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Spring Greening Voting Extended Until Tuesday!

Spring Greening Voting Extended Until Tuesday!

CONTEST EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY, APRIL 14th at MIDNIGHT We’ve received a tremendous response to our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest, and the competition is so close that due to popular demand

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$6 Solar Cooker Wins $75K Climate Change Prize

$6 Solar Cooker Wins $75K Climate Change Prize

Think humankind discovering fire was revolutionary? How about a cardboard box that uses the sun’s rays to cook without burning firewood? That’s precisely what the Kyoto Box, a cardboard solar

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Upcycled Umbrella Raincoats Keep Dogs Dry

Upcycled Umbrella Raincoats Keep Dogs Dry

We tend to run through umbrella’s pretty quickly in New York and there isn’t much to be done with them when they die. But Taryn Zychal, a Philidelphia-based industrial designer, is taking

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Chesta Vase Made from Egg Cartons

Chesta Vase Made from Egg Cartons

Looking for another inspired reuse for all of those egg-cartons left empty after Easter? New York designer Fanny Chen‘s “Chesta Egg Carton Vase” gives them a creative second life. The

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Gorgeous Origen Egg Crate Chandelier

Gorgeous Origen Egg Crate Chandelier

With Easter on its way, those of us who engaged in egg-dying festivities are likely to have lots of empty egg crates lying around. Rather than tossing them in the trash (or compost bin!), why not follow

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SPRING GREENING CONTEST – Vote NOW!

SPRING GREENING CONTEST – Vote NOW!

After an exciting week of voting our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest is set to close tomorrow at midnight and the competition is fierce! We asked our contestants asked to clean out their closets and

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Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Transformed Into Lamp

Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Transformed Into Lamp

Ben Light’s namesake shines through in this brilliant lamp born from his resolve to salvage his grandfather’s old Electrolux vacuum cleaner. One of fifteen finalists in our Spring Greening Contest the

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Ordinary Plunger Transformed Into a Lamp

Ordinary Plunger Transformed Into a Lamp

One of our fifteen finalists in our Spring Greening Design Competition, this clever DIY project takes two types of plungers and transforms them into a stylish table lamp. To create it, New Jersey-based

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SunCat: Solar Batteries Powered by Sunshine

SunCat: Solar Batteries Powered by Sunshine

Designer and inventor extraordinaire Knut Karlsen recently unveiled an inspired approach to portable power that can’t be beat for its elegant simplicity: a prototype battery capable of charging

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY FROM INHABITAT

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY FROM INHABITAT

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Looking for some last minute Valentines treat ideas? Nothing shows you care more than homemade gifts, and if you are looking for some crafty V-day fun today, there’s still time

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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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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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The Bright Idea Light Bulb Shade

The Bright Idea Light Bulb Shade

Many of our readers have already switched out their incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient CFLs, and for this we applaud you! However for those out there who have not made the switch, it

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BUMBERSHOOT 2008: The Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

BUMBERSHOOT 2008: The Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

This year, Americans will drink more than 30 billion single-serving bottles of water. To raise awareness of the alarming problem of plastic waste, Jasmine Zimmerman created the Bottle House – an

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HOW TO: Make a Customized Eco Silhouette T-shirt!

HOW TO: Make a Customized Eco Silhouette T-shirt!

Our crafty eco mom writer Andrea over at Inhabitots put together this great HOW-TO step-by-step guide to creating a customized green silhouette T-shirt. For a fun and fashionable way to memorialize the

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World’s Smallest Solar Car: Select Solar Mini

World’s Smallest Solar Car: Select Solar Mini

Talk about bringing solar power to the palm of your hand! The World’s Smallest Solar Racing Car is a tiny, fully-functional solar powered vehicle topped with a minuscule photovoltaic panel. The

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AFM SAFECOAT: The Safest ‘Eco’ Paint Around

