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INHABITAT EDITORS’ FAVORITE STORIES OF 2008

INHABITAT EDITORS’ FAVORITE STORIES OF 2008

We’ve brought you the most popular stories of 2008, and you voted on your favorites. Now we’d like to highlight some more under-the-radar Inhabitat stories from 2008 that you may have missed

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INHABITAT READERS’ TOP STORIES OF 2008

INHABITAT READERS’ TOP STORIES OF 2008

DRUMROLL PLEASE … Here at Inhabitat we feel lucky to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic reader base, so when we revealed Inhabitat’s Top 10 Most Popular Green Design Stories of 2008

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THE HOMIES: Vote for Inhabitat

THE HOMIES: Vote for Inhabitat

Do you love us, Inhabitat readers? If so, please lend a hand and vote for us for a Homie award > Re-nest, Apartment Therapy‘s green home design blog, is hosting their very own reader nominated and

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TOP TEN MOST POPULAR GREEN DESIGN STORIES OF 2008

TOP TEN MOST POPULAR GREEN DESIGN STORIES OF 2008

With the end of 2008 rapidly approaching, now is a good time to take a look back at the year and reflect on the most interesting green design developments of 2008. From massive shifts towards eco-friendly

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TOP TEN INHABITOTS STORIES OF 2008

TOP TEN INHABITOTS STORIES OF 2008

2008 has been a dynamic year for Inhabitots — after-all this is the year that our bouncing baby blog was born into the world! Although Inhabitots has only been around for five months, we covered a

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TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

2008 has been an incredible year for green transportation as the world’s automakers made strident efforts to green their production lines, cities decided that it’s time to give our car-centric

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Times Square Unveils A Dazzling LED New Year’s Ball

Times Square Unveils A Dazzling LED New Year’s Ball

This New Year’s Eve Times Square in New York is set to debut a dazzling new LED-encrusted New Year’s ball! Composed of 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs, the 12-foot wide energy-efficient orb

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New York City to Install Super-Efficient LED Streetlamps

New York City to Install Super-Efficient LED Streetlamps

Over the past year we’ve been thoroughly impressed with New York’s ever-lengthening list of green credentials. The Big Apple already has a plastic bag tax, an amazing mass transit system, LEED

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Make It Right Goes LEED Platinum

Make It Right Goes LEED Platinum

Having lost over 14,000 occupants to the floods of Katrina, the lower ninth ward is now tasked not only with rebuilding homes, but rebuilding community. Recently the Make It Right campaign gave an

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HOW TO: Make Your Own Green Cleaning Products

HOW TO: Make Your Own Green Cleaning Products

To many, the idea of making your own cleaning products out of household items may sound a little crunchy — but if you really stop and think about it, it makes good economic, environmental and health

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TOP TEN SUSTAINABLE STYLE STORIES OF 2008

TOP TEN SUSTAINABLE STYLE STORIES OF 2008

It’s no surprise that we love our sustainable style here at Inhabitat, and 2008 has been a particularly exciting year with bold new directions in green fashion and eco-textile innovation. From

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Recycled Magic Wallets by Tanja Burgdorfer

Recycled Magic Wallets by Tanja Burgdorfer

Reducing waste by reusing beverage cartons, Swiss-born Tanja Burgdorfer’s “Recycled Magic Wallets” creatively makes use of what would normally be discarded. With a little bit of elastic

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TOP TEN GREEN ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS OF 2008

TOP TEN GREEN ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS OF 2008

As the holiday season winds to close we’re counting down the days to the new year with a look at some of Inhabitat’s most exciting stories of 2008! It’s been an outstanding year in green

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HOLIDAY ART: Christmas Tree Chainsaw MassACRE

HOLIDAY ART: Christmas Tree Chainsaw MassACRE

This week we shared sustainable Christmas tree options for this holiday season. And even though Christmas is over, Chainsaw MassACRE, an art installation by SWA Group– a landscape architecture

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HOW TO: Recycle Your Holiday Wrapping Paper

HOW TO: Recycle Your Holiday Wrapping Paper

Happy Holidays everyone! Now that Christmas has come and gone, we trust that many of you are relaxing and tidying up all those boxes, ribbons and bits of wrapping paper from yesterday’s gift

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Inhabitat Blog Picks of the Week

Inhabitat Blog Picks of the Week

Opinions seem to be flying this holiday season as we reflect on a year that was both exciting and tumultuous. So this week, we’ve collected some thought-provoking reading that is sure to stir the

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM INHABITAT!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM INHABITAT!

