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SOLAR EAR: Affordable Sun-Powered Hearing Aids

For anyone unfamiliar with hearing aids, know that they require a great deal of two things: money and batteries....

Most people view rats as nothing more than pests, but one organization regards the critters as heroes. APOPO, an...

If you've ever wondered where that computer, refrigerator or TV you threw away ended up, you may not like the answer....

This unbelievable city piled high with trash is a real place called Garbage City, outside of Cairo in Egypt. It's...

Nearly 1.6 billion servings of Coca-Cola-branded beverages are served each day. Now some of them will be just a...

Drinking water is all around us -- if we know where to look. The Giving Tree-inspired Savior Bud designed by Seol...

Recently we took the trip to Oakland, CA to visit a Habitat for Humanity East Bay Project of particular interest...

Driven by a progressive environmental strategy that will exploit sustainable energy design, Spanish-based firm...

Bridging the gap between good design and giving back to the community, Canstruction, the annual international design/build...

Green labels abound for seafood, coffee, fair-trade, organic products and more, but we have yet to come across...

So much of the green design that we see here at Inhabitat is efficient and looks cool in renderings, but the human...

, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate...

As populations in developing nations increase alongside global pollution and the spread of water-borne illnesses,...

We're big fans of Buckminster Fuller's legacy of uber-efficient domes here at Inhabitat, so imagine our excitement...

Design nonprofit Project H has completed the construction of their first Learning Landscape, a playground that...