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California governor marks official end of state's historic drought

A wet winter that filled reservoirs with rainwater and blanketed the Sierra Nevadas with heavy snow has officially brought an end to California's historic drought. On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown lifted the emergency order in effect since January 2014 for all of the state except for the Central California counties...
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Architecture

Myanmar’s eco-friendly startup transforms trash into treasure—and jobs

Trash is a big problem in Myanmar. Garbage is scattered in the streets with smells of burning trash never far behind—but an innovative social enterprise has found a way to turn that adversity into advantage. Tucked in the rural backwaters of Dala near Yangon city, ChuChu Design is an eco-friendly startup lifting...
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Architecture

Architects transform barns into solar-powered workspaces for Dutch daredevil

Rotterdam-based architecture studio Instability We Trust transformed two barns into a set of contemporary workspaces for the famous Dutch daredevil, Wim Hof. Nicknamed “The Iceman” for his ability to withstand extreme cold, Hof commissioned the adaptive reuse project to house his training seminars on the health...
Wayne Adams, Catherine King, Freedom Cove, self-sufficient floating island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Architecture

Couple spent 20 years building Freedom Cove, their self-sufficient floating oasis

[gallery_extend] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBAKZjUxIE Adams and King have been living in their own self-made floating island since 1992. They are both artists, Adams is a carver and King, a retired ballerina enjoys painting, writing and playing music. Although they live on an island, the water...
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Architecture

INTERVIEW: City Parks Foundation's Heather Lubov on transforming baseball diamonds into golf schools

With its hefty pricetag and sprawling greens, golf is one of the least accessible sports for kids living in urban environments. Luckily for children growing up New York City, City Parks Foundation is breaking down many of the obstacles associated with picking up golf by rethinking where the game can be played....
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Climate Change

6 reasons the clean energy revolution doesn't need Trump’s blessing

President Donald Trump’s anti-environment blitzkrieg is leaving many of us struggling to catch up to and understand the dramatic changes being made to long-standing federal policy. Most recently it is being reported that Trump will "definitely" pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement, and that Republicans...
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Architecture

Stunning prefab OxyGen project will deliver a green oasis to Paris

[gallery_extend] Located between the train tracks and the banks of Neuilly sur Seine, the 1,500-square-meter OxyGen development will be sited on a highly visible and elevated area of La Défense. The semi-circular site, which the architects liken to the bow of the La Défense ship, will serve as a gateway...

[gallery_extend] Located between the train tracks and the banks of Neuilly sur Seine, the 1,500-square-meter OxyGen development will...
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Cabins

Sleep beneath the Milky Way in this tiny and remote alpine cabin on skis

[gallery_extend] Located just a few kilometers from the popular alpine town of Cortina in northern Italy, the Starlight Room was towed into place by a snowmobile and is set along the Falzarego ridge in one of the Alps’ most scenic spots facing the Tofane, the Cortina basin, and Lagazuoi Mountain....

[gallery_extend] Located just a few kilometers from the popular alpine town of Cortina in northern Italy, the Starlight Room was towed...
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Finally, an umbrella you'll never lose

If you are someone who is endlessly searching for your misplaced umbrella when bad weather strikes, have no fear: the Blunt Umbrella is here. The smart umbrella is equipped with the Bluetooth-enabled Tile app. The technology uses your smartphone to locate the lost umbrella, which starts “singing” until it...

If you are someone who is endlessly searching for your misplaced umbrella when bad weather strikes, have no fear: the Blunt Umbrella is here....
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Architecture

Jean Nouvel's Cyprus tower is a pixelated, perforated plant paradise

[gallery_extend] Nouvel’s tower in Cyprus, which his firm calls “White Walls,” is a radical departure from a traditional high rise. Rather than sporting a neatly arranged grid of windows and balconies, as many similar buildings might, Nouvel’s creation has a pixelated pattern of windows and...

[gallery_extend] Nouvel’s tower in Cyprus, which his firm calls “White Walls,” is a radical departure from a traditional high...
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Architecture

You could eat dinner in the mouth of this insane cobra-shaped skyscraper

[gallery_extend] While serpents seem menacing in most Western cultures, Asian cultures see them as positive figures. In China, snakesand dragons often symbolize the same thing and are custodians of temples, treasure, esoteric knowledge and all lunar gods. Appropriating these meanings, the cobra-shaped...

[gallery_extend] While serpents seem menacing in most Western cultures, Asian cultures see them as positive figures. In China, snakesand...
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Architecture

Solar-powered 'ecotopia' proposed as alternative to Trump's border wall

In response to Trump's maddening determination to build a wall along the US and Mexico border, one group of fed-up designers has proposed an entire new territory, called Otra Nation, that would be open to citizens of both Mexico and the United States. The high-tech ecotopia designed by Made Collective (Mexican...

In response to Trump's maddening determination to build a wall along the US and Mexico border, one group of fed-up designers has proposed an...