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Reused teak and earthy stone make up a luxury Goan home with canal views

  • Lucy Wang
  • 11/24/2020

In the village of Solid in North Goa, international architecture practice SAV Architecture + Design has completed the Earth House, a luxury home of 700 square meters that makes the most of its lush, tropical surroundings. Set next to a canal lined with coconut trees, the expansive home has allowed the outdoors...

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Climate change is leading to increased winter drownings

  • Bonface Landi
  • 11/24/2020

A new study, published in the journal PLoS One, has revealed that there is a significant relationship between increased drownings in the winter and climate change. According to the study, regions that have experienced a sharp increase in average winter temperatures are also experiencing more drownings. The...

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New global bee map gives scientists a conservation baseline

  • Teresa Bergen
  • 11/24/2020

Bees are crucial pollinators for crops that humans consume, but their populations are on the decline. Now, a new, global bee map is tracking more than 20,000 bee species on Earth to help aid in their conservation. Many scientists worked together on the map, including John Ascher of the National University...

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MVRDV unveils sustainable Chengdu Sky Valley masterplan

  • Lucy Wang
  • 11/24/2020

MVRDV has revealed designs for Chengdu Sky Valley, a competition entry for the Future Science and Technology City, which is a planned district on the outskirts of Chengdu, China. Guided by sustainable and placemaking principles, the masterplan seeks to differentiate itself from the country’s other high-tech...

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A lakeside, prefab home in Quebec aims for LEED Gold

  • Lucy Wang
  • 11/24/2020

After purchasing a humble country home 25 years ago in the village of Ivry-sur-le-Lac, architect-owner Richard Rubin of Canadian firm Figurr Architects Collective wanted to treat himself and his family to a new second home with an extremely low environmental impact. Key to the creation of this low-impact holiday...

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Submit your vegan recipes to win this sustainable chef's kit!

  • Inhabitat
  • 11/23/2020

Calling all foodies! With so many of us turning to our kitchens for comfort this year, we’ve decided to put together a kit to help you become the best sustainable chef you can be! By submitting your own vegan holiday recipe to Inhabitat's Vegan Holiday Recipe Contest, you can enter for a chance to win this bundle...

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Engineering student turns food waste into renewable energy

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What if those old carrots you never got around to eating could be a renewable energy source, rather than something messy you had to clean out of your refrigerator bin? That’s the basic idea — though on a much smaller scale — behind Carvey Maigue’s new AuREUS system. Maigue, a...

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  • Lucy Wang
  • 11/23/2020

After three years of design and construction, Singapore-based firm G8A Architecture & Urban Planning has completed the Tropical Chalet, a naturally cooled home with a beautiful and functional “double roof facade.” Located in the Vietnamese coastal region of Danang, the four-bedroom family villa takes advantage...

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Nüwa, the design for a self-sustaining city on Mars

  • Katherine Gallagher
  • 11/23/2020

As part of scientific work for a competition organized by the Mars Society, an American non-profit dedicated to exploring the Red Planet, architecture firm Abiboo has unveiled design concepts for a sustainable city on Mars. The project, called Nüwa, ranked as a finalist among 175 projects submitted from...

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Indonesian eco village features rammed earth domes and ocean views

  • Katherine Gallagher
  • 11/20/2020

Located in the southeastern part of Lombok, Indonesia, the Dome Lombok eco resort enjoys stunning views of the ocean, permaculture gardens, a farm-to-table restaurant, an organic juice bar, an outdoor cinema and a swimming pool. Each luxurious, rammed earth dome is made using the adobe earthbag building technique,...

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A status report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) shows that overall, coral reefs in the U.S. are currently in fair condition, but these reefs are vulnerable to severe decline in the near future. This threat is the worst along the Florida coast, where few corals remain, and about 98%...

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