Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Wouldn't mind if it stopped raining for a short bit so I could get outside and start planting. Wind and solar-powered Thunder Valley Regenerative Community rises in South Dakota | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Iceland's "Thor" volcano power plant can generate 10X more energy than oil or gas wells | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Netherlands is developing self-healing roads that fix potholes automatically | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Giant sequoia skyscrapers designed to keep rotted trees standing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Toyota Land Speed Cruiser Claims “World’s Fastest SUV” Title | Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota celebrates 40 Years of research and development in North America with the official opening of the expanded R&D centers in Michigan | Toyota USA Newsroom Driv’n and “Stayin’ Alive”: High School Students from Memphis, TN-Area Win Grand Prize in Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge | Toyota USA Newsroom Infographic: Environmental toll of plastic revealed... Lions, leopards and lynxes love boxes too (video) : TreeHugger CloudMaker showerhead promises 75% water savings by producing a pressurized mist : TreeHugger Report: 95% of US car miles will be electric, autonomous by 2030 : TreeHugger Arbor Day reminded us to care for trees year-round : TreeHugger
Part 2 Octopuses and their cephalopod cousins can edit and recode their own genes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The prefab house of the future is made from recycled, reusable, and sustainable materials | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Nissan is working on a new 340-mile-range electric car | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Gigantic golden egg sauna warms up residents of Sweden's northernmost town | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Mobile tracker for the environment helps you monitor your surroundings 10 electric vehicle benefits you might not know about…but should | Electrek EGEB: Trina Solar 24.1% efficiency coming out of lab, 25-year home battery warranties coming from Tesla?, more | Electrek BYD delivers first massive 60-ft all-electric bus in the US: 275 miles range on 547 kWh battery pack | Electrek Swedish supermarket replaces produce stickers with laser branding : TreeHugger First wolf pack in 200 years is roaming wild in Denmark : TreeHugger Peer-to-peer electric car charging site launches in the UK : TreeHugger Next-gen bike tires won't go flat, because they'll be airless : TreeHugger
Part 3 World’s first LEED Platinum police station generates more energy than it consumes in Cincinnati | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Google's Project Sunroof expands to 7 million homes in Germany | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building ESA 3D prints extraterrestrial bricks with concentrated sunlight and moondust | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Architects envision a bright new future for Milan's abandoned railways | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla battery researcher unveils new chemistry to increase lifecycle at high voltage | Electrek Tesla officials visit Argentina’s Gorvernor of Salta for solar+storage projects and sourcing lithium | Electrek Tesla announces start of ‘solar roof tile’ production within next two months | Electrek Electric bus maker Proterra launches an autonomous driving program | Electrek These 2 towns have dimmed their lights to show off the glorious night sky : TreeHugger Vienna shows how cities don't have to cater to cars : TreeHugger Germany launched the most vegan food products last year : TreeHugger 'Clean My Space' wants to change the way you tackle a messy house : TreeHugger
Part 4 Indian 'fruit of the gods' could lower cost of solar cells by 40% | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Man creates spectacular topiary garden with plants saved from a compost pile | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Ocean Cleanup raises $21.7 million to begin cleaning Pacific Ocean | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla executives start mysterious new recycling company | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building EGEB: Jinko $100M into PERC solar cells, Project Sunroof in Germany, more | Electrek Tesla is believed to be behind a new startup for material recycling | Electrek EGEB: Batteries rise again 100+ later, US budget doesn’t cut EPA, more | Electrek EGEB: ‘Carbon capture is total BS’, BEEEEESSS!!, Pension funds warming on solar, more | Electrek These complex yet simple floral beauties are made with ceramics (Video) : TreeHugger Power-Blox uses swarm intelligence to create autonomous 'Internet of energy' micro-grids : TreeHugger Plaine Products sells shampoo in non-plastic, refillable packaging : TreeHugger 5 fun nature-inspired beauty trends : TreeHugger
Part 5 You won't believe the interior of Japan's jaw-dropping new train | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Zero-emission hydrogen-powered car is designed to revolutionize everyday travel | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Utah plans $5 million wildlife bridge over deadly I-80 highway | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Portland plans to replace diesel using waste methane from sewage | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla to announce not ‘2 or 3’, but ‘probably 4’ more Gigafactories this year | Electrek Tesla is not delaying its solar roof launch – it’s still coming this summer | Electrek Cassini's ‘Grand Finale’ Dives Could Show How Quickly Saturn's Rings Will Fade - Seeker Video Shows Cassini's View During First Saturn Ring Dive - Seeker Photo: Cute little tree frog hides in plain sight : TreeHugger New peer-to-peer seed sharing platform aims to facilitate a diverse seed supply : TreeHugger 10 bee-friendly annual flowers : TreeHugger Sowing seeds, connecting to nature : TreeHugger
Part 6 Explore incredible worlds inside these landscapes carved into books | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This $6,800 house was built from recycled bricks in just 5 days | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Researchers want to save shrinking Swiss glacier with 4,000 snow machines | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Elon Musk's Boring Company video envisions underground LA as a crazy slot car race | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building America's First Offshore Wind Farm Shutters Diesel Power Plant - Seeker Biodegradable Circuitry Could Shrink the World's Growing Piles of E-Waste - Seeker Cassini Makes Second Saturn Ring Dive as NASA Studies Unexpected Emptiness - Seeker ‘Exercise in a Pill’ Could Boost Endurance Without the Need for Training - Seeker 6 most common sources of plastic pollution : TreeHugger Artist hides giants in the wilds of Copenhagen, luring seekers into nature : TreeHugger Church solar project inspires solar for neighborhood : TreeHugger Atlanta sets goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035 : TreeHugger
Part 7 Experience Manhattan as it was 400 years ago | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Maidan Tent aims to improve life in refugee camps with pop-up public space | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Church built for $35k stays naturally cool in Malawi | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Google’s Project Sunroof expands beyond US for first time, now available in Germany | 9to5Google GoSun Sport review: Portable solar oven makes cooking fun yet goofy | TechHive New Recycling Process Turns Waste Plastic Into Oil | News & Opinion | PCMag.com deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 How organic is your milk? : TreeHugger 8 packaged foods you can make yourself : TreeHugger This bike trailer not only carries cargo, it pushes your bicycle with an electric motor : TreeHugger Why you should look for Fairtrade cotton : TreeHugger
Part 8 Tiny chip supersizes battery life of electronics : TreeHugger Why you should try tai chi : TreeHugger Carbon fibre pavilion is woven by robots, drones & inspired by moths (Video) : TreeHugger deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 Cassini Finds Saturn's Ring Gap Emptier Than Expected - ExtremeTech Stanford Researchers Develop Flexible, Biodegradable Semiconductor - ExtremeTech San Francisco train service plans to run solely on clean energy Proterra wants to build autonomous vehicles for public transit NASA's inflatable greenhouse could feed astronauts on Mars
Part 9 Mars-like soil makes super strong bricks when compressed The Navy built rechargeable batteries that won't explode on you Cassini probe survives first dive between Saturn and its rings Thousands descended on DC to march for truth and science NASA turns Cassini's first Saturn dive into a gripping movie - CNET UPS begins testing hydrogen fuel-cell delivery truck - Roadshow UPS will save you from that mountain of empty Amazon boxes - CNET BMW envisions hydrogen filling stations as simple, elegant - Roadshow Colored ink captured with a macro lens mesmerizes - CNET Unwrapping a Concorde - CNET
