Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Zucchini and tomatoes are ripening in the garden. Interlocked double-helix bridge design could adorn Beijing for Winter Olympics 2022 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Upcycled Sony headphone wires create fashionable travel accessories | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Amazing Grove aquaponic ecosystem can grow you a salad every day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Lose yourself inside the Abyss Table’s mesmerizing ocean depths | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building WWF and Toyota Form Global Partnership, Join Forces on Living Asian Forest Project and Climate Change | Corporate Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Partner with Children’s Health to Launch Buckle Up for Life in North Texas | Corporate Engineers of Tomorrow: Toyota Helps Michigan Science Center ‘Catch ‘Em All’ | Corporate Tesla to enter the semi truck business, starting with ‘Tesla Semi’ set to be unveiled next year | Electrek Photo: A yellow warbler warbling : TreeHugger http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/sponsorvideo/think-you-know-how-recycle-think-again Will Elon Musk revolutionize transit with little autonomous buses? : TreeHugger When children go to bed early, they're far less likely to become obese as teenagers : TreeHugger
Part 2 Facebook's solar-powered drone took its first flight last month | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building San Francisco man singlehandedly revives a rare butterfly species in his own backyard | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Flash charging technology to charge Geneva e-buses in 15 seconds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building These LEGO-like recycled plastic bricks create sturdy homes for just $5,200 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building White House unlocks $4.5 billion for electric vehicle infrastructure and announces new EV programs | Electrek ‘Tesla Hacker’ building a 1,000hp electric car using Tesla drivetrain and Chevy Volt batteries | Electrek Elon Musk unveils his ‘Tesla Master Plan Part 2’: ‘a new kind of pickup truck’, solar and more | Electrek Tesla’s Master Plan Part Deux includes future ‘compact SUV’, ‘a new kind of pickup’ and money saving Uber-like service | Electrek Artist's vibrant murals are urban gateways to other dimensions (Video) : TreeHugger Student begins record-breaking 5,000 mile e-bike ride across US : TreeHugger Republican Party goes after bikes, trains, transit, everything but their beloved cars : TreeHugger Tesla's new master plan includes electric semis, autonomous buses, solar + storage : TreeHugger
Part 3 Obama targets 1 gigawatt of solar for lower income homes by 2020 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building MIT researchers discover silk holds the key to vastly improved filtration | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Adorable 'Grand Beedapest Hotel' creates an urban home for bees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Inflatable uLites emergency shelter with built-in solar sets up in just 30 minutes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 40 Years Ago Viking Landed on Mars: Photos Hummingbirds Wired to Avoid Collisions Kepler Adds 100 to Galaxy's Planet Count Epic Bike Path Will Span East Coast Photo: Eastern kingbird calls family meeting : TreeHugger Expedition floats length of Mississippi River on raft made from trash : TreeHugger What happened to vocational training in schools – and can it come back? : TreeHugger New study confirms that protected bike lanes get more people on bikes and reduce injuries : TreeHugger
Part 4 Longest cable-stayed bridge in Africa, Morocco's Mohammed VI Bridge, lit up with Philips LEDs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla announces plan for world domination: includes trucks, buses and solar power | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Denmark's 116-year-old lighthouse transformed into a giant kaleidoscope | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Innovative new osmosis technology powers up to 50,000 LED lightbulbs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Modern Animals That Lived with Dinosaurs Orbiting Buddy Could Join Curiosity 2.0 at Mars 2 Newfound Alien Planets Could Support Life These Exoplanets Live in Triple Star Systems New micro-library's facade is clad with 2,000 recycled ice cream containers : TreeHugger Handcrafted wood & resin rings hide magical miniature landscapes in them : TreeHugger 6 glorious benefits of sweating : TreeHugger NOAA turns to drones for Northern Atlantic right whale research : TreeHugger
