Posted by in Environment on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award
Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award
Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award . The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British inventor responsible for the now-iconic Dyson vacuum cleaners , the...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment, Green on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Green Coffee Table Makes Energy Enough to Power Your Stuff
Photo via Nectar For people who aren’t satisfied with the fact that the greenest thing about their coffee table is the mug of organically grown joe resting on top of it, finally there’s a truly appealing alternative in the Voltpot . Not only does its grassy surface bring a bit of oxygen...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Postcarden: Postcard Grows Into Mini-Garden
Postcarden: Postcard Grows Into Mini-Garden
A postcard can brighten up your normal mail, but then it just sits there, commonplace and static. That’s why A Studio for Design developed the Postcarden, “created to be more playful, curious and interactive. It encourages you to bond, live and grow the greeting on day by day basis. Over...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Terreform ONE Wins Big Prize For New York City Plan
Terreform ONE Wins Big Prize For New York City Plan
Images via Terreform ONE Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova or Terreform ONE cleaned up at the Zumtobel Group Awards, with their plans to clean up New York City by converting waste into buildings and reinventing transit. The Judges wrote: “This project is a rich source of interesting ideas of...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Terreform ONE Wins Big Prize For New York City Plan
Terreform ONE Wins Big Prize For New York City Plan
Images via Terreform ONE Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova or Terreform ONE cleaned up at the Zumtobel Group Awards, with their plans to clean up New York City by converting waste into buildings and reinventing transit. The Judges wrote: “This project is a rich source of interesting ideas of...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
photo: Guyon Morée via flickr. Let’s take the idea of animal rights in a legal direction. Over the weekend voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to start public funding for lawyers to defend animals in court . Which to many people in the United States may seem like a no-brainer. Public funding...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Pothole Gardening for the Truly Compulsive
Pothole Gardening for the Truly Compulsive
Image from P. Dungey We have had match stick gardening and upside down plant holders and guerrilla gardening but this is one for the gardener who is truly compulsive. Potholes, filled with flowers… Why? Read the original here:  Pothole Gardening for the Truly Compulsive
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Posted by in Environment on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments
World’s Largest Tree House Stands 10-Stories Tall
World’s Largest Tree House Stands 10-Stories Tall
Photo via Obvious 16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own–the world’s largest tree house . At 10 stories tall, with roughly 10,000 square...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments
This Week In CCS News: AEP Is Bullish On West Virginia Test Project
This Week In CCS News: AEP Is Bullish On West Virginia Test Project
photo via flickr The great hope of those who want coal to remain at the center of our energy mix–CCS–received special attention this week from Mike Morris, head of American Electric Power, the nation’s largest utility. At a conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Morris touted...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment, Green on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Green Gowns on Oscar’s Red Carpet
Green Gowns on Oscar’s Red Carpet
Jillian Ganz overlooking Suzy Amis Cameron’s green dress fitting. Photo by Jim Peck Even with Linda Loudermilk and Stella McCartney’s high-end sustainable clothing, it is still an effort to get eco-minded celebs into black tie worthy gowns. A couple years ago, retro Chanel was all the rage,...
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