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Tata Nano: World’s Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:00:46 +0000

The Tata Nano , a four-passenger city car developed and sold in India, has become famous for being the world’s cheapest car . At just $2,200 a pop, the Nano has also gained a reputation for its fuel efficiency ( 51.7 mpg ). And while a compressed air version of the Nano has long been ...

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Wholesale gift packaging including recycled gift boxes and recycled jewellery boxes

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:05:44 +0000

Tiny Box Company Welcome to one of our 'Tiny' websites. Tiny Box Company only offers recycled packaging and eco-friendly packaging. We offer a huge range of recycled jewellery boxes, gift boxes, recycled presentation boxes, gift bags, recycled carrier bags and other recycled gift packaging for ...

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Make It Yourself Gifts

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:59:30 +0000

INHABITAT found this 6 days ago on greenholidaygiftguide.inhabitat.com

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Modern Manifesto House Made From Wood Pallets and Shipping Containers

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:04:09 +0000

While not totally prefabricated , the Manifesto House by Infiniski utilizes pre-made materials like shipping containers and wooden pallets to create a totally rad modern house. Infiniski’s mission is to build homes cheaply and quickly using sustainable materials while incorporating ...

Inhabitots found this 25 hours ago on inhabitat.com

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Copenhagen’s Christmas Tree Will Be Pedal Powered!

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0000

This year, Copenhagen’s annual Christmas tree will light up with the help of Danish citizens’ aerobic efforts. The energy produced by the riders of 15 bicycles in Copenhagen’s City Hall Square will light up the 700 LED bulbs that adorn the 17-meter-tall evergreen. The ...

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Honda Unveils Ultracompact P-NUT Car

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:41:39 +0000

The folks over at Honda just unveiled their highly controversial new ultracompact car, the P-Nut (Personal-Neo Urban Transport), at the LA Car Show, and it really redefines what it means for a vehicle to have a small “footprint.” The new tinier form of transportation has a unique, ...

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Prince Lionheart Wheely Bug

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:05:32 +0000

Product Description Best Australian Toy ITSA Quality Toy Awards 2000,2001,2003,2005,2006 Gold Awards: Right Start Best Toy(UK) 2005, Baby and Toddler(UK) 2005 Silver Tokyo Gift Fair 2006, Highly Commended Mother& Baby(UK)2005 Totally new concept to encourage gross motor skills while having ...

Inhabitots found this 2 days ago on franklingoose.com

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Camp Twin Lakes

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:55:00 +0000

Camp Twin Lakes is a not-for-profit organization that offers year-round recreational, therapeutic, and educational programs for children facing serious illnesses and other physical, emotional and life challenges. With its network of partners, Camp Twin Lakes provides life-changing experiences ...

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World's Greenest Data Center? (video)

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:04:15 +0000

http://asmarterplanet.comSyracuse University, IBM, New York State launch one of the worlds greenest data centers—a showcase of energy efficient design and fu...

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Green holiday gift guide

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:59:30 +0000

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Solar-Powered Camel Clinics Carry Medicine Across the Desert

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Kenya’s camels recently started sporting some unusual apparel: eco-friendly refrigerators ! Some of the African country’s camels are carrying the solar-powered mini fridges on their backs as part of a test project that uses camels as mobile health clinics. Organizers hope the ...

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Revenge Is… Organic and Recycled T-Shirts

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:00:19 +0000

This woman appears to be calmly plotting her eco-revenge... What do you get when you mix eco-friendly organic cotton with recycled PET fiber spun from plastic bottles? Thanks to Revenge Is…®, you get some seriously soft and comfy t-shirts for men ($32), women ($32) and tots ($21). ...

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JARI Announces Lightweight 3-seater EV -

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:54 +0000

Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) developed the "C ta," a lightweight three-seater electric vehicle whose body is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). The vehicle was completed in March 2009 and exhibited at Tokyo Motor Show 2009 and SAMPE JAPAN 2009. JARI designed the ...

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Kid & Eco-friendly LED Motherboard Menorah by Roni Kabessa

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:30:05 +0000

Kids and candlelight don't mix -- so thankfully the LED Motherboard Menorah by designer Roni Kabessa lets families 'light' the Menorah each night of Hanukkah without worrying about an open flame. A panel on the back of the Menorah controls each of the nine, kid and earth-friendly LED lights, ...

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Eco Friendly Gift Ideas from Flip and Tumble

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:27:50 +0000

Flip & tumble, is all about simple ways to integrate a bit of green into our lives. Their reusable shopping bags are really the perfect gift for everyone on your list, but they also realize that you may need a little more diversity. They found some other ways to eco up the holidays, and ...

