Tag Archive for 'View'
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What's up with the sales, orders and reservations of the Nissan Leaf? Nissan loudly trumpeted the 20,000 reservations it originally collected back in September, 2010 and Nissan's Mark Perry recently told AutoblogGreen that, since then, that number has climbed to around 26,000. Where do things stand today? That's not exactl... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of Toda House: Japanese Home Perched on Stilts Has an Awesome View of Hiroshima
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"A Path in the Forest" is a 300' aerial walkway through a forest outside of Tallinn, Estonia's capital city.
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It could be a lot more than you think, especially if you take the long view...
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Nature Valley is pulling a Google and bringing national park hiking trails online street view-style. The company hopes to raise awareness of the significant problems national parks face, including widespread closures, by getting the gorgeous scenery on our computer screens and getting people interested in visiting, or at least preserving these wonderful s... weiterlesen...
In big, bustling cities, its hard to find new space for commercial buildings. But the VW +BS architectural firm took their search in Singapore above and beyond, literally. Their newly constructed Periscope building is tucked behind a series of storefronts with a spectacular extension that rises high and hovers out and over the street below.
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Read the rest of Selgas Cano’s Incredible Glass Office Gives Employees a Bug’s Eye View of the Forest Floor
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Read the rest of Orbiting Space Pod Hotel Gives Galactic Tourists an Out of This World View
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In its quest to take over the world in the friendliest way possible, Google has begun working with the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) to promote awareness of one of the world’s most important ecosystems by mapping the byways of the Amazon River and the few roads in the area for Google Street View. The project has even enlisted the help of local residents to pedal Goog... weiterlesen...
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It is one of the most remote and biodiverse regions on the planet, with a cultural and ecological treasure-trove typically reserved only for those hardy and adventurous enough to unlock it. But soon, experiencing the wonders of the Amazon won't require mosquito nets, machettes -- or even pants. This week, Google began traversing the rivers and villages of the... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of Wolf Creek View Cabin Treads Lightly On the Foothills of Eastern Washington
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Image credit: Humanure Handbook
Whether it's humanure composting in urban Oakland, or safer sanitation with humanure in Haiti, there are many advocates of humanure systems and other forms of composting toilets around the world. Yet every time the topic comes up, there are concerns about sanitation.
Maybe this video of a young girl frolicking in a humanure-fed garden will make... weiterlesen...
We have been bringing you lots of news lately on the developments in driverless cars from companies such as Google, Porsche, or even new competitors in China. So we were a little nervous for Google when we heard one of their Priuses had gotten itself into an accident. Google is claiming the crash was caused by the driverless fleet car when a human was manually driving it, but so... weiterlesen...
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When Jaymi reported that Yosemite National Park was cutting down trees to improve the view, the response from our readers was overwhelmingly negative. Given that many National Parks are under grave threat from climate change, and weiterlesen...
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With solar prices falling dramatically in the UK, my own parents, who have also gone solar, have seen 4 neighbors within view of their house put up solar panels. But that's nothing compared to the town of Wadebridge, Cornwall. We already reported on residents' efforts to become Britain's first solar powered town, and their valiant push continues. But ... weiterlesen...
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Photography and environmentalism have a long and respected link; think Ed Burtynsky's photos of the BP oil spill and the Prix Pictet winners.
Now we have the world's biggest photograph, which is in the Guinness World Records. It is a panoramic view of an old Marine Corps Air Station, which ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Aerial view of Ölüdeniz, Turkey. Photo: Dan Taylor / Creative Commons.
With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered over the weekend, July 22-24, 2011....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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