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• 275 MPG eVARO Electric Vehicle Goes From 0 to 60 in 5 Seconds

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  The Progressive Automotive X-Prize is heating up as the May 2010 start date approaches, and one of our favorite entrants is the eVARO, a three-wheeled plug-in hybrid from Future Vehicles Technology . The sleek electric vehicle can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5 seconds and purportedly reaches 275 mpg under certain ...
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• Aqua Jar Transforms Any Water Bottle Into an Easy-Pour Pitcher

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Industrial design lab GR recently launched a clever new product called the ‘Aqua Jar’ that transforms any plastic bottle into an easy-pour pitcher. Formed from biodegradable and recyclable plastic, the attachment perfectly fits the universal coil of any plastic bottle, creating an attractive and sturdy mount ...
  19 hours ago

• India’s Barefoot Solar Engineers Are Building a Brighter Future

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Throughout India there are many rural villages that are completely removed from the grid. With no source of power for cooking, light, and heating they currently must rely on firewood, kerosene or diesel for fuel. Now green jobs are blossoming throughout these remote areas as the Orissa Tribal Empowerment & ...
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• Focus on the Building Design: September 17 Zero Emissions Charrette

  
  Life at HOK — Authority: 428
  This is a report on the zero emissions building design charrette that took place on  September 17. HOK and The Weidt Group participants in San Francisco, Toronto, St. Louis, Berkeley, Calif., and Minneapolis saved carbon emissions from air travel by using Cisco  Telepresence Technology, Polyvision  THUNDER ...
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• Urban planning must be precise and scientific – Vietnam PM

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 121
  Hanoi, a constant construction site – IMAGE SOURCE: Flickr – seier+seier+seier Nhan Dan reports The Prime Minister of Vietnam – Nguyen Tan Dung stressed that urban planning must be precise and scientific to ensure sustainable development while receiving a delegation of the Vietnam Urban Development ...
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• Bholu

  
  le blog — Authority: 116
  Bholu is a homewares brand with a difference. Jodie Fried designs her work in Australia, but it is brought to life by traditional Indian artisans using age-old techniques. This helps preserve tradional craft techniques and enables these communities to gain an income and independence. Furthermore part of the proceeds ...
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• An Interview with Karin Haase-Sehr: Consciously Cutting Edge Design Today

  
  OppGreen Insights — Authority: 131
  Karin Haase-Sehr is an Austrian-born designer who works both here in the United States and in Europe. On her website she says, “After 14 years of production design, I still love my job.” As a designer and as a person, she is kind to the environment, astonishingly creative, spontaneous and resourceful. A strong ...
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• Patagonia – A Good Model for a Post Consumer Era Manufacturing Company

  
  Icon-o-Cast a weblog and podcast by LUNAR > creativity that makes a difference. — Authority: 108
  Manufacturing companies interested in transitioning to sustainable business models would benefit from considering what Patagonia has done. Through a combination of their values, mission, life cycle assessments, and actions, they have become pioneers on the path towards sustainability. Patagonia’s roots were in ...
  3 days ago

• NeighborGoods: Your New Virtual Tool Shed

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Practically every household in America has its own tool set, drill, and ladder… but why? Most people don’t use these things on a daily basis, and due to their hardworking heritage these items tend to last forever; when’s the last time you wore out a hammer? Enter NeighborGoods , a service that seeks to cut down ...
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• Transport System Runs on Super-Strong Magnetic Fields

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Instead of moving goods on resource-intensive trains , Spain-based technology company Novateq Guerrero SNL wants to build out a different kind of transportation network–one that uses super-powerful magnets to propel vehicles. Novateq has already developed a prototype of its system, which uses Neodymium magnets, ...
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• Suited Up for Greenbuild ‘09

  
  Life at HOK — Authority: 428
  “Mary Ann and the Green Aha! Moments” Armed with a low-carbon camcorder, two director’s chairs and a boatload of salsa mix , this quirky band of environmentalists is heading to the Great Southwest . Our plans include rubbing elbows with Al Gore , Sheryl Crow , Anica Landreneau and dozens of other ...
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• Free Market Fallacies meet Declining Natural Resources

  
  The Sustainable Dwelling Blog — Authority: 110
  Free market and economic theory tell us that as prices rise, the market responds by increasing supply and the added supply causes prices to fall.  However, when you factor natural capital into the equation, and that natural capital happens to be oil which is getting increasing difficult to discover and extract, then ...
  4 days ago

• Get Your Business in the Flow

  
  Go For Change: Abundant, Creative, Green — Authority: 106
  photo by: Julie On a recent trip, I read a fascinating article in the October 2009, “ Environmental Building News ,” called “Building for People: Integrating Social Justice Into Green Design.” Being the mindset-tool junkie that I am, I was particularly drawn to the discussion of a tool called LENSES (Living ...
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• Brisbane’s 470-meter Solar-powered Footbridge

  
  The Dirt — Authority: 512
  A 470-meter solar-powered footbridge recently opened in Brisbane’s Central Business District, writes Inhabitat . The footbridge, designed by Cox Architects, an Australian firm, cost $63 million. Approximately 36,000 pedestrians and bikers are expected to use the bridge per year.  According to Inhabitat , the LED ...
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• BIM – not your mother’s architecture.

  
  Life at HOK — Authority: 428
  In celebration of ‘the Fifth of November’, aka ‘BIM Day’ I thought I’d post some ideas of what BIM (Building Information Modeling/Management) might look like in the future. This could be 20 years or 30 years, or never, but we should never stop thinking ‘what if’. In fact, recently I’ve been thinking ...
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• Opportunity Green is This Weekend!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  If you’re interested in the intersection of business, design, and sustainability and will be in the Los Angeles area this weekend, we highly recommend checking out this year’s Opportunity Green conference! Inhabitat favorite designer Yves Behar will be on hand to talk about his FuseProject , Method ’s ...
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• Manhole of the Future is Powered by Rainwater

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Instead of acting as one of the most bland parts of city landscapes, what if manholes served a purpose? That’s what designers Cheolyeon Jo and Youngsun Lee propose with their “ Eco Sign “, an electronic manhole cover that gives directions to the closest train or bus stop . Read the rest of Manhole ...
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• LED Sparks Create Energy Efficient Light Sculptures

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  What if you could design your own lighting fixture in the time that it takes to unscrew a light bulb ? That’s the premise behind Daniel Becker ’s Spark system, a series of energy-efficient LED bulbs that can be linked together to form beautiful light sculptures. Read the rest of LED ...
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• New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle

  
  The Dirt — Authority: 512
  The  Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation’s first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) , the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the U.S. Botanic ...
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• Puri Indah House: Poetic Sustainability in Jakarta, Indonesia

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  When Architect Adi Purnomo of Mamostudio set out to design a live, work, and exhibition space for a photographer/painter client, he knew that maximizing natural light would be a necessity. Purnomo also pushed his studio’s creative design process to maintain the temperature of the home’s interior spaces through ...
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