Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Let's hope for a positive and successful 2017. Nature House is a 3-story Arctic cob house cocooned by a solar geodesic dome | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This sweet dog and lion duo proves that friendship transcends all barriers | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Gabriel Orozco designs mesmerizing geometric garden for the South London Gallery | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The new Nissan Leaf will be able to drive autonomously on the highway | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Toyota to Exhibit More than 45 Vehicles at the 2017 North American International Auto Show | Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota in the U.S. | Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota Shows the Future of Driver-Vehicle Interaction at the Consumer Electronics Show | Toyota USA Newsroom 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES2017) Press Conference - Bob Carter | Toyota USA Newsroom Why you should feed your baby peanuts : TreeHugger The car of the future will be part of your living room : TreeHugger This ebike conversion kit has a 100-mile range, and doubles as an indoor trainer : TreeHugger 11 facts about blue whales, the largest animals ever known to live on Earth : TreeHugger
Part 2 New Toyota concept takes the wheel when drivers get sleepy | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Costa Rica ran almost entirely on renewables in 2016 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Artist transforms discarded books into spectacular crystallized artifacts | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China to spend $361 billion on renewable energy projects by 2020 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES2017) Press Conference - Dr. Gill Pratt | Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota Concept-i Makes the Future of Mobility Human | Toyota USA Newsroom Ford and Toyota Establish SmartDeviceLink Consortium to Accelerate Industry-Driven Standard for In-Vehicle Apps | Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota Corolla Commemorates 50 Years with Historical Display at SEMA 2016 | Toyota USA Newsroom Photo: Burrowing owl gives a home tour : TreeHugger Welcome to the magical world of ice castles : TreeHugger Israeli startup aims to enable wireless charging of electric buses while driving : TreeHugger Geodesic dome protects cob house & family of 6 in Arctic Circle (Video) : TreeHugger
Part 3 Israel is building the world's tallest concentrated solar power project on Earth | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla just kicked off battery production at its massive Nevada Gigafactory | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building German forester says trees are social beings with friends and personalities | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Irish scientists identify new human organ | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electrek Best of CES 2017 awards: Chargepoint 400 kW charging station and Chrysler’s Portal Concept | Electrek Nissan confirms that the ‘new LEAF’ will get a range of 200 miles, ProPILOT, and it’s coming in ‘near future’ | Electrek The OjO Commuter Scooter is a zero-emissions electric two-wheeler with 20 miles of range | Electrek Electrek morning green energy brief: where residential solar beats the market, France selling green bonds, $144B into solar by China and more | Electrek 10 beautiful ice skating trails in Canada : TreeHugger China to spend $361 billion on green energy, predicts 13 million jobs : TreeHugger Taking back the streets: Most businesses on urban streets make their money from pedestrians and cyclists : TreeHugger There's a trick to sustainable healthy eating : TreeHugger
Part 4 Faraday Future's FF91 smashes speed record of Tesla Model S in ludicrous mode | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Off-grid eco-retreats reconnect you to serene nature in Brazil | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Israel to test electric roads that wirelessly charge vehicles as they drive | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Off-grid village with game-changing green solutions blooms in the Middle East | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Majority of automotive execs still believe battery-powered cars will fail and fuel cells are the future | Electrek Tesla Model 3 could soon become the ‘most American made car’ with 95% of the parts made in the US | Electrek LeEco enters the bike business with two models powered by a four-inch display that runs Android OS | Electrek Tesla starts mass production of new ‘2170’ battery cell at the Gigafactory, will be used in Model 3 in Q2 | Electrek Photo: Big Sur's flawless waterfall spills into the sea : TreeHugger Clever concave roof design harvests rainwater in hot climates : TreeHugger 8 reasons why running is the easiest exercise : TreeHugger 2017 Calendar: Make a Monthly Forest Date : TreeHugger
Part 5 Ford is building a 300-mile range all-electric SUV | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Austrian residential building relies entirely on nature for heating, cooling, and ventilation | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building WOHA's deep-green Enabling Village is a beacon of universal design | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Container: Green roofs cool co-working shipping container office in Brazil | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electrek morning green energy brief: The Sun Tax, Utility lobbying, Storage market bubbly coming to Massachusetts and more! | Electrek Faraday Future reveals the “FF 91”: 1050hp, 378mi EPA range, 200kW charging, self-driving; 2018 production intent | Electrek Faraday Future opens reservations for the “FF 91”; $5,000 for “priority access”, “standard reservations” are free | Electrek Ford says electric vehicles will overtake gas in 15 years, announces all-electric 300-mile SUV, hybrid F-150, Mustang, and more | Electrek Cough syrup doesn’t work; these remedies do : TreeHugger Computer models show how ancient people responded to climate change : TreeHugger Saferails: A great idea to help cyclists and streetcars share the road more safely : TreeHugger Dirty kids are healthy kids : TreeHugger
Part 6 Breakthrough technology turns coal plant CO2 into baking powder | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 10 resolutions to make the world better this year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building England is building 14 new garden villages with a total of 48,000 homes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China is spending over $500 billion to expand high-speed rail | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building SolarEdge first inverters to meet the UL 1741 Supplement A draft requirements – a building block of a smart, reactive electric grid | Electrek Electrek morning green energy brief: Costa Rica 98% renewable, global solar growth, solar cheaper than coal and more! | Electrek Sound Waves Give Tropical Trees a Checkup - Seeker You Now Have A New Organ: Meet The Mesentery! - Seeker - Video Using hands-free phone while driving is just as dangerous as a handheld phone : TreeHugger Tiny solar cells placed under the skin could power pacemakers and other implants : TreeHugger Trees form friendships and remember their experiences : TreeHugger Foldable paper bike helmet for bike share riders wins James Dyson Award : TreeHugger
