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		<title>Takanori Aiba&#8217;s Amazing Bonsai Tree Castles are Miniature Living Worlds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of Takanori Aiba&#8217;s Amazing Bonsai Tree Castles are Miniature Living Worlds Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: Bonsai castles, bonsai diorama, bonsai tree, eco design, green design, house plant, sustainable design, Takanori Aiba, terrarium]]></description>
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		<title>Plantagon Breaks Ground on its First &#8216;Plantscraper&#8217; Vertical Farm in Sweden!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago a Swedish-American company called Plantagon unveiled plans for a series of massive skyscraper greenhouses that stood to transform urban farming in large cities. While the spiraling vertical farms seemed too good to be true at the time, Plantagon just broke ground on its very first vertical farm this week in Linkoping, Sweden! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/plantagon-breaks-ground-on-its-first-plantscraper-vertical-farm-in-sweden/</link>
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		<title>14 Red-Hot Eco Lingerie &amp; Sustainable Skivvies for a Green Valentines Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Valentine&#8217;s Day is today, and it&#8217;s almost time to kick offyour oh-so-special evening. May we suggest adding a little eco spice to your heart-filled holiday? Roses may be nice and chocolates may be tasty, but these 14 sexy sustainable skivvies will really light your fire. Be kind to the Earth &#8212; and make Cupid blush &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/14-eco-friendly-lingerie-gifts-for-a-red-hot-valentine%e2%80%99s-day/</link>
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		<title>Sexy &amp; Sustainable Men’s Undies for Valentine’s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing kills the mood faster than a pair of dingy tightie-whities, so boys, make sure your underwear game is fresh for Valentine&#8217;s Day! We&#8217;ve got a lineup of eco-friendly boxers, briefs and everything in between to keep you looking hot for your beau, so check them all out here. READ MORE > Permalink &#124; Add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/sexy-sustainable-men%e2%80%99s-undies-for-valentine%e2%80%99s-day/</link>
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		<title>Infinity Mirror Room: Yayoi Kusama Unveils Dazzling Space Lit by Hundreds of LED Lights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of Infinity Mirror Room: Yayoi Kusama Unveils Dazzling Space Lit by Hundreds of LED Lights Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: Infinity Mirrored Room, LED lights artwork, retrospective, sparkling installation, Tate Modern, Yayoi Kusama]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/infinity-mirror-room-yayoi-kusama-unveils-spectacular-space-lit-by-hundreds-of-leds/</link>
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		<title>Spiraling Tower of 15,000 Books Celebrates Abraham Lincoln at Ford&#8217;s Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of Spiraling Tower of 15,000 Books Celebrates Abraham Lincoln at Ford&#8217;s Theatre Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Architecture, Art, book building, eco design, eco-art, Ford's Theatre, Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, green art, Green Building, green design, green materials, recycled books, Recycled Materials, sustainable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/spiraling-tower-of-15000-books-celebrates-abraham-lincoln-at-the-fords-theatre/</link>
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		<title>Pink is the New Black in M. Patmos&#8217; Fall 2012 Line at New York Fashion Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget about traditional autumn colors &#8212; for her Fall 2012 line, M. Patmos went against the grain and created a ready-to-wear collection that screams with retina-searing pops of fuschia and scarlets. Inspired by an early 20th century series of Native American portraits that layered plaid trading blankets over traditionally beaded textiles, Marcia Patmos&#8217; bold and beautiful line is not for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/pink-is-the-new-black-in-m-patmos-fall-2012-line-at-new-york-fashion-week/</link>
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		<title>The Bird Hangar: A Poetic Public Installation Designed for Blowing Vegetable Seeds Around Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of Finnish artists embarked on a project to create a poetic public art installation called Bird Hangar that uses the wind to spread seeds across Japan. Unveiled at a past edition of the Yokohama Triennial, Casagrande &#38; Rintala&#8216;s sculptural cone was built with a steel frame and wrapped in a biodegradable, fast-growing hemp rope. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/bird-hangar-a-poetic-public-installation-designed-for-blowing-vegetable-seeds-around-japan/</link>
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		<title>BIG Brings the Love to Times Square With a 10-Foot Tall Pulsing LED Heart Sculpture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! If you&#8217;re in New York City, head to Times Square to show your love by making this 10-foot tall LED heart sculpture glow a brilliant pink. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group, the heart hovers within a cube made of 400 glass rods, and it pulses brighter and stronger as more visitors touch the activation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/big-brings-the-love-to-times-square-with-a-10-foot-tall-pulsing-led-heart-sculpture/</link>
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		<title>The Eadie Armchair Fuses Contemporary Sustainable Design With Classic Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designer Donna Wilson mixes classic styling with quirky, colorful, hand-woven textiles to create fresh contempory pieces that are anything but old-fashioned. Her Eadie eco armchair replaces the use of petrochemicals with a combination of natural fibers such as horse hair and wool for the upholstering. Designed for SCP, the chair comes with a wide range [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/the-eadie-armchair-fuses-contemporary-sustainable-design-with-old-fashioned-style/</link>
