Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day. New material converts sunlight, heat, and movement into electricity—at the same time | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Singapore's giant vertical farm grows 80 tons of vegetables every year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tiny pollinating drones could help bees as populations decline | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Wonderful recipes for the weird veggies in your CSA box | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electrek green energy brief: Jimmy Carter installing solar, Solarworld laying off 900, Conservative argument for solar, more | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: Austin building code goes solar, Iceland drills into a volcano, more | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: 90% new 2016 EU capacity clean, Australia’s advanced grid, Korean polysilicon replacing US, more | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: 67% of new electricity in US from clean sources, Fraunhofer’s new panel designs, Energy storage tax credit, more | Electrek Does embodied energy really matter in green building? : TreeHugger The principles behind designing a backyard food forest : TreeHugger Researchers at Texas A&M develop a bossy and nosy standing desk : TreeHugger How Lush Cosmetics is helping cotton farmers in Fukushima : TreeHugger
Part 2 Amazing green-roofed school melts into the mountains of France | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Artist transforms recycled materials into beautifully intricate, life-sized sculptures | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New solar glitter can make virtually anything solar powered | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mecanoo to update Washington's MLK Library with massive green roof | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Renogy reveals new Phoenix Solar Panel Generator Kit wrapped in a compact briefcase design + more Green Deals | Electrek Electric vehicle charging networks are partnering to create Europe-wide fast-charging network | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: 400MW of community solar, solved climate change math in 1895, 50% electricity from wind in Spain, more | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: Climate change knowledge in 1912, new solar cell processing technique, ‘Green Gas,’ and more | Electrek This high-quality ink is made from air pollution harvested from vehicle tailpipes : TreeHugger Flecks of "solar glitter" can make almost anything solar powered : TreeHugger This $35 inflatable waterproof solar lantern will also charge your phone : TreeHugger Man saves dog, dog saves hummingbird, hummingbird saves man who saved dog : TreeHugger
Part 3 Solar power now provides twice as many jobs as coal in U.S. | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Wild bison return to Canada's Banff National Park for the first time in 140 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 9 Valentine’s Day gifts that last longer than a bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building You could win this beautiful organic farm with your best 200-word essay | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla Semi: Elon Musk says they are making progress with new electric semi truck, focus is still on Model 3 | Electrek SolarEdge sets inverter efficiency record with new technology platform | Electrek Apple spaceship campus interior details: polished concrete ceilings, iPhone-like elevator buttons, flat doorways | 9to5Mac Watch a Stunning Video of Jupiter's Swirling Clouds Made by Amateur Astronomers - Seeker Unilever's game-changing decision to reveal fragrance ingredients : TreeHugger MIT makes a battery that's safe to swallow : TreeHugger Hundreds of mysterious ancient earthworks found in the Amazon : TreeHugger This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets : TreeHugger
Part 4 MIT researchers invent an ingestible battery powered by stomach acid | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Melissa McCarthy is hilarious as a luckless eco-warrior in Kia's Superbowl ad | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Rope art installation repurposed into blankets for Syrian refugees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Hundreds of ancient earthworks similar to Stonehenge found in the Amazon | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Twilight of American Coal and the Rise of Renewables - Seeker Scanning for Blue Whales in the Ocean Just Got a Lot Easier - Seeker Sticky, Insect-Sized Drones Could Pollinate Crops A Man-Made Wetland Will Help Treat Shanghai's Foul Industrial Wastewater Photo: Adorable face of a shield mantis belies a masterful disguise : TreeHugger In China, 20% of new buses are now electric : TreeHugger Sweet Swedish pair rescues a moose from frozen lake : TreeHugger Is an astrophysics-ecology drone the best new tool for saving endangered species? : TreeHugger
Part 5 First Wattway solar road pilot in US pops up in rural Georgia | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Bill Gates warns against climate-change denial | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Seattle votes to divest billions of dollars from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access pipeline | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Star-shaped Schneider Electric office building in South Africa aims for a LEED Gold certification | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Ancient Undersea Landslide Discovery Sheds New Light on Great Barrier Reef - Seeker The Ingenious Ways Plants Defend Themselves - Seeker - Video A New Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Has Been Found in Israel - Seeker Mercury's Water Ice Deposits Have a Mysterious Origin - Seeker New Discovery Could Unlock Graphene's Full Potential - Seeker - Video Photo: Citrus swallowtail plays in the pompoms : TreeHugger The Vertical Forest comes to China : TreeHugger Norway wants tourists to slow down and travel more sustainably : TreeHugger
Part 6 Greenpeace releases first images of newly-discovered Amazon reef | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China is now the largest producer of solar power in the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Chinese fishery installs immense floating solar farm for extra income | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Green walls breathe new life into an abandoned row of shop offices | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Cities Are Tackling Climate Change by Freeing Their Data There's A New Form Of Matter That Exists In Four Dimensions! - Seeker - Video True Identity of Exotic White Dwarf Revealed — and It's One of a Kind - Seeker Inkless Paper of the Future Can Be Printed (and Reprinted) With Light New Mars Climate Data Stumps Scientists | News & Opinion | PCMag.com NASA Plans to Drill Into Europa's Crust In Search of Life New Close-Up Image of Jupiter's South Pole is Mind-Blowingly Beautiful Here's What Those Bumps In The Sidewalk Are For
Part 7 This 7-year-old from Maryland might be the next Einstein | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 6 reasons the clean energy revolution doesn't need Trump’s blessing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Researchers invent paper that can be printed with light and reused 80 times | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Stunning wooden Oberholz Mountain Hut branches out of the mountainside like a fallen tree | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building An Exhaust Pipe Device Turns Air Pollution Into Printing Ink Weird Things Your Body Does When You're Around Your Crush - Seeker - Video 'Actual Living Scientists' Want You to Get to Know Them - Seeker Hundreds of Mysterious Stonehenge-Like Earthworks Found in the Amazon - Seeker Hawaii’s Epic Lava 'Fire Hose' Has Returned With a Vengeance NASA revamps site for EPIC photos of Earth from space - ExtremeTech NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa Scientists make battery that runs on air and carbon dioxide
Part 8 Dead Sea Scrolls mystery unfurls as scientists find hidden cave - CNET Dazzling white dwarf pulsar discovery is the first of its kind - CNET Pollution-fighting Vertical Forest buildings coming to China - CNET NASA really isn't sure why ancient Mars was wet NASA's Rover Curiosity Reveals Something Weird About Mars' Ancient Atmosphere - Seeker A Strange Green Comet Is Heading Our Way - Seeker Scientists may have discovered a lost continent China is now the biggest producer of solar power
Wind power in Central US: Wind penetration on central US grid hits 52% Sunday night, breaking record | Ars Technica