If you’ve been looking for some truly unique furniture to outfit your home, then start turning heads with some of these amazing designs that go far beyond offering up a place to sit or set your drinks, and integrate lush, green plant life! … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images Credit Atelier Van Lieshout I have often mused that the shedworking movement would never really catch on in America because people are so obsessed with security and wouldn’t leave all that expensive stuff out in a the garden. Dutch design studio Atelier Van Lieshout provides the answer with what Dezeen calls “a mobile, indestructible dwelling with an armoured shell.” It is made from recycled steel plates reclaimed from boats…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Perfect Garden Shed For America: Vostok Cabin
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Last week, a boat in the Amazon spilled around 210,000 gallons of popcorn into a major river, making the surface of the water look a bit like the floor of a movie theater. Find out how oil workers came to the rescue, below, and read on for more stories from the world of green, including photos of the beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan, an exclusive peak inside Michelle Kaufmann ‘s Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the story of a woman who has used the same Christmas tree every year since 1928, and more on those solar-powered hornets. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Week in Pictures: Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People by 2020, Solar-Powered Hornets, and More (Slideshow)
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images credit aat+makoto yokomizo architects TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it “LifeEdited.” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! You really need to have a life edited to live in these tiny Japanese apartments designed by
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How To Make Your Space Feel Larger: Glass Bathrooms
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Image credit Upe Flueckiger via Mocoloco “What’s the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” That quote from Henry David Thoreau is one of the inspirations for the Sustainable Cabin, designed by Upe Flueckiger and students of the College of Architecture, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Another inspiration is
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Sustainable Cabin is Homage to Thoreau, Le Corbusier
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Image credit: Aaron Maret TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it ” LifeEdited. ” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! LifeEdited sponsor Architizer presents Aaron… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Pocket Shelter Built From Scrap For 72 Bucks
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Image: ShopNothing How was your “buy nothing” day? Did you really buy nothing? Did you miss that rush, the unmistakable high of exchanging your musty old cash for something you can brag to your friends about, or for the gift that will simply take the breath away when your intended recipient discovers your thoughtful extravagance? Are you forced to face the facts that you have a consumption addiction? That you may have honored buy nothing day, only to push the next consumption “fix” off until another day? Then you need to check out ShopNothing. Where you can “buy nothing”, or buy “not… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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ShopNothing Helps You Buy Nothing
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Those designing for small spaces can learn a lot from boats and travel trailers, particularly from European designs. Caravanning is a high-end luxury activity in Europe and some of the models put luxury yachts to shame. This Bürstner Averso Plus is pretty luxe, and has is advertised as the first ever with a drop-down bed. The image above is set up for dining, with the bed pulled up to the ceiling a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bürstner Trailer Has Lessons For Living In Smaller Spaces
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Image credit: Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis. Eliminating waste. Walking instead of driving. Taking ” Staycations ” instead of flying. Fixing things instead of buying new. Car-pooling. All these things that we talk about on TreeHugger were considered a necessity 70 years ago during World War II. Where today we see Web sites and public service announcements, then they did posters — sometimes funny, sometimes a bit over the top, and sometimes graphically quite beautiful… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Posters from the Past that Can Guide Us in the Future (Slideshow)
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Image credit: François Duhamel, Columbia Pictures After devouring author Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, Eat Pray Love , I was psyched to see it live on the big screen. I fell in love with Gilbert’s post-divorce life story, and her thirst for self-discovery that hurtled her to far-reaching points of the globe in search of awakening her hunger for life (in Italy), her spirit (in India) and trust of love (in Bali). So what does this “chick flick” have to do with the green movement? For me, everything. The film explores the idea that genuine
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Eat Pray Love: A Life Lesson on Happiness
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