Part 7 Bowl-shaped roofs harvest rainwater and promote natural cooling in arid environments | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Ford to unveil new driverless Fusion Hybrid at CES | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Self-inflating HEXA raft automatically deploys upon contact with water | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Africa's newest sustainable biofuel grows on trees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This Is Earth and the Moon as Seen From Mars - Seeker Hubble Is Mapping 'Interstellar Ecology' to Track NASA's Voyager Probes - Seeker Toyota's New Concept Car Is Designed With 'Kinetic Warmth' in Mind NASA to Launch a Powerful Space Telescope to Hunt Black Holes - Seeker 3 recipes for moisturizing face masks : TreeHugger Hit or Miss: Zebra crossing is lit up with embedded LEDs : TreeHugger 3 books to read for a more productive 2017 : TreeHugger Resolution time: Posters from World War 1 are still inspiring today : TreeHugger
Part 8 9 reasons 2016 wasn't as bad as you think | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Should your family give up paper towels? | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building These are the top 7 eco-fashion milestones of 2016 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China promises to ban ivory by the end of this year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mysterious 'Ghost Shark' Origins Revealed by a 280-Million-Year-Old Skull - Seeker An Indian Factory Is Converting CO2 From a Coal Plant Into Baking Soda - Seeker NASA Astronaut Rookie and Veteran Selected for 2018 Space Station Missions - Seeker Ancient Stonehenge-Like 'Calendar Rock' Aligns With Winter Solstice There Are Oceans In Our Solar System That Could Contain Life - Seeker - Video Snap a Bird Photo and This App Tells You the Species - Seeker Spacecraft 'Sees' the Mysteries Buried Under the Polar Ice Caps of Mars - Seeker Curiosity Has Found Weird Purple Rocks on Mars - Seeker
Part 9 NASA envisions ice dome home for future Mars dwellers | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Turkish dairy factory turns cheese production into a 360-degree experience | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building World's highest bridge is now open for vehicular traffic | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Petroleum giant abandons tar sands in favor of wind power | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building We Finally Know How Long It Took for Dinosaur Eggs to Hatch - Seeker As the Apollo Program Turns 50, This Is How We'll Celebrate - Seeker Your bike lock just got a lot smarter and more secure at CES 2017 - CNET Source of weird space signals turns out to be weird, too - CNET Bone-Conducting Helmet Lets Cyclists Take Calls | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Smart Lights Are Coming to a Street Near You | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Opcom Farm’s GrowBox and GrowWall let you raise vegetables indoors DoD Wants to Save the Environment With Bullets That Plant Seeds
Part 10 Panasonic to invest $256M in Tesla's Buffalo solar manufacturing plant | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Obama creates two new western national monuments in last minute effort | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Finnish gaming company wraps new circular headquarters in solar panels | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar-powered Farm From a Box is a compact farm kit that feeds 150 people | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mixing Liquids Under a Microscope Creates Wildly Colorful Worlds NASA Animation Offers a Freakishly Accurate Look at This Year's Coast-to-Coast Eclipse Astronomers Pinpointed the Location of Multiple Weird Radio Bursts Beyond Our Galaxy Bizarre Ghost Sharks Evolved From an Even Weirder Species of Ancient Fish How Optical Illusions Trick Our Brains Sow Your Seedlings Now, in Winter, for a Healthier Garden in the Spring These connected shoes could help you run faster, smarter and more safely David Copperfield: 'I come to CES to get inspired'
Part 11 Mexican winery built from recycled wood and rammed earth blends into the valley landscape | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Contemporary library melds into the landscape thanks to locally-sourced materials | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla's next Supercharger could charge electric cars in mere seconds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This revolutionary new paper battery is powered by bacteria | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Ampd Energy hopes to make pollution-prone diesel generators obsolete Whirlpool's Zera Food Recycler turns food scraps into fertilizer The designer behind the Toyota Concept-i talks about being friends with a car I took a nap on Sleep Number's auto-adjusting smart bed The Ellipse smart lock allows you to securely share your ride The Ellipse smart lock allows you to securely share your ride Flow tracks air quality for crowdsourced pollution maps Dinosaur eggs reveal one possible reason why they went extinct
Part 12 This massive 11-story mural in Chile celebrates treehuggers | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Traveling family renovates old school bus as both solar-powered home and hostel | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Leonardo DiCaprio says climate action is America's "biggest economic opportunity" | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building MIT's "food computers” produce reliable crops anywhere | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Stanford’s OceanOne robotic diver explores depths too dangerous for mankind | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building LED Christmas tree built from recyclable wooden boxes lights up Budapest’s largest concert hall | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Snap a Bird Photo and This App Tells You the Species - Seeker @8 Highlighting this because so many people want to put a name to a thing. Also because computer analysis is moving rapidly. Visits to any 'nature' place have potential to become much more satisfying in this way. Visitors develop their own reasons to support keeping some places not completely converted towards short-human goals. Overall, this seems pretty big.
