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Is This Diamond-Encrusted $400,000 T-Shirt the World’s Most Expensive?

What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a t-shirt?  We’re guessing it’s no where near the £256,500 ($405,000) price-tag on this diamond-encrusted number.  Although there doesn’t seem to be a charitable reason for the exorbitant price, the organic-cotton, “one-of-a-kind luxury product” was made using only renewable energy sources such as... weiterlesen...

Outside » Street Furniture Your City Wishes it Had

by Tim NewcombStreet furniture already catches the eye of denizens eyeing a resting spot, but in select cities it also has people marveling at their good looks. Designers from all over the world are adding flavor—with a healthy dose of colorful whimsy—to otherwise gray streets with these seats, benches, planters, and the like, but what makes these pieces even better ... weiterlesen...

The SolarWorld GT Lands in the U.S. for the Next Leg of Its World Tour!

The SolarWorld GT has been on a world tour, and it finally reached the North American leg of its excursion, hitting the sparkling streets of the US just yesterday! The solar car was sent off on its cross-country jaunt at the Half Moon Bay in California with a plan to head east to meet Florida in 49 days. Since leaving Darwin, Australia, last October, the zero-emission, solar-p... weiterlesen...

Get a Grannie to Remind You to Bundle Up for National Sweater Day!

Instead of turning up your thermostat, why not just throw on a sweater when it gets nippy? That’s what the grannies over at WWF’s National Sweater Day initiative are trying to teach us, and they’ll even give you a ring on February 9th to remind you to turn down your heat and pop on a few layers. READ MORE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ... weiterlesen...

ADzero is the World’s First Bamboo Smartphone

UK design student Kieron-Scott Woodhouse is preparing to launch ADzero – the world’s first smartphone made out of bamboo! Woodhouse told The Inquirer that he made the phone out of four year old organic bamboo that was treated for durability while he was studying at Middlesex University. An entrepreneur who specializes in tech products saw online pictures of the proto... weiterlesen...

In The Modern World » Bridges We Love

by Tim NewcombCables and abutments went fancy for a distinct purpose: to convey passersby—not folks whizzing past on vehicles—with personality. Here’s a selection of bridges that are anything but pedestrian. weiterlesen...

6 Green Roof Resorts from Around the World!

Read the rest of 6 Green Roof Resorts from Around the World! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco lodges, eco lodging, eco resort, eco roof, green roof, green roof cover, green roof hotel, heat island reduction, rain water, roughing it green retreat, storm water retention, vegetated roofs weiterlesen...

World Clean Up 2012 Recruits Community Members Across the Globe to Clear Up Trash

Unleashing a world-wide project to clean up the planet, Let’s Do It World is bringing groups on every continent together for World Clean Up 2012. Driven to do something about the 100 million tons of illegal garbage strewn across the globe, World Clean Up 2012 hopes to connect millions of people to clean up cities, beaches and forests everywhere. It may sound like an ambiti... weiterlesen...

Irish Artist Builds the World’s First 1.4 Billion Euro Home From Shredded Bills

What makes a home worth a million dollars? How about a billion dollars? Irish artist Frank Buckley has taken this question to its logical extreme by building his very own home made from 1.4 billion Euro notes! Graced with very strict permission from the Central Bank of Ireland, Buckley has constructed and now lives in a home made entirely of shredded decommissioned Euros. He for... weiterlesen...

Ecotricity’s SeaRaser Tidal Power Generator Could be the World’s Cheapest Method Of Producing Electricity

Over the years, scientists have come up with numerous ways to produce renewable energy, however cost has always been a huge barrier to the widespread adoption of clean tech – the economics are still in favor of fossil fuels. However UK-based alternative energy company Ecotricity believe all that is about to change – their new project, the SeaRaser, could solve t... weiterlesen...

Genius Unveils World’s First Battery-Free Wireless Mouse

Genius just took a big step forward for computer peripherals by launching the world’s first wireless battery-free mouse. The mighty mouse eschews wasteful AAAs and heavier lithium-ion batteries in favor of an electric double-layer ultracapacitor that requires just a quick 3 minute charge each day. The Genius DX-Eco runs on a 2.4 Ghz connection, is rated to last for 100,000... weiterlesen...

Continuing Texas Drought Threatens World’s Only Self-Sustaining Population of Whooping Cranes

Record-breaking drought is leading to some coastal marshes being saltier than the ocean, and toxic red tide is washing along the shore, threatening whooping cranes. weiterlesen...

World’s Fastest Hybrid Shootout: Infiniti M35h vs Porsche Panamera S Hybrid

The Guinness Book of World Records has just certified the “World’s Fastest Full Hybrid.” Who got the prize? weiterlesen...

Yoko Ono Delivers "Peace Postcards" to Occupy Wall Street Protesters

You have to give her credit -- Yoko Ono is 78 years old and she is still going strong with her world peace mission. weiterlesen...

Oregon’s Out’n’About Treehouse ‘Treesort’ has the World’s Highest Concentration of Treehouses

Read the rest of Oregon’s Out’n'About Treehouse ‘Treesort’ has the World’s Highest Concentration of Treehouses Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bed & breakfast, eco homes, green architecture, green design, green resorts, hotel, Michael Garnier, Oregon, Out'n'About Treesort, tree houses, treehouse weiterlesen...

The Wild World of the $3.5 Million ‘Future Energy Prize’

What do Leonardo DiCaprio, the Prime Minister of Iceland, and Andre Agassi have in common? They all help award millions of dollars to folks solving the world's energy problems, of course! weiterlesen...

Governments Spend $1.4 Billion Per Day to Destabilize Climate

A world facing economically disruptive climate change can no longer justify subsidies to expand the burning of coal and oil. Governments are shelling out nearly $1.4 billion per day to further destabilize the earth’s climate. weiterlesen...

Tûranor PlanetSolar: World’s Largest Solar Ship About to Complete Trip Around the Globe

The epic voyage of the Tûranor PlanetSolar – the world’s largest solar-powered boat – will soon come to a close as the ship closes in on its final stretch. The Swiss vessel is a full-bore high-tech solar harvesting machine whose deck is covered in 537 square meters of photovoltaic panels. The array produced enough energy for the boat to navigate the entire circumf... weiterlesen...

Glasgow University Creates the World’s Smallest Greeting Card For Chinese New Year

Everyone loves to a receive greeting card. Whether it is for a birthday, an anniversary or a celebration, they let us know we are being thought of by our nearest and dearest. But what happens when the card is so small, you can’t even read it? This is exactly what a team from the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre at the University of Glasgow have done to celebrate the C... weiterlesen...

World’s Largest Garment Made From Golden Spider Silk Now on Display

We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw this glistening yellow cape made from spider silk. The un-dyed, untreated garment is the world’s largest piece of clothing made entirely from the durable natural material. Now on public display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the textile accredits its unearthly glow to the lady golden orb spider. READ MORE > P... weiterlesen...