Image credit Lloyd Alter TreeHugger first covered architect Michelle Kaufmann ‘s Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in 2008 with a guest post by Brian Jones. It is a different creature today; the Museum redoes the interior every year. Being in Chicago for green building tradeshow Greenb… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Exclusive Look Inside Michelle Kaufmann’s 2010 Smart Home in Chicago (Slideshow)
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From the announcement that all new UK homes would be zero carbon by 2016 , through the big reveal of the first zero carbon home in the country , to the launch of a more commercially viable prototype for a zero carbon home , there has long been both buzz and confusion surrounding Britain’s future housing plans. Last year, Lloyd explained that the
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‘Zero Carbon’ Homes Redefined – Government Reneges?
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Images via Yanko Design Ways to gather water in arid places has grabbed the attention of designers more often lately, and the newest concept to come on the radar is the Swater, by designers Chun Yen Tsao and Hsing-Tan Yang. The idea is a small basin that collects water and uses solar power to purify what is collected. Could a field of these provide water enough for a village?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Solar Powered "Swater" Concept Collects and Purifies Water In the Desert
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Photo: MFN Berlin In the first half of the last century, a German blacksmith named Alfred Keller began crafting some of the most surrealistic, alien-seeming sculptures the world had ever seen — delicate works which took months to complete. These incredible creations, meticulous in detail, rivaled even the most imaginative pieces from contemporary artists — but they weren’t inspired by some absinth-induced vision or fit of madness. Indeed, Keller’s mu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bizarre Insects Inspire Unintentionally Surreal Art
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photo: Charles Henry / Creative Commons Steven Chu just said now is the US’ Sputnik moment for clean technology, and here’s some independent confirmation of that: Ernst & Young has just released a new Country Attractiveness Inde… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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China Overtakes US as Most Attractive Country for Renewable Energy For First Time
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Starbucks has very proudly announced the completion of a pilot project where they have proven that paper cups can be recycled into new paper cups. They call it a breakthrough in their “goal of ensuring 100 percent of its cups are reusable or recyclable by 2015” In a press release they say: “This innovation represents an important milestone in our journey,” said Jim Hanna, Starbucks director of Environmental Impact. “We still have a lot of work to do to reach our 2015 goal, but we’re now in a much stronger position to build momentum across … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Starbucks and International Paper "Close the Loop", Recycling Cups into Cups
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Image: Puma A couple of days ago, the sports company Puma picked up the German Sustainability Award 2010, in the category “Most Sustainable Strategy.” Over 560 companies entered in the 2010 competition, so we imagine it was a rather happy Puma CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer who received the award. “I am convinced that it must become a given that every company has to be sustainable and I am grateful that the German Sustainability Award acknowledges sustainable business strategies and hence underpins the imperative for corporations to change their business practices for the better,” said Jochen Zeitz…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: GoinGreen There was a time when the virus-like spread of the G-Wiz electric vehicle in London (known as the REVA elsewhere) was big news on TreeHugger. And while certain opinionated motoring journalists may have been less than complimentary about the G Wiz , there is no doubt that as an early pioneer of electrified transportation it has filled a niche market for urban emission-free private vehicles. But wit… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Designer G-Wiz EV Celebrates Its Love Affair with London
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Images Credit Tyler Held TreeHugger loves repurposing, even more than recycling. Artists and designers have the opportunity to challenge us with new ideas, new ways of looking at what we used to throw away. But can one have too much of a good thing? Designboom writes that Philadelphia designer Tyler Held “focuses on his process of repair and customization. he exposes the renovation of a once discarded object by highlighting functional and aesthetic hybridity.” In this case, he creates a hybrid between an old stove and a m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Repurposed Stove Turned Into High Power Entertainment System
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Image credit: George Kelly , used under Creative Commons license. Matthew recently urged the green movement to regroup, refine and redefine its messaging , now that climate legislation looks unlikely in the foreseeable future and
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Does Government Failure Create Climate Apathy or Determination?
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