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Destinations

Outdoor adventures in Hot Springs, Arkansas

If you look at an aerial view of Hot Springs, Arkansas, you see a few rows of buildings squeezed in between wild, green mountains. This resort town, about an hour southwest of Little Rock, is an unusual place where you can walk out the door of your downtown hotel and within minutes be shopping at boutiques, taking...
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Homes

Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes

Toronto-based design firm BDP Quadrangle has fulfilled a long-held dream of the late Sonja Bata of Bata Shoes fame with the transformation of the decommissioned Bata Shoe Factory in Batawa. Designed in collaboration with Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, the adaptive reuse project aims to reinvent the former factory...
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Homes

Modular home in Delft boasts low-carbon timber build and a green roof

Building information modeling (BIM), modular construction and low-carbon timber materials combine in the sustainable Buitenhuis, a small, low-impact home with beautiful farmland views in Heinenoord, the Netherlands. Dutch architecture firm VLOT architecten designed Buitenhuis with a strong connection to the outdoors...
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Endangered & Extinct

A pygmy possum on Kangaroo Island revives conservationists' hopes

After months of waiting, a little pygmy possum has been found on Kangaroo Island in Australia. This is the first time that the tiny animal has been spotted after a wildfire ravaged the island last summer. The fire, which occurred in December 2019 and January 2020, has left a long trail of destruction, with its...
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Corporate Responsibility

Should green architecture firms design airports?

A group of award-winning architects concerned about climate change came together in 2019 and launched an organization called Architects Declare. But now, two big-name members, Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), have both withdrawn from the group. The issue? Airports. ZHA and Foster + Partners...
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Electronics

Nimble makes phone accessories from recycled plastic, CDs and more

Technological innovation is here to stay. With it comes the struggle to control e-waste and its assault on the environment. So the three co-founders of Nimble for Good, PBC have combined their extensive experience in the tech, marketing and design development industries to launch a brand of personal tech products...
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Schools

BIG designs the energy-efficient “heart” of Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University has tapped Bjarke Ingels Group to rejuvenate its campus with the new Hopkins Student Center — nicknamed “The Village” — that will serve as a modern and welcoming social engagement hub for all in the JHU community. Selected as the winner of a months-long international design competition,...

Johns Hopkins University has tapped Bjarke Ingels Group to rejuvenate its campus with the new Hopkins Student Center — nicknamed “The Village”...
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Christmas

Send your coworkers these sustainable holiday gifts

It's the age-old question that manages to stump people in the workforce every year: what to buy coworkers for the holidays? With many people working from home this year, navigating what to buy for your teammates can be trickier than ever. Inhabitat has you covered with 11 thoughtful and eco-friendly gifts for...

It's the age-old question that manages to stump people in the workforce every year: what to buy coworkers for the holidays? With many people...
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Climate Change

UN warns that humans will lose their war against nature

Fiction writing students learn about the handful of archetypal plots, including man versus nature. Usually that means something like 127 Hours, where a hiker in Utah gets stuck in a slot canyon, or Life of Pi, where a man and a tiger try to survive being shipwrecked together. But a plot about humans who set out...

Fiction writing students learn about the handful of archetypal plots, including man versus nature. Usually that means something like 127 Hours,...
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Problematic Practices

Top 3 plastic polluters are CocaCola, PepsiCo and Nestle. Again.

May we have the envelope, please? Let's see who this year's top plastic polluters are. In third place, with 8,633 pieces of plastic waste found in 37 countries, is Nestle. Second place goes to PepsiCo, with 5,155 pieces of waste in 43 countries. And this year's top polluter title goes to… CocaCola!...

May we have the envelope, please? Let's see who this year's top plastic polluters are. In third place, with 8,633 pieces of plastic...
A white and black pair of Nike ACG Air Mountain Fly Gore-Tex shoes. A white and black pair of Nike ACG Air Mountain Fly Gore-Tex shoes.
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Clothing

Nike ACG collection gives traction to eco-friendly apparel

With its newest release, Nike focuses on respecting the outdoors from start to finish. This effort shows, with 85% of the pieces in the latest Nike ACG apparel collection containing more than 90% recycled content. Plus, each item is geared towards outdoor wear for use while hiking, backpacking and participating...

With its newest release, Nike focuses on respecting the outdoors from start to finish. This effort shows, with 85% of the pieces in the latest...
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Landscape Architecture

EcoResponsive Environments wins RIBA's Vision of the Future

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has crowned London-based design studio EcoResponsive Environments winner of the 'Vision of the Future' competition. The competition's objective? To transform a 60-acre site in the industrial Cheshire town of Runcorn into a sustainable, multipurpose and zero-carbon...

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has crowned London-based design studio EcoResponsive Environments winner of the 'Vision of the...