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TOP 5 GREEN TRANSPORTATION STORIES OF 2009
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Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! Inhabitat presents our Top 5 Transportation Stories from this past year in a tried-and-true package of trains , planes and automobiles . Keeping in mind common motifs of speed and alternative power, get ready… get set… GO VOTE on the “sustainamobility” stories ...8 hours ago -
The Year In Green Modern Homes
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Paul Raff House, Toronto TreeHugger hasnt covered a lot of single family houses this year, even if they are green to the gills; they are rarely in urban settings, often expensive and not good poster children for how we are going to have to design our communities in the future. But looking at Jetson Greens ...9 hours ago -
Inhabitat Tours Manhattan’s LEED Platinum Cooper Union!
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The Cooper Union opened this year to much acclaim, and Inhabitat recently had a chance to take a look inside NYC ’s first LEED platinum certified school ! Read on for our exclusive tour of this striking project, from the sweeping energy-efficient steel facade, to the atrium that bathes the interior in light, to ...9 hours ago -
2009 Illustrations | Year In Review
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As another year fast approaches its end, looking back I realize how busy a year 2009 has been! I kept my paintbrush and pencil busy with completing just under 100 illustrations… wowsers, that’s a new illustration every three days! The illustrations include three children’s books ( Celebrate! by Rubicon ...17 hours ago -
China Unveils the World’s Fastest High Speed Train
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China is speeding towards the future of public transportation with the launch of the fastest high-speed train on the planet! Averaging 217 mph (350 km/h), the new train is faster than a speeding bullet train , and will link Wuhan in central China to Guangzhou in the south, covering a total distance of 663 miles ...1 day ago -
Put the $ in Sustainability with Design Competition (and maybe save the Earth)
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Credit: The 2009 winner, a plan to use existing infrastructure to create clean energy. Courtesy metropolismag.com . Open your mind to the three-legged stool of sustainability. Stool is better than pillar, because a house with two pillars can still stand. But take away the environment, economy or society from the ...4 days ago -
Happy Holidays From Inhabitat!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TEAM INHABITAT From the East Coast to the West Coast to the world at large, Team Inhabitat is sending you warm holiday wishes from every corner of the globe! Our writers and editors are warming up the wintry weather with a healthy dose of holiday cheer, so read on for our season’s ...4 days ago -
Amazing Glitter-Sized Photovoltaic Cells Look Like Golden Snowflakes
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As snowstorms sweep the country, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are warming up our winter blues with the creation of these gorgeous snowflake-shaped photovoltaic cells. The glitter-sized solar sequins are made from crystalline silicon and use 100 times less material to generate the same amount of ...4 days ago -
Flor Panichelli’s Paper Mache Finger Puppets
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Finger puppets are conventionally kitschy craft-paper of woven wool affairs that bear very little resemblance to the characters they are meant to portray. But Flor Panichelli’s beautifully crafted paper mache creations for her Pelpa collection put an end to that notion. More modern art sculptures in miniature than ...5 days ago -
7 Last Minute Green Gifts
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Today is Christmas Eve! And if you’re reading this right now, chances are that you procrastinated until the very last moment to pick up presents for your loved ones and are in desperate need of some guidance. Well, you’ve definitely come to the right place because we’ve got 7 spectacular ideas for green gifts ...5 days ago -
Merry Christmas!
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The holidays have been a little greener for us this year… we used solar powered lights to decorate outdoors, wrapped presents with bright red & green fabric that we will reuse for years to come, and made our own oragami tree decorations from colourful christmas card envelopes. My toddler even got in on the act, ...5 days ago -
Architecture Books
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Reading About Houses With the many boxes of architecture books in our basement you could say that they’re helping to support our house, and with all the architecture books on our shelves you could also say that they’re helping to weigh it down. But at least it’s balanced — though some folks in my family ...6 days ago -
Themes, Memes and Dreams in a Decade of Architecture
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The blogs are full of “best of the year” lists, but architecture moves more slowly – it takes a long time for ideas to get built, technologies to evolve and for knowledge to spread. Instead, we look at the themes and memes of the past decade of architecture in TreeHugger. From the rise of modern prefab to ...6 days ago -
Cool Cars of 2009 and Beyond
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BlueCar by Italy’s Pininfarina and France’s Bolloré BlueCar - An Electric Car With Lithium-Polymer Batteries and Ultracapacitors The BlueCar created by Italy’s Pininfarina and France’s Bolloré looks cool, it has a photovoltaic roof and it should be available in 2010 - if you live in Europe. Note: ...6 days ago -
Amazing Glitter-Sized Photovoltaic Cells Look Like Golden Snowflakes
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As snowstorms sweep the country, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are warming up our winter blues with the creation of these gorgeous snowflake-shaped photovoltaic cells. The glitter-sized solar sequins are made from crystalline silicon and use 100 times less material to generate the same amount of ...6 days ago -
Sunday Streets Return to San Francisco!
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San Francisco has just announced that it will be continuing its popular Sunday Streets program next year with new dates and locations for 2010! Running for the past two years, the event closes off a series of roads to vehicular traffic and and opens them to street parties, bike-riding, and uninhibited ...1 week ago -
Ed Lives Here
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Ed Lives Here is a new site in our CSS website gallery. Please take the time to rate it by clicking on the title..1 week ago -
TapeSwell: an Eco Alternative to Wrapping Paper
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While the holidays are definitely filled with great joy, year-end festivities can also have a slightly grimmer side. According to the Clean Air Council , an additional 5 million tons of waste is generated during the holidays in the US, four million tons of which is attributable to wrapping paper and shopping bags. ...1 week ago -
Modern, Green Gingerbread House Sweetens the LA Real Estate Market
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Now this is what I call a sweet pad! Feast your eyes on architect and LEED AP Kristina Hahn Ateliers Cake Study House 09! See what every square inch is made of by visiting my post on this mini-masterpiece at Inhabitots ! VISIT PETITE PLANET TO READ MORE!1 week ago -
GREEN GIFT GUIDE: Last Minute Eco Gifts
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Don’t stress out if you missed the opportunity to have one of the fabulous gifts from our green guides shipped in time for the holidays. There are plenty of thoughtful last-minute green gifts for everyone on your list! So whether you haven’t been able find that special something for your sister, in-laws, ...1 week ago