AFM SAFECOAT: The Safest ‘Eco’ Paint Around

There’s a lot of talk about indoor air quality and VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) these days, and if you’ve been paying attention, you may know that paint can play a large part in

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EMOCJA SIDEBOARD Adapts with Interchangeable Pegs

EMOCJA SIDEBOARD Adapts with Interchangeable Pegs

Sometimes sustainability comes in the form of adaptability, making objects able to accommodate evolving styles or tastes. Polish design studio Emocja had transformation in mind when creating the Bufet

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MOWERCYCLE! Human powered lawn-mower

MOWERCYCLE! Human powered lawn-mower

Behold the mowercycle! Is this an awesome DIY design or what? This ingenious bicycle-lawnmower fashioned by an unknown suburban lawn owner out of an old bicycle and a broken lawnmower, is a testament to

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Portable Cardboard Table from Liborius Reykjavík

Portable Cardboard Table from Liborius Reykjavík

This lightweight, portable cardboard table aims to assist on-the-go creative types like designers and students, who are often limited to work on low desks or floors. Made by Sruli Recht from flatpack

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MILAN 2008: Fethi Atakol’s Functional Artwork

MILAN 2008: Fethi Atakol’s Functional Artwork

One of our favorite finds at this year’s green-themed Salone Satellite was the work of ascendent Swiss “redesigner” Fethi Atakol. His design debut would do Duchamp proud, as it showcased

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BLOXES! Modular Cardboard Building System

BLOXES! Modular Cardboard Building System

One part origami, one part architecture, pure genius, the brand new Bloxes system makes 2-dimensional pieces of interlocking cardboard come to life as expandable and continually adaptable structures.

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GROBAL GREENING: ‘Techno-Organic’ Self-Watering Planters

GROBAL GREENING: ‘Techno-Organic’ Self-Watering Planters

Sometimes ‘it’s not easy being green’, and a little help is needed to make our living space or office cubicle greener and cleaner without much maintenance. Enter the

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Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies

Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies

Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies is the perfect holiday gift for those of us who are interested in green building, but need a little expert help. Admittedly, the For Dummies® books are a

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SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: In No Time by Sandra Backlund

SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: In No Time by Sandra Backlund

Ever wished that you could simply whip up a fabulous outfit for yourself, ‘in no time’, with ready made objects and reclaimed bits and pieces from your domestic lair? Swedish fashion designer,

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INHABITOTS: D.I.Y Kids Book

INHABITOTS: D.I.Y Kids Book

Bringing graphic design back to its roots and creativity, Princeton Architectural Press launched D.I.Y. Kids in October 2007, a book by twin sister design-duo Ellen and Julia Lupton, founders of Design

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INKE: DIY Recycled Wallpaper Kits

INKE: DIY Recycled Wallpaper Kits

Instead of covering your home’s walls with reams of tacky newly manufactured wallpaper, check out this cute alternative: repurposed decorating materials that gain new life as a patterned menagerie of

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SUSTAINABLE DIY STYLE: London DePLOY WorkSHOP

SUSTAINABLE DIY STYLE: London DePLOY WorkSHOP

To kick off our London Design Festival Coverage our London Inhabitant Ariana Mouyiaris took a trip out to DePLOY; a sustainably and DIY-focused fashion line. Open to the public until September 25th,

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DAILY DUMP COMPOSTING CERAMIC POTS

DAILY DUMP COMPOSTING CERAMIC POTS

Don’t let the name fool you – Daily Dump is an elegant solution to an age-old problem. A home-product winner in this year’s INDEX Awards: Design To Improve Life Competition, Daily Dump is a

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MINI DIY DESIGNER BATTERY LAMPS – Designer Emulator Kit

MINI DIY DESIGNER BATTERY LAMPS – Designer Emulator Kit

One of our favorite finds from this year’s ICFF is Mark McKenna’s collection of pocket-size do-It-yourself designer battery lights. We’ve seen 9-volt batteries acting as light sources

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