It’s the end of December and it’s been a stellar year in sustainable design – the Inhabitat team wishes you a wonderful holiday season from every corner of the globe!

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VOTE FOR THE BEST ECO GINGERBREAD HOUSE

VOTE FOR THE BEST ECO GINGERBREAD HOUSE

This year we’ve been floored by the eco gingerbread-building madness that is engulfing the green design circles. We’ve been so thoroughly impressed with the wealth of architecturally-inspired

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GREEN GINGERBREAD HOUSE: The Inhabitat Alpine Cabin

GREEN GINGERBREAD HOUSE: The Inhabitat Alpine Cabin

Up here in New York, we’re sloshing our way through a semi-white and wet holiday season, but we love the wintery imagery conjured up by Inhabitat contributing writer Bridgette Steffen‘s alpine

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Kids in Malawi Make Toys From Junk

Kids in Malawi Make Toys From Junk

toy car made from an old milk carton If the souring economy’s got you down this holiday season, here’s something that will help put things in perspective and remind you how lucky you really

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Paprika Recycled Water Bottle Christmas Tree

Paprika Recycled Water Bottle Christmas Tree

We’ve shown you lots of inspired eco takes on the traditional Christmas tree this holiday season, but this one takes the cake! This gorgeous “Ice Tree” sculpture is made from 300

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London Unveils Sleek Zero-Emission Double Decker Buses

London Unveils Sleek Zero-Emission Double Decker Buses

Recently the London Transportation Department held a contest to redesign the iconic Double Decker bus, and we’re excited to announce the winning entry by renowned architects Foster + Partners!

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Last Chance for great Xmas gifts from the Inhabitat SHOP

Last Chance for great Xmas gifts from the Inhabitat SHOP

If you’ve been reading Inhabitat at all recently you may have noticed that we just launched a fabulous online boutique to help all you online shoppers find the best of the best in terms of green

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GE Unveils the World’s First OLED Christmas Tree

GE Unveils the World’s First OLED Christmas Tree

Recently the OLED research team over at General Electric unveiled the world’s first OLED Christmas Tree! Forging ahead of the usual end-of-the-year slowdown, GE’s Global Research Center

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Lush Green BBVA Headquarters

Herzog & de Meuron’s Lush Green BBVA Headquarters

Herzog and de Meuron have been very busy lately designing some amazing new buildings in Europe, like their Project Triangle in Paris. Their newest design for the Spanish banking group BBVA will be built

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GREEN GIFT GUIDE: For Her

GREEN GIFT GUIDE: For Her

Eco-savvy ladies should be able to enjoy the finer things in life without having to compromise their environmental ethics. There are plenty of places out there to find glamorous green gifts for that

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GREEN GIFT WRAP IDEA: Bobo Wrap Scarves

GREEN GIFT WRAP IDEA: Bobo Wrap Scarves

While it makes a fun tradition, gift-wrapping packages with paper and tape is an inherently unsustainable practice: think of all the paper and ribbon that goes into the trash each holiday season for the

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Eco-nifty Wrapping: 20 Eco Gift Wrap Ideas from Future Present

Eco-nifty Wrapping: 20 Eco Gift Wrap Ideas from Future Present

From Future Present, by Jane Rosie With Christmas just around the corner (a mere 4 days away!), it has probably crossed your mind that wrapping presents is not the eco-friendliest practice. That’s

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SUSTAINABLE STYLE: Swap Your Way to a Better Wardrobe

SUSTAINABLE STYLE: Swap Your Way to a Better Wardrobe

Seasonal style trends and the intrigue of the fashion world are pretty seductive at first glance, but when it comes to defining one’s sustainable style, there are a variety of threads to investigate. In

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GREEN GIFT GUIDE: For Pets

GREEN GIFT GUIDE: For Pets

We spoil our pets and it’s ok. For many of us they are our children, our confidants and our friends – of course we love making them comfortable and happy as well as safe and healthy.

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