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First Net-Zero Neighborhood in the US Being Built in Boulder

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0000

A new development in the north of Boulder, CO stands to be the first completely net-zero neighborhood in the US. Dubbed SpringLeaf Boulder , the project aims to bring net-zero homes “to the masses” by streamlining green technologies and driving down costs. The twelve homes are ...

Green Daily found this 2 days ago on inhabitat.com

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MAD architects: urban forest

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:18:11 +0000

urban forest, chongqing, china all images courtesy of MAD architects MAD architects has sent us images of a new project, urban forest, located in chongqing, china. drawing on the mountainous landscape of the country, the commercial high-rise building, is made up of curved, abstracted ...

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MAD Architects’ Urban Forest Skyscraper For China

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:50:00 +0000

Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed ...

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MovieTime Clocks by Kathy Mayer

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:44:39 +0000

Recent Design Milk tweets: Regarding previous tweet: brother's masters is in video game production. Plus, he's skilled in programming, design and server stuff. Thx! # 7 hours ago @megcellent a masters in video game production! ;) # 7 hours ago @sheconsulting Please send me an email - ...

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Storing Heat in Walls with Phase-Change Materials

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:30 +0000

Images: I just returned from the Greenbuild conference in Phoenix. This annual event, now in its eighth year, has become the leading locus for exchange of information about the rapidly growing green building movement. This year’s event drew some ...

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Researchers Build Machine That Turns CO2 Into Fuel

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:59 +0000

Imagine a machine that could suck carbon dioxide right out of the air and magically transform it into a usable product. It may seem like wishful thinking, but that’s exactly what researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories hope to do. They’ve created a protoype of a device ...

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Rolling Green Roofed Sports Park Rises in Slovenia

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:16:18 +0000

Since Slovenia joined the European Union in 2004, its capital city Ljubjana has lead the way in economic and social development. Unlike other nations who have just begun to find wealth and the new construction that comes with it, the Slovenes remain conscious of the urban and social impact of ...

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Solar Powered Knit Hat and Gloves Keep You Warm for Winter

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

When battling 70 mile per hour blistering cold winds, who couldn’t use a little extra coziness? These ingenious accessories offer a way to keep warm using the power of the sun! Called Endless Warm , the smart set includes gloves and a hat adorned with paper-thin solar panels arranged ...

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Distributeur de produits innovants

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:04:58 +0000

Bienvenue sur le site de la Société INOVAXION. INOVAXION, jeune société à vocation commerciale, se déploie sur le plan national et international, au moyen d'une offre dynamique et charpentée de produits innovants, de qualité et exclusifs à destination du grand public. Des partenariats solides en ...

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WoodStation Clock & Weather Station Helps Kids Tune in to their Environment

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:00:13 +0000

Recently my young son has been demonstrating a keen interest in the environment -- specifically with regard to weather. For a kid like him (or older kids showing interest in meteorology), the WoodStation Clock, designed by Sebastien Wallet for Inovaxion, is the perfect room accessory. With an ...

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Concrete Canvas

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:50 +0000

Concrete Canvas have developed a ground breaking material technology called Concrete Cloth that allows concrete to be used in a completely new way. Concrete Cloth was originally developed for the award winning Concrete Canvas Shelters, a building in a bag that requires only water and air for ...

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Colabrodo II°

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:33:00 +0000

"Colabrodo II°" is a product born inside the meta-project Resign.Re Sign is “Re-use of signs”, a creative re-combination of signs embe..

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Waterpleinen: Recreating Rain Reserviors as Dynamic Public Parks

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:27:39 +0000

For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook – over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to ...

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3 Green Building Tech Projects That Landed DOE Small Biz Grants

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:51:17 +0000

By Justin Moresco - Earth2Tech The Department of Energy earlier this week announced $18 million in funding grants from the recovery act to support innovation coming from small clean energy businesses. Here’s a look at three of the recipients focused on the green building industry: Chelix, KaZaK ...

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Green Speed Links for November 29, 2009

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:29:06 +0000

Photo by Fernando de Sousa . Usually my Green Speed Links for the week are an eclectic group of green news. For some reason, green building news caught my eye this week. For those of you who are not as enamored with green building as I am, I sprinkled the links with other interesting ...

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Bainbridge Island creates green building incentives

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:11:00 +0000

Bainbridge Island offers incentives to Living Building Challenge developments.

