Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Ossia's wirelessly-powered AA battery pulls energy from the air | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building "Like a fly in amber:" Ingredients for life discovered in two meteorites | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building All-black solar panel achieves groundbreaking 19.4% efficiency | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Deli-turned-distillery renovated using materials reclaimed on-site | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+honors+dr+martin+luther+king+jr+annual+donation+hbcu+tom+joyner+foundation.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/mazda+toyota+announce+alabama+us+auto+manufacturing+plant.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+exhibit+full+vehicle+lineup+all+new+avalon+2018+north+american+auto+show.htm pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+spotlights+technology+driven+future+of+mobility+2018+consumer+electronics+show.htm How to shovel snow : TreeHugger 6 awful things that happen to your body when you don't get enough sleep : TreeHugger 9 Zero Waste experts to follow on Instagram : TreeHugger Why bikes and e-bikes will eat cars : TreeHugger
Part 2 GM unveils new self-driving car with no pedals and no steering wheel | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 6 places where soil-less farming is revolutionizing how we grow food | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Dubai's new self-sufficient floating villas can withstand rising seas | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Green-roofed office is the first large-scale CLT structure in southeast Europe | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+launches+new+mobility+ecosystem+concept+vehicle+2018+ces.htm Tesla Model 3 attracts large crowds with first display cars | Electrek More than 94% of net new electricity capacity in the USA from renewables in 2017 – emissions down 1% | Electrek Large ‘Tesla ships’ all-electric container barges are launching this autumn | Electrek Photo: How does window frost form such fanciful patterns? : TreeHugger The Ray: 18-mile stretch of road is a testbed for a "regenerative highway ecosystem" : TreeHugger New algae fuel cell packs a punch : TreeHugger Coming soon: the Robomart, a self driving vegetable bin : TreeHugger
Part 3 INFOGRAPHIC: All of the solar eclipses until 2075 in one handy graphic | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scotland to ban manufacture and sale of plastic cotton swabs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building New 'thermal battery' soaks up heat energy like a sponge | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Brooks + Scarpa’s Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza looks like a long-exposure photo of a dancer in motion | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building EGEB: Big Apple sues Exxon, India requests 2GW of solar bids, more | Electrek Back in Black – California solar manufacturer delivers a handsome 19.4% efficient panel | Electrek AES and Siemens launch new energy storage startup to compete with Tesla Energy, will supply new world’s biggest battery project | Electrek Tesla Model S and Model X used as emergency vehicles by private fire department | Electrek Photo: Elephant seal works the puppy dog eyes : TreeHugger The beautiful benefits of imperfection : TreeHugger China is planting 16.3 million acres of forest this year : TreeHugger Efficiency is important, but it is time to get serious about sufficiency : TreeHugger
Part 4 Salesforce Tower to include largest blackwater recycling system in a US commercial high-rise | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tetra is a brilliant see-through dishwasher that fits in even the tiniest apartments | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China announces plans for 6.6 million-hectare reforestation project | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Prefab CLT pavilion cleverly encourages dialogue at a Vancouver TED conference | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electrek’s Best of CES 2018 Awards: Byton’s all-electric SUV and AeroVironment’s TurboDX | Electrek A new Tesla Powerpack system brings business almost completely off-grid in France [Updated] | Electrek EGEB: 116GW of utility scale Wind/Solar coming to USA, solar asset acquisition up, more | Electrek Tesla could beat its own record with an even bigger Powerpack project with Neoen in Australia | Electrek Scotland bans plastic-handled cotton buds : TreeHugger 7 beauty trends that have us excited for 2018 : TreeHugger Meet the man who flies with the birds in order to save them (video) : TreeHugger These floral sculptures pay homage to the humble beauty of insects (Video) : TreeHugger
