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Everyday Furniture Transforms Into Home Gym
All images credit Lucie Koldova There are so many ways to approach design for exercise. Read the original: Everyday Furniture Transforms Into Home Gym
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Sound-Charged Shirt from Orange Powers Cell Phones
Photo by Orange Cheesy jokes aside, the mobile phone provider Orange UK in conjunction with renewable energy experts at GotWind , has created the very first t-shirt that can charge small mobile...
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It’s Time to Denmark-ify Our Cities: A Copenhagen Case Study
Photo: Mik Hartwell via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY If we’re going to consider trying to Denmark-ify societies around the world , perhaps the first thing we should do is make sure that people would...
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The Greener Side of New Orleans
From nature preserves to eco-friendly hotels and sustainable building projects, there are plenty of examples of green businesses and recovery in the greater New Orleans area. Go here to read the rest:...
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Glittering Louvered Ad Astra Skyscraper is Topped With a Pyramid Heliport
Atkins Architecture has proposed a gorgeous new mixed-use tower overlooking the Black Sea on Georgia’s coast for clients Sustainable Growth Investments . Called the Ad Astra Building, the glass and...
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A Hackathon for Geekery and the Greater Good
From green data center management to real-time carbon emissions tracking, more than 100 developers and sustainability professionals gathered last week to hack together solutions for a greener planet....
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How Autodesk Cut its Data Center Energy Use by 62 Percent
The CIO of the sustainbility-minded design software firm walks through the strategy, hardware and software behind a data center retrofit that will save Autodesk $7 million a year. Original post: How...
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What Oat Hulls Can Teach Us About Tapping Employees’ Innovation
John Hellweg, recently retired from General Mills, shares the effort it took to complete a nearly 25-year-long process to turn a waste stream into a fuel source. Excerpt from: What Oat Hulls Can Teach...
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Green Gamification Takes Root in the Big Apple
At Social Media Week in New York City, two recently sprouted startups joined two innovative established companies to talk about how to harness the power of gaming for the greater good. Read more from...
View ArticleE-Waste Recycler, Non-Profit Create Jobs for Those With Disabilties
Your dead television might look like a huge chunk of e-waste to you, but to Easter Seals Greater Houston, it looks like a job opportunity. The Texas-based non-profit, which assists people with...
View ArticleHow 4 billion years of diversity can help us surpass our ‘clone-drone’...
Although we are “apes, not ants,” we nevertheless can learn from superorganisms to evolve for the greater group. Here is the original post: How 4 billion years of diversity can help us surpass our...
View ArticlePerkins+Wills University of Hawaii building is an eco-conscious beacon in...
The University of Hawaii West Oahu has gained a new Perkins+Will -designed addition that’s not only visually striking but also site-specific to Kapolei, a planned community on the island of Oahu....
View ArticleSolar-powered floating hotel room is designed to pop up anywhere on water
Valencia-based architecture firm Mano De Santo has proposed a plug-and-play hotel room that could be easily transported and installed thanks to its modular, off-grid design. Dubbed the Punta de Mar...
View ArticleUK’s Guardian switches to biodegradable wrapping for newspapers
The Guardian — a national newspaper in the U.K. — has ditched its polythene packaging and replaced it with a compostable wrapper in an effort to reduce plastic waste. The newspaper and its inserts are...
View ArticleHow using biodiversity indicators can improve conservation effectiveness
Data can help companies make decisions about their conservation initiatives — and improve outcomes. More: How using biodiversity indicators can improve conservation effectiveness
View ArticleBP walks away from three U.S. trade groups over carbon pricing
From Apple to Unilever to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, more big companies are partings ways with industry associations that support policies at odds with corporate sustainability goals Here is the original...
View ArticleThis is a solution that could help end illegal fishing
In the Pacific Ocean, a report estimated 24 percent of the fish are unreported and illegally traded in international markets. More: This is a solution that could help end illegal fishing
View Article4 things you should know about sustainability reporting practices
While disclosure is generally on the rise, this greater transparency does not always produce significant changes in practice. At least not yet. Here is the original: 4 things you should know about...
View ArticleTigers, humans at risk for coronavirus as ‘Tiger King’ zoo reopens
We’ve already seen interspecies transmission of COVID-19 happen in the Bronx , where an asymptomatic zookeeper infected five tigers and four lions. Now, as the infamous Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal...
View ArticleUSDA closes Tiger King zoo for animal welfare violations
This week brought more drama involving the human cast of the popular “Tiger King” series but hopefully some peace for the tigers themselves. Time is up for the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in...
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