NY FASHION WEEK: Bahar Shahpar’s Eco Chic Classics

One cannot let NY Fashion Week get fully underway without digging deep to reveal the best sources for sustainable style in NYC’s fashion enclaves. Sure eco-chic dressing is now as hip as Battery

NY FASHION WEEK: Loup Charmant’s PURE Collection

If the arrival of September and the hoopla of NY Fashion Week already has you pining for the lazier days of summer and sun-dappled afternoons spent in wide-open fields, look no further as sweet summer

Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet

People have conducted studies of baboons, of the levels of sweetness in the oceans, and of the migratory patterns of swallows – studies including everything from minute traces of minerals to

Black Cloud Citizen Scientist League

If you ever listened to the old radio show “The Shadow”, you know that the central caped crusader had a legion of agents, who all kept in communication with him using sparkling rings. Though

ANNOUNCING: West Coast Green 2008!

Later this month Silicon Valley will be opening its doors to West Coast Green, the nation’s premier exposition of sustainable building, business, and design. Taking place from September 25-27th in

New York Fashion Week Begins This Weekend!

Today marks the official start of NY Fashion Week, and as this new season gets underway it’s exciting to know that we will soon get front row glimpses of the Spring 2009 collections. Sustainable

Palmyra House by Studio Mumbai

Pitched as having over 800 uses, the Palmyra Palm (or Borassus) is recognized as one of the most important trees in Cambodia and India. Earlier this year, Indian born architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai

The Lifepod: Yurt of the Future for the Modern Nomad

If the idea of escape seems all the more enticing now that the rest of the world is caught in the back-to-school rush, here’s another amazing prefab remedy for your wanderlust. Escape to the beach,

China’s Next Great Wall: An Interview With Simone Giostra

Earlier this year, Inhabitat covered GreenPIX , Simone Giostra’s groundbreaking Zero Energy Media Wall in Beijing. Recently ScribeMedia Arts & Culture released an excellent interview where the

Sahara Forest Project Converts Desert into Oasis

Recently a trio of entrepreneurs announced an incredible solution for the world’s resource problems: turn the Sahara desert into a source for food, water, and energy. The Sahara Forest Project

ASTI’s Cute Solar Power “Plant”

Ahh, the art of camouflage. As technology becomes ever more ubiquitous in our lives we have begun to try and hide it, and blend it in with our surroundings (perhaps you have seen those cell towers that

SOLAR TREE by Vivien Muller

Photovoltaic gadgets often get trapped in the monotonous façade of plain panels, which often leave something to be desired in the aesthetics department. Not so with Vivien Muller‘s sleek

Slow Food Nation Comes to San Francisco!

There are few experiences closer to foodie heaven than the stunning table set by this year’s Slow Food Nation. Hosted in collaboration with the 2008 Architecture and the City Festival, the event saw

Oakland’s Stunning LEED Platinum Margarido House

Mike McDonald and his wife Dr. Jill Martenson decided to build their home on a steep lot ravaged by a fire in the Oakland hills back in 1991. The 4600 sq ft Margarido House is by no means a small home,

Groundbreaking Energy Ball Wind Turbine for Home Power

Swedish company Home Energy recently revealed an innovative wind turbine that spins in a spherical formation. Eschewing traditional rotors for a sleek orb structure, this beautiful rethinking of

DESIGN FOR DISASTER: The Accordion reCover Shelter

With two million residents recently forced to evacuate the Gulf Coast, the need for emergency housing has never been more evident. There’s nothing flimsy about the intricate folds of the reCover

Vote for Project H’s Design For Education project on Ideablob!

Project H Design, the product design nonprofit founded by Inhabitat’s own Emily Pilloton, is currently in the running to win $10,000 for their newly launched project: designing educational math toys

TRANSPORTATION TUES: Cycle Chic Takes to the Streets

If ‘cycle chic’ is something that you have been trying to master – that is, looking totally fabulous on a bike while dressing functionally and with panache, look no further than those clever,

All of Boston’s Taxis to Go Green by 2015!

Recently the mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, made a major step forward for urban transportation by proposing that all off the city’s taxis be replaced with hybrids by 2015! The progressive measure

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The All-Electric Hinterland

Reducing drag is one of the most important considerations in designing an efficient vehicle. Thus when seeking to reinterpret the long-range electric vehicle, designer Martin Aubé of Creative Unit

Worldmapper Cartograms Revisualize the World

CO2 levels in 2000 Whereas standard maps offer an approachable means of visualizing the world, Worldmapper‘s striking cartograms work the other way, de-stabilizing the earth as we know it while

Bright Ideas from Buenos Aires: Minimahuella

We all recognize the light bulb as the universal symbol for a bright idea, but we could do without its dismal degree of energy efficiency. Buenos Aires-based sustainable design studio Minimahuella gives

Michael Bierut Designs for the Green Patriotism Campaign

Last month, more than sixty buses hit the streets of Cleveland encouraging “Green Patriotism” with banners and posters created by Pentagram designer Michael Bierut. Promoting both the ecologically

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