This has got to be one of the coolest green concepts I’ve seen in a long time: shaping the malleable roots of ficus trees into useful, eco-friendly structures like benches, playground equipment, bus stops and even umbrella stands. The “eco-architecture” technique could one day even be used to grow homes, according to the researchers at Plantware and American Friends of Tel Aviv University. (Be sure to [...]
Oakland, California-based architect Michelle Kaufmann has made a career of promoting green homes and green communities through her company, Michelle Kaufmann Designs. But if you’re not in the market for a new house, she still has some pretty cool tips for greening your home on the cheap.
On her blog, Kaufmann features do-it-yourself videos for a neat variety of eco-projects that let you reduce energy costs, recycle objects into useful items and add elements of clean, green living to your home.
How green is Walmart? So green, apparently, in the case of one soon-to-open “high-efficiency” store in Illinois, that the decorative floorboards and moldings are made from parts of disposable diapers.
Photo courtesy of Rolf van Melis.
The California Academy of Sciences next week begins its “Great Migration” from its Howard Street museum and aquarium to a cutting-edge, green-designed new facility in
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Green Hub Concept by Shelter ArchitectureGreen design at its finest is not only sustainable, but low-cost, beautiful, useful, and maybe even life-saving. Combining urban renewal, social action, and green architecture is the Clean Hub.
This portable, self-powered water and sanitation station has many sustainable features, including a composting toilet, rainwater collection and filtration system, and solar panels that, along with a battery, provide all the
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