Part 5 New 3D solar cells capture sunlight from every angle | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Extraordinary 'British Pompeii' settlement was preserved in water for 3,000 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 8 gorgeous eco-friendly homes designed for the desert | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Earthships heading to Canada will provide First Nation communities with low-income housing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Science Gets to the Bottom Of Neptune's Weird 'Wobbles' Tesla's Plan To Build A Semi Truck Is The Smartest Idea They've Had African Honey-Hunters Communicate With These Wild Birds To Find Hives These Nearby Earth-Sized Planets Are Looking More and More Habitable Just what we needed dept: Yet another Net Zero standard. : TreeHugger Ford's tequila sunrise: Partnership with Jose Cuervo may turn agave waste into bioplastic : TreeHugger New York City to get a thousand new open gangway subway cars : TreeHugger Beat the heat: How design can keep you cool : TreeHugger
Part 6 Awakening by Arqmove Workshop: 12 cocoon-shaped rooms in a Mexican biosphere reserve | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 8-year-old's fossil discovery reveals how turtles got their shells | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Giant glittering dance floor inspires strangers to dance in the streets of Montreal | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Elegant ACERA ceramic travel mugs elevates the everyday into artistry | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Has Arrived at the ISS Researchers Just Made a Breakthrough in Growing Crops During a Drought Clouds Reveal Features on the Surface of Venus Hummingbird Flight Is More Amazing Than We Realized Samsung brilliantly mashes up national anthems for Olympics - CNET Facebook's self-flying, solar-powered, Wi-Fi airplane nails first flight - CNET The Eagle has landed: 11 amazing facts about Apollo 11 - CNET Kepler mission confirms over 100 new exoplanets - CNET
Part 7 WASP's Big Delta 3D-prints durable, affordable houses from dirt | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Renovated Siemens Headquarters in Munich now consumes 90% less energy and 75% less water | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Possible treaty amendment could be the most important climate action in 2016 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building A beautiful perforated facade shields this office from India’s harsh sun | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar Impulse 2 starts the last leg of its round-the-world flight Six vehicles powered by coffee, saltwater, sewage and other crazy fuels The best portable solar battery charger Pluto stamp earns world record for traveling 3 billion miles Microscope reveals key to big efficiency boost for solar cells : TreeHugger Hospital promises to improve food after managers eat it for a whole week : TreeHugger 7 groups fighting food waste around the world : TreeHugger Pacific islands nations may adopt first ever treaty to ban fossil fuels : TreeHugger
Part 8 Inside JetBlue's 24,000-square-foot T5 Farm at John F. Kennedy Airport | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's first "Tesla Town" with solar roofs and Powerwalls is coming to Australia | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mercedes-Benz just unveiled the self-driving bus of the future | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building INFOGRAPHIC: The exciting future of sustainability | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building NASA’s Kepler finds 104 new confirmed exoplanets | ExtremeTech Smart Stitches Can Monitor Wounds as They Heal | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Smart sutures can monitor wounds as they heal Dark Sky Finder Maps Out Light Pollution to Find the Best Spots for Stargazing The Way You Cut Vegetables Changes Their Flavor A visit to the wolves of Haliburton Forest : TreeHugger Court rules against US Navy’s current use of whale-harming sonar : TreeHugger Grow a 100-year old forest in your backyard - in just 10 years : TreeHugger
Part 9 The Infinite Green is a living sculpture in Poland covered in over 3,000 plants | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building MIT Researchers Find a Way To Make Solar Panels from Grass Clippings | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building How to make your home more energy efficient | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Inhabitat Talks to Elora Hardy, Founder of Ibuku, About the Creative and Sustainable Potential of Bamboo | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Differences Between Wasps and Bees, and How to Identify Their Nests Sunshine, the Gorgeous iOS Weather App, Is Now Out on Android Roadside America Maps Out Attractions in Every State This Volcano museum by Hans Hollein takes visitors to the center of the earth | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 'Largest-ever' new universe map shows 1.2 million galaxies | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building California hit yet another record high in solar energy generation | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Man leaves rat race to grow dream permaculture farm - and it's flourishing after 3 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Braamcamp Freire Secondary School renovation brings color and light to the learning experience | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building