Sustainability
WWF Completes Third Largest Green Roof in Washington D.C.
The recently finished green roof atop the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) headquarters in Washington, D.C. is the third largest in the nation’s capitol. The project involved replacing the original 24 year-old
U.S. Coast Guard to Install New Wind Turbine at Base in Maine
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. military’s embracing of renewable energy, such as fighter jets running on biofuel and hydrogen fuel cell powered tanks, the U.S. coast guard has decided to use
Organoclays Could Create Next-Gen Eco Plastics
Clay: it’s good for more than just pottery. A report in the American Chemical Society’s Macromolecules journal claims that natural clay could be used to produce a cheap, flame-retardant
Massive Robot Elephant Cobbled Together with Reclaimed Materials
We’ve explored the joys of recycled robots before, but never any quite as elephantine as, well… this giant elephant. Built in France as part of the Machines of the Isle of Nantes, an art and
New Samsung Restore Cell Phone is 84% Recyclable!
We were excited last year when Sprint released the Reclaim, an 80% recyclable bio-plastic based cell phone. The Reclaim was so successful that now Sprint is back with a new, improved green cell phone
UN-HABITAT Selects Chicago as One of the World’s Greenest Cities
Recently the city of Chicago was honored as one of two exceptionally green US cities to be shortlisted for UN-Habitat‘s 100 Cities Initiative. The project aims to give cities, governments, and even
Stackable Mobile Home Tower Takes Portable Housing to New Heights
In todays wireless world, why are our apartments still tied to a location? In this building concept, Felipe Campolina combines the eco-friendly aspects of green design and mobility of a trailer all within
Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort Named Greenest Resort in the US
Recently the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort in Lake Placid, NY was awarded a 5-Green Leaf Rating from Audubon International and the Audubon Greenleaf Eco-Rating Program. The lakeside resort is now the
Obamas Expanding the White House Organic Garden in 2010
Encouraged by their gardening success of this last year, the Obamas and their staff are expanding their organic edible garden by 500 square feet in 2010. This new addition will raise the total growing
Are the Vancouver Olympics Still Green After Trucking and Flying In Snow?
Today is opening day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, which is being touted as the greenest Olympics ever. But the warm weather and rain of late at one of the venues has forced the organizers to haul in
UBC Claims to Build “Greenest Building in North America”
It’s a weighty title: the greenest building in North America. But that’s exactly what the University of British Columbia claims to be constructing with its new Center for Interactive Research
Singapore’s Largest Garden Project to Sprout Solar Supertrees
Grant Associates recently won an international design competition to plan the largest garden project ever to be constructed in Singapore, the Marina South Gardens. The structure, which is inspired by the
West Coast Green Kicks off Tomorrow!
Heads up San Francisco Inhabitants! West Coast Green kicks off tomorrow, and Inhabitat will be live on the scene at Fort Mason to bring you all of the fresh green designs on display! Taking place from
London Design Festival 2009: Greengaged
After an energetic launch in 2008 that saw a huge mix of designers, strategists, chemists, policy writers, clients and agitators, the Greengaged sustainable design hub returns for its second year at the
West Coast Green 2009 is Two Weeks Away!
Heads up all Bay Area green building buffs – West Coast Green 2009 is just two week’s away, and tickets are selling fast! Taking place from October 1-3 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason
IS IT GREEN?: McDonald’s
McDonald’s is a fast food chain rife with contradictions. The restaurant ships in food from all over the world on carbon-intensive planes and trucks, while simultaneously installing electric vehicle
Food City: Dubai’s Self-Sufficient Ecotopia
This past February, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce authorized the development of a “free zone” dubbed Food City. GCLA, a green landscape architect firm, proposed a master plan for the city
Co-Design an Eco Village with the C.L.E.A.R. Village Lab
Attention all eco-minded architects, designers, and green building professionals! Are you interested in charting the future of sound, sustainable living? Now is the perfect time to get involved –
CitySol: Music, Art and Solar Fest this weekend in NYC!
It’s officially summertime, and that means that the sustainability music/event smorgasboard CitySol is in full gear this weekend in NYC‘s Stuyvesant Cove Park! Intended as a creative,
CASTLE HOUSE SKYSCRAPER Makes its Own Electricity!
Green towers are popping up everywhere, boasting laundry lists of green features, and wind turbines seem to be a smart energy option for any tower over 20 stories. Castle House, a new residential tower
CROWD FARMING: Power your building with human motion!
How many people does it take to launch the space shuttle? The answer is 84,162,203, all of them taking a single step in a Crowd Farming system developed by MIT students James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk.
MANUFACTURING & SUSTAINABILITY: Keep Footware
Sustainability is a multi-faceted and complex issue with no single right answer to any problem. Manufacturing in developing countries can be a double edged sword when it comes to sustainability. From a
AIA Green Convention: DAVID SUZUKI
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention opened yesterday to a standing ovation following world renowned ecologist David Suzuki (CC, OBC, BA, Ph.D). His opening speech touched on his
WALMART LAUNCHES SUSTAINABLE DESIGN COMPETITION
How Green is that Laptop? Ask Walmart. Walmart knows its own power. Following the release of a packaging sustainability scorecard last year, Walmart has followed up with a call to the consumer electronics
LONDON FASHION WEEK: Wildlife Works
Wildlife Works continues to move in the right direction with their latest collection that was recently unveiled during London Fashion Week. While I still have some reservations about their website,
HELP PUT THE WORLDCHANGING BOOK AT #1
A few days ago we announced the release of Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, the new book from the Worldchanging crew (of which I am the Managing Editor and Jill F. is a
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