Part 5 INTERVIEW: James Dyson Talks About the M.V. Recyclone Barge that Could Rid Our Rivers of Waste | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's first vertical forest for low-income housing is coming to the Netherlands | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Bitcoin mining powers Canadian man's innovative aquaponic garden | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This is one of the hottest places on Earth – and it just snowed there | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building A new battery-electric airplane goes into production as popularity grows with flight schools | Electrek Tesla starts solar roof tile installation process with regular customers, production starts at Gigafactory 2 | Electrek Fisker officially unveils its new EMotion all-electric vehicle with 400-mile range | Electrek Toyota unveils new battery-electric autonomous vehicle concept, partners with Amazon, DiDi, Mazda, Pizza Hut and Uber | Electrek Photo: Pygmy pipehorse is the curiousest of creatures : TreeHugger Veganism is now 'cemented in our society' : TreeHugger What is the point of bicycle-to-car communication systems? : TreeHugger 4 interesting facts about Millennials' food buying habits : TreeHugger
Part 6 South Australia to host world's largest thermal solar plant | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Spectacular Game of Thrones ice hotel opens in Finnish Lapland | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scientists made the coldest liquid water ever - and it's crazy weird | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building ARON: New infrared communications channel is 300X more energy efficient than WiFi | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Nissan delivers its 300,000th Leaf electric car | Electrek Wind blowing and sun shining in Colorado – brand new wind or solar plus batteries cheaper than running an old coal plant | Electrek Oh deer – Poland building 10MW ‘solar cluster’ with animal shapes | Electrek Microbead bans come into effect in UK and Canada : TreeHugger These electric car charging stations help drivers fuel up on sunshine : TreeHugger Beautiful gold jewelry comes from recycled computer motherboards : TreeHugger How I plan to stick to a grocery budget this year : TreeHugger
Part 7 Spin's new station-less electric bike travels 50 miles on a single charge | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Dark highway underpass transformed into a brilliant tunnel of light | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Hyundai unveils new Nexo fuel cell SUV with an impressive 370-mile range | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Starbucks to start charging for disposable cups | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Elon Musk talks about building retro drive-in restaurant at Tesla Supercharger with in-car digital menu | Electrek NASA X-Ray Navigation System Aims to Be a Galactic GPS for Space Exploration - Seeker Ice From Underground Lava Tubes Offers Possible Water Supply for Moon Missions - Seeker Earliest Butterfly and Moth Fossils Prove They Are Exceptional Survivors - Seeker German politicians fear 2020 climate goals are unreachable, but won't give up : TreeHugger Nest aims to provide 1 million smart thermostats to low-income families : TreeHugger Fun fact: Environmentalism is good politics, for The Right too : TreeHugger Get rid of your WiFi with this lovely LiFi lamp : TreeHugger
Part 8 Solar-powered school will teach children how to grow and cook their own food | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Toyota's ultra customizable self-driving vehicle can transport people, goods, or services | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Belize votes to indefinitely end all oil exploration in its waters | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Panasonic is building an incredible smart city outside of Denver | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Vast Sheets of Ice Have Been Found on Mars - Seeker Chernobyl Will Soon Be Generating Solar Power - Seeker CES 2018: All the health, wellness, fitness and medical tech we saw - CNET 2019 Honda Insight will try to make you forget the Prius - Roadshow Photo: Noble beauty is a bird at risk : TreeHugger No distractions here: Byton electric car is an SIV, or "Smart Intuitive Vehicle" : TreeHugger How to avoid using paper towels : TreeHugger Fig is named 'flavor of the year' for 2018 : TreeHugger
Part 9 Archaeologists discover ‘a miniature model of the universe’ near Mexico City | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Spiraling timber temple revealed for Burning Man 2018 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tiny Yves Behar-designed wearable warns you when you’ve had too much sun | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Glaciers spotted on Mars could support future Martian bases - CNET Fast radio bursts may have even weirder source than aliens - CNET Toyota and Mazda team up to build a $1.6 billion US factory - Roadshow NASA is investigating X-Ray navigation in space Prototype satellite makes way for 4K 'Earth observation' Toyota insists its e-Palette is more than a concept car Touring Hyperloop One's ever-evolving test site NASA finds easy-to-access water all over Mars Presenting the Best of CES 2018 winners!
Part 10 Mini-Hubble will scan dim stars to see if they can support life Toyota introduces e-Palette, its mobile retail space At CES 2018, Digital Health Took Center Stage - ExtremeTech At CES, AA-Sized 'Forever Batteries' That Suck Power Out of the Air - ExtremeTech NASA Finds Vast Deposits of Ice Just Under Martian Surface - ExtremeTech Astronomers Detect Mysteriously Contorted Fast Radio Bursts - ExtremeTech Toyota's Concept Vehicle Is a Self-Driving Store on Wheels | News & Opinion | PCMag.com