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		<title>Student Max Shepherd Creates an Incredible Prosthetic Arm from LEGOs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This remarkably dexterous prosthetic arm goes far beyond the accomplishments of many an advanced level LEGO Technics buff. The LEGO constructed limb uses LEGO motors, pneumatics and the classic blocks, to create a detailed prosthetic which replicates human movement with a surprising level of fluidity and complexity. Created by Max Shepherd — a student who describes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/student-max-shepherd-creates-an-incredible-prosthetic-arm-from-legos/</link>
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		<title>OFFECCT&#8217;s Adaptable Green Divider Will Infuse Life Into Any Office Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transform a dull and drab office space by injecting some life back into it with this cool, new &#8216;Green Divider&#8216; by Swedish designers Louise Hederström and OFFECCT. This living sectioning device looks brilliant with any sized plant, and works especially well with leafy and vine-like vegetation to create a private, green space. Read the rest of OFFECCT&#8217;s Adaptable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/offeccts-adaptable-green-divider-will-infuse-life-into-any-office-space/</link>
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		<title>Architecture For Humanity Launches &#8220;I Love Architecture&#8221; Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the next four months, Architecture For Humanity is running an “I Love Architecture” campaign, and co-Founder Cameron Sinclair is asking us to “put down the coffee for a moment and spend minutes reminding yourself why you love architecture and, if you feel so bold, let the world know.” You can tell Architecture For Humanity why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/architecture-for-humanity-launches-i-love-architecture-campaign-and-asks-you-why-you-love-architecture/</link>
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		<title>Artist Valerie Buess Twists and Turns Paper Into Magical Underwater Creatures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of Artist Valerie Buess Twists and Turns Paper Into Magical Underwater Creatures Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: Art, biodegradable paper, Decorative Objects, Faux Nature, folding paper, marine creatures, recycled books, Recycled Materials, recycled paper, sea inspiration, swiss artist, turning paper, twisting paper, Valérie Buess]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/artist-valerie-buess-twists-and-turns-paper-into-magical-underwater-creatures/</link>
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		<title>8 Green Valentines for the Architects and Designers We Love!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of 8 Green Valentines for the Architects and Designers We Love! Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: architect crush, dan barasch, design crush, designer crush, eco valentine’s day, green crush, green valentines, green valentines day, hot architects, hot designers, hottest eco architects, hottest eco designers, ice cube, inhabitat crush, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/8-green-valentines-for-the-architects-and-designers-we-love/</link>
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		<title>Nacho Carbonell&#8217;s Quirky Cocoon Benches Provide a Retreat from Everyday Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that avoiding information overload is pretty difficult these days, but here are some interesting (to say the least) designs that will help you regain your sense of self. Handmade by Design Academy Eindhoven&#8216;s graduate Nacho Carbonell, Evolution Collection is a series of furniture pieces that provide places to find peace with yourself or with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/nacho-carbonells-quirky-cocoon-benches-provide-a-retreat-from-everyday-life/</link>
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		<title>Recycled Sauna in Finland Flies Past Planning Hurdles With Clever Mobile Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman in Finland wanted to convert an abandoned boathouse into a sauna for 12 years, but she couldn&#8217;t get municipal approval &#8211; so Denizen Works traveled from London to her home in Åland and came up with a viable solution. Responding to stories about a grandfather who used to put runners underneath his sauna [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/finnish-woman-waits-12-years-for-permission-to-build-recycled-sauna/</link>
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		<title>New Study Finds That Electric Cars in China Using Fossil Fuels Have a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Gasoline Gars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you read Inhabitat, you probably know that we&#8217;re big fans of green transportation, but we do think it&#8217;s important to see the bigger picture when it comes to electric cars. A new finding from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shows that electric cars in China have a higher impact on pollution than gasoline vehicles due [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/new-study-finds-that-electric-cars-can-pollute-more-than-their-gasoline-counterparts/</link>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s to Require That Pork Suppliers Phase Out Cruel Caging Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McDonald&#8217;s announced today that they&#8217;ll be partnering with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to require all of their pork suppliers to phase out gestation pens in their facilities. Gestation pens are small crates used to house pregnant sows that are barely larger than the animals&#8217; bodies, and they were recently the subject [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/mcdonalds-to-require-that-pork-suppliers-phase-out-cruel-caging-practices/</link>
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		<title>City of Hamburg Sues Contractor of Herzon &amp; de Meuron&#8217;s Elbphilarmonie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the rest of City of Hamburg Sues Contractor of Herzon &#38; de Meuron&#8217;s Elbphilarmonie Permalink &#124; Add to del.icio.us &#124; digg Post tags: Adamanta, city, concert hall, construction delays, ecodesign, elbphilharmonie, germany, green design, hamburg, Herzon &#38; de Meuron, HochTief, lawsuit, sustainable design]]></description>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/city-of-hamburg-sues-contractor-of-herzon-de-meurons-elbphilarmonie/</link>
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