Denmark's Rabalder Park Can Store 10 Swimming Pools Worth of Floodwater

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Anders Stai Fougner Creates Rectangular Headphones Made from Wood

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Created by Anders Stai Fougner, a 19-year old student from Oslo, Norway, these cool-looking headphones boast a rectangular shape that makes them stand out amongst the bunch of boring earbuds and conventional headphones. Dubbed Wood.Head.Phones, as the name suggests, these unique headphones are made completely out of wood and are custom handmade to suit their users. Currently, Fougner is looking for funding to bring these beauties into full production.

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Mesmerizing Guangyun Pavilion in China Inspired by London’s Underground Rush Hour

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Vasileios Roumeliotis Transforms an Old Bike Wheel Into a Beautiful LED Lamp

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Vasileios Roumeliotis transformed an old bike tire into this beautiful Wheel Light for Roumelight. This lamp is made from a recycled bicycle wheel set on a black glass surface which acts as a canvas, showcasing the play of light and shadow. The Wheel Light can be illuminated by a striking circle of 18 dimmable bulbs (G4) or a hidden length of perimetric LED tape that gives off soft ambient light. The lighted wheel represents both a green method of transportation and an enlightened forward movement full of inventive ideas and creativity.

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Kengo Kuma's Kids Academy Taiyogaoka Hoikuen is a Beautiful Kindergarten Made from Locally Sourced Wood

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Nguyễn Hùng Cường Creates Strikingly Realistic Origami Animals

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David Adjaye Unveils Striking Carbon Negative Building For Silk Weavers in Varanasi, India

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Architect David Adjaye recently unveiled plans for a new solar-powered building for silk weavers in Varanasi, India. Clothing brand Maiyet partnered with non-profit organization Nest to commission the facility, which was designed to preserve the tradition and cultural treasures of the region. The daylit, open-space community center will provide locals with clean water, green energy and training.

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San Francisco to Launch Bike-Sharing Pilot Program this Summer

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When transit watchers look back on 2013, they’ll remember it as the year of the bike share. Last month, the country watched as New York rolled out Citi Bike to much fanfare (and plenty of grumbling). Then, a couple of weeks later, Chicago officials announced plans to rollout “Divvy,” the Second City’s new bike-sharing program. Now, the latest city to catch the bike-sharing bug is San Francisco, which is set to launch a bike-sharing program of its own in August. Unlike New York and Chicago, San Francisco isn’t committing to a full-scale rollout just yet. Instead, the City by the Bay will launch a one- to two-year pilot program to test the system’s efficacy.

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World Population Expected to Reach Almost 11 Billion People by 2100

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According to numbers recently released by the UN, the world’s population is expected reach nearly 11 billion people by 2100. That’s about 8 percent more than was predicted in 2011. While population growth has slowed in developed countries, populations in developing countries, particularly those in Africa, are increasing at a higher rate than expected.

 

City Hall Task Force Report Reveals That NYC Buildings Are NOT Ready for Another Sandy

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It’s official. According to a report released yesterday by the Building Resiliency Task Force at City Hall, the buildings in New York are not ready for another storm like Sandy. After last year’s hurricane, Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wanted to know what could be done to improve the resiliency of the city’s buildings and prepare them for extreme weather conditions like high winds, high temperatures and flooding. Over the past four months, a group of 200+ experts, led by Urban Green Council, deliberated on how to answer these questions and came up with four specific suggestions on how commercial, multifamily residential, homes and hospital buildings could get ready for another super storm.

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PHOTOS: Sister Cities Park & Green-Roofed Cafe is a Perfect Lunch Spot in Philly

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Carnival-Goers in Brazil Exchange Empty Beer Cans for a Free Train Ride Home

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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is one of the world’s largest public celebrations, featuring nearly 2 million costumed party goers, an extravagant parade, and of course, lots of alcohol consumption. The creatives behind Ambev‘s Antarctica Beer saw an opportunity, and installed custom turnstiles during the event that allow people to “pay” with an empty beer can. Not only did this encourage over 1,000 people per hour to use public transit (instead of getting behind the wheel), it also helped a recycling NGO, to which all of the cans were donated. How cool would it be if all public transit could be paid for with recyclables?

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Black Tree Serves Up Yummy Sandwiches in a Cozy Reclaimed Interior on the Lower East Side

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PHOTOS: MoMA Store Windows Show Off Dynamic Moving Sculptures Made with littleBits

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Gorgeous Haus Am Moor Cabin Draws Heat from a Wood-Fired Stove and the Earth in Austria

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Global Green Announces "Solar for Sandy" Program to Provide Emergency…

Yesterday, Global Green USA announced the roll-out of its “Solar for Sandy” program to build emergency back-up solar energy systems at five or more Sandy-struck NYC community…

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Map Reveals Who is Eating Their Fruits and Vegetables in America

Map Reveals Who is Eating Their Fruits and Vegetables in America

Just about every doctor on the planet will advise their patients to eat a good selection of fruits and vegetables each day in order to bolster their health, but for some Americans, it's…

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INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks to botObjects Founders About ProDesk3D, The World's First Full-Color 3D Printer

INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks to botObjects Founders About ProDesk3D, The…

Just over a month ago, we showcased a product with the potential to revolutionize the still-new 3D printing industry: the ProDesk3D by botObjects. Hailed as the world's first full-color…

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Clip-Air: Modular Transportation Capsules Carry Passengers by Land, Sea, or Air

Clip-Air: Modular Transportation Capsules Carry Passengers by Land,…

The layout of a train is a lot like an airplane or a bus in terms of packing a lot of people into a tube to move them somewhere else. So why not just load people into a train and then…

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Brighton University Students Build a Prefab Pavilion With Timber Off-Cuts

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A striking building designed to have the smallest environmental footprint, the 2013 Brighton University graduate pavilion has a reciprocating grid structured roof - a low-tech…

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