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Visualizing Unemployment During the Recession

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Unemployment is spreading across the country like a rash. This video tracks the changing unemployment in American counties since January 2007. read more

Rover found this 8 days ago on planetizen.com

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Design Ecologies: Sustainable Potentials in Architecture

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:54:37 +0000

Contemporary architects are under increasing pressure to offer a sustainable future.

Ramsay Home found this 5 days ago on dexigner.com

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Mapping America's Fat

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

This post from Richard Florida looks at the geography of obesity in America, and relates state obesity rates to the rates of death from various diseases. read more

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Subnature: Architecture's Other Environments

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:49:08 +0000

We are conditioned over time to regard environmental forces such as dust, mud, gas, smoke, debris, weeds, and insects as inimical to architecture.

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DIY “Colour-In” Dress is a Coloring Book You Can Wear

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:00:50 +0000

DIY “Colour-In” Dress is a Coloring Book You Can Wear

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Green building practices expand globally

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:00 +0000

We're not just thinking globally now, we're acting globally. Every person in every home has a role to play, a contribution to make, a vision to create. It's exciting to know that people everywhere are engaged in this process now. There were many indications at Greenbuild that new-home builders ...

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Green Buildings: Fewer Sick Days, Higher Rents

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Environmentally-friendly construction practices have gotten a lot of hype over the past few years but do they really pay off as an investment? A new study found that tenants in green buildings experience increased productivity and fewer sick days. The research also found that that green ...

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Bas Princen, Mokattam Ridge (Garbage city)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:14:58 +0000

I first thought Princen's photograph was fake. How could this be real? Looking online for the location of the photo, Mokattam, i discovered the image is authentic. It's a suburb of Cairo, called Garbage City. A community of mainly Coptic Christians were allowed to collect and ...

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Tutorial: Make a Collage Window Card from Recycled Papers

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:00 +0000

My little girlies and I are participating in a handmade card swap with some other families through Kids Craft Weekly , and and I’ve been using the activity both to kick-start the Christmas card crafting for our own family and friends and to inspire my own paper crafting. My goals are to ...

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New ECU dining hall is going green

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:29:23 +0000

The new dining hall at East Carolina University will be the first building on campus to comply with ...

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Inhabitat Green Gift Guide 2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:59:30 +0000

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Forwarding Dallas Hill-Filled Design Wins Re:Vision Dallas Competition!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:26 +0000

The winner of the extremely exciting Re:Vision Dallas competition to create a completely sustainable community on a run-down city block in downtown Dallas was just announced yesterday – and it’s incredible! “Fowarding Dallas,” submitted by Portuguese-based ...

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Good Quotes: Thanksgiving & Where We Prefer to Sit

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:39:39 +0000

"It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics...no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there." – John Hughes Read Full Post

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GoodGuide’s New iPhone App Scans for Green Products

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:44:37 +0000

Making environmentally conscious consumer choices can be difficult when walking down supermarket aisles awash with hyper-marketed products. Enter GoodGuide , who has just released a new barcode scanning iPhone application that gives shoppers the power to seek out socially conscious products, ...

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More Black Friday & Cyber Monday Promo's! (Part 2)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0000

17. Inklore is offering Free Shipping November 27th through November 30th on all orders of $20 or more. International customers will receive $5 off shipping. 18. Elizabeth Burritt is offering all customers a free gift with purchase. In addition, necklaces will come with a free fabric gift bag ...

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EDEN FALLS: Skyscraper Zoo Topped With a Waterfall

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:35:39 +0000

Costanera Sur is a proposal for a vertical zoo in Buenos Aires that transforms a pile of rubble into a towering pillar of falling water. Designed by Visiondivision , the project aims to reclaim debris left over from the construction of Buenos Aires’ decades-old highways, is entirely ...

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NL architects: SOZAWE

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:17:33 +0000

SOZAWE by NL architects image courtesy NL architects SOZAWE (welfare department and work agency) by NL architects is located in the city of groningen; consisting of office spaces, a large interior public space and 215 parking spaces. in their design NL aimed to construct a building ...

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'Natural Growth: The Story of Dockside Green' (video)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

This documentary tells the story of a unique development in Victoria, BC. While other developments meet the minimum standards of sustainability, Dockside uses this as a first principle. It follows a 'triple bottom line' approach, where equal weight is given to ecology, economics, and society. ...

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BOOK REVIEW: Climate Cover-Up

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:45:32 +0000

Conspiracy! Author James Hoggan realizes the ridiculousness of that word, asserting that it “strains credulity and is offensive in its own right.” Yet the massive media sway that he details in Climate Cover-Up feels like something a squinty, scruffy, clipboard-wielding man would ...

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