Monthly Archive for November, 2011
By pulling apart old televisions and computers (which typically encourage us to ‘veg-out’), art director Murilo Melo has created an inspiring series of gym posters that encourage couch potatoes to get out and exercise. The gym advertisements were created for Companhia Athletica Gyms in Brazil by recycling the electronic parts and shaping them into energetic exercisin... weiterlesen...
Food waste is a global problem, but in Sweden it is particularly prevalent – it is estimated that one fifth of all food is thrown away. This sparked an idea for the farmers’ cooperative Lantmannen, which has launched a dating website for singles interested in meeting up to create and share dishes made up from leftovers for the greenest possible first date.
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Award-winning filmakers take a closer look at the BP Gulf spill. Check out the trailer:
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Set on an idyllic beach on Mykonos island in Greece, the Alemagou Bar and Restaurant was designed to sit in harmony with its natural site, rather than exist in discord. Designed by Studio-K, the seaside structure was built in the island’s typical Cycladic style, which is characterized by whitewashed, smooth-edged constructions. Local materials were employed throughout t... weiterlesen...
A gekko smuggling scheme is foiled when Philippine police stumble upon an illegal animal warehouse.
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There’s no place like home, so this holiday season help your friends and family turn their interior spaces into sustainable sanctuaries with some goods from our Gifts for the Home Holiday Guide. From a sleek and automated composter, to a seltzer maker for mixing drinks in-house, to a set of colorful and edgy bamboo cutting boards, see all our favorite green gift ideas for ... weiterlesen...
Inhabitat doesn’t in any way condone deep water drilling for oil and natural gas, but we understand that until renewable solutions even out with emissions-heavy energy resources, it will exist. With the horror of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill still on our minds, it was interesting to hear that the Department of Energy (DOE) is investing in technology that will help prev... weiterlesen...
A week before Thanksgiving, President Obama signed into law an agricultural spending bill that allows for the restoration of the American horse slaughter industry. The bill lifts a 1996 restriction on the domestic slaughter of horses, which at the time resulted in horses been shipped to overseas slaughterhouses where humane slaughtering protections do not apply. Congress was fac... weiterlesen...
Even though they’re great for the environment, doesn’t it feel like reusable water bottles have gotten to be a bit too ubiquitous? It isn’t exactly eco-friendly to give out thousands of logo’ed up containers at an event or give your friends and family generic bottles that they’ll have no desire to use, right? That’s why we were excited to see ... weiterlesen...
Old, inefficient planes, along with rising labor costs, sunk the nation's erstwhile largest airline.
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The only viable choice left for a sustainable US society is to co-opt the Democratic Party
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Some people live for the big gifts, but we’re especially fond of the smaller gems that fill our stockings every year. For a sustainable holiday full of cheer, stuff those stockings with green gifts from our Green Stocking Stuffer Guide. From a recycled bike chain bottle opener for your favorite cyclist, to some blossoming tea to heat up those cold winter nights, to lastin... weiterlesen...
Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why civil disobedience and #Occupy is so important in the age of big money.
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Read the rest of The World’s Largest LEGO Christmas Tree Pops Up in London!
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In Toronto today, a monster new grocery store is opening in an old hockey rink. Purists are appalled, but I am excited.
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Whether you know someone with a blossoming flower garden, or someone who has yet to cross off “planting tomatoes” on their to-do list, give them a gift that will keep things growing this holiday season and well beyond! We’ve rounded up some of the best gifts for every kind of gardener, from the city-dweller to the suburbanite. From a handy seat with plenty of s... weiterlesen...
88bikes just announced their sixth project, dubbed Asha 2012, an initiative to give thousands of bikes to young girls from Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia who have been victims of slavery, abuse and in some cases, the sex trade. This project, their most ambitious one yet, was inspired by a 2010 endowment of bikes to every girl living in a remote ashram in Bihar, India where sur... weiterlesen...