whole Days A Mysterious Object Beyond Pluto Is Coming Into Focus Europa Is Even More Earth-Like Than We Suspected A Few Scraps of Paper Can Turn Dirt Into a Super Strong Building Material Scotland Will Soon Get the World's Biggest Floating Offshore Windfarm The ISS Just Completed Its 100,000th Orbit Do These Three Exercises in Four Minutes to Improve Your Hunched Posture Learn to wake up joyfully : TreeHugger
Part 9 Biopod lets you grow your own smart miniature rainforest indoors | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Ultra-sturdy dirt brick gets its remarkable strength from paper towels | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New solar cell converts a record 34.5% of direct sunlight to electricity | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 7 products banned around the globe to help save the planet | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 7 ways to clean house like every month is Earth Month | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Trees and Plants to Grow for an All-Year Fruit Garden Ruthlessly Slaughter Bugs In Your Lawn (or Your Bed) With This Diatomaceous Earth Deal Head to the Baby Food Aisle for Flavorful Fruit and Vegetable Purees With No Additives The good and the bad of the EIA's International Energy Outlook report | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: Ending our fossil fuel addiction by 2050 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Net-zero energy CSI-IDEA building sets the standard for low-impact architecture in Europe | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building How oregano could save the world by reducing bovine belching | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Part 10 London man receives bionic arm with a USB port and built-in flashlight | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 700 colorful mirrors bathe a 19th-century cathedral in gorgeous rainbow light | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Temporary eco-friendly container village provides community space for artists and locals | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Reflow helps waste collectors earn a living by turning plastic trash into 3D printer filament | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Geizeer cube delivers eco-friendly air conditioning for less than 1 cent per day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Great Green Wall of Africa could fight desertification and poverty | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Urban Produce vertical farm grows 16 acres of food in just 1/8 acre of space | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Pilots break the rules to save stranded pets from Fort McMurray fire | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Nation’s largest green wall of native plants breathes life into SFMOMA | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building