Prime Roots will debut fungi-based bacon on Valentines Day 2020

Prime Roots is upending the food landscape with mushrooms as another protein source.

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Buhais Geology Park opens in UAE's Sharjah Desert

British architectural firm Hopkins Architects has completed the Buhais Geology Park Interpretative Center, a new research and education facility highlighting the prehistoric and geological significance of the former seabed known as al-Madam Plain.

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Passive design helps this home adapt to rainforest climate

Building in extreme landscapes and climates comes with all sorts of complications, but one savvy architect managed to construct a beautiful modern home using the local environment to the home’s advantage. Mexico City-based architectural firm, Paola Calzada Arquitectos built the contemporary Tabasco Home in the middle of Mexico’s rare rainforest using several passive features to reduce energy.

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UNSense to develop a 100-home real-life testing environment for the future of housing

UNSense, an arch-tech startup launched by UNStudio, has announced plans to develop an adaptive neighborhood of 100 homes to explore how sustainable, smart technology can revolutionize the future of residential development.

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Transformed midcentury modern home focuses on sustainability

Originally designed in 1956, this mid-century property in Indianapolis has been remodeled to reflect the new owner’s modern style. The design plan included methods to turn the 60-year-old house with outdated fixtures and overgrown landscaping into an organized, harmonious, private living space.

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LEED Platinum-targeted Santa Monica apartments are powered by solar energy

Pico Eleven will offer rent control apartments and low-income housing and is targeting LEED Platinum certification.

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This cool electric skateboard is made from recycled plastic

One designer felt inspired to clean up his town's coastline by turning plastic waste into electric skateboards.

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Sustainability career options you may not have considered

If you've considered a career in sustainability, here are some green jobs you might want to look into.

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Charming, energy-efficient cottages are inspired by barns in rural Massachusetts

Architect Grigori Fateyev from Art Forms Architecture has created a series of low-impact, sustainable cottages in the idyllic rural area of Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

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Net-zero Del Mar Civic Center celebrates community and the great outdoors

The new civic center is designed for net-zero energy operations with a rooftop solar array, rainwater harvesting and more.

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Solar-powered residence in Thailand takes on a sculptural form with cantilevering cubes

With massive windows and dual outdoor decks, the energy-efficient home is strategically crafted to let the residents best enjoy the incredible views.

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Urban Beehive Project creates a buzz around honeybee education

The Urban Beehive Project is a community installation that highlights the importance of pollinators and their role in a sustainable ecosystem.

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New technological process transforms everyday trash into graphene

Rice University researchers have found a way to turn trash into treasure.

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Adventurous, sustainable cricket-based snacks

For Westerners, snacking on insects isn’t mainstream. But that may change, thanks to the rising trend of edible bugs and cricket-based snacks — like those from Chirps, Don Bugito, EXO, Hotlix, Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch and SEEK.

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New BU academic tower will be 100% free from fossil fuels

The tower, which will be the tallest building on campus, will feature a suite of energy-saving and energy-generating technologies, including geothermal wells, state-of-the-art shading systems and triple-glazed windows.

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BREEAM-certified renovation for 70s modernist icon in Amsterdam

MVSA Architects has dramatically breathed new life into Amsterdam’s iconic Rivierstaete — a monolithic 1973 modernist office building on the Amstel — with a sustainable and architecturally sensitive makeover that connects the building to the riverfront and surrounding community in a way unlike ever before.

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Hundreds of Amazon employees risk jobs to protest company's climate policies

Hundreds of Amazon employees have joined in solidarity, forming the advocacy group Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) to protest the company's climate policies.

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Church Stone Shelter welcomes hikers in Finland

Built mainly from wood and recycled materials, the minimalist and contemporary shelter was inspired by a large natural boulder located close by.

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Former scrapyard is now a site for sustainable, solar-powered homes

The Cozens Place properties include solar panels, energy-efficient insulation and semi-permeable drainage to sustainably manage rainwater.

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Self-sufficient floating office building for GCA will take anchor in Rotterdam

The floating office with include several sustainable design features to target energy-neutral, self-sufficient operations.

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Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city

After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled their competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s next campus—a green and futuristic smart city shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range. Located on a 133-hectare site in Shenzhen’s Qianhai Bay, the nature-inspired development combines references to the lush, mountainous surroundings with Tencent’s cutting-edge technology. The massive urban district is expected to include enough office space for 80,000 to 100,000 employees,...

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Eco-friendly house uses only 19% of the energy it creates

Lexington, Massachusetts is known for its historical landmarks, but now the city is also home to a powerhouse of energy-efficient design. Designed by Stephanie Horowitz of Zero Energy Design, the Lexington Modern Residence is a contemporary 4,400 square-foot home that not only generates its energy through solar power, but is strategically built to significantly reduce its overall energy consumption.

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Sherpa Light for indoor farming wins CES 2020 Innovation Award

Developed with the tagline “Grow whatever your heart desires, wherever you are”, Sherpa Light is a tunable artificial light source with the potential to replicate the exact sunlight conditions needed to grow any plant from around the world. Using tunable, full-spectrum LEDs, the device was created to emit different lighting intensities depending on the plant’s cellular structure in order to optimize growth.

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Volkswagen reveals plans for mobile electric car charging robot

As the number of electric cars continues to increase, the need for charging stations comes along with it. Often finding a charging station not only involves planning to be at the location before the car runs out of battery power, but also being able to pull into one of the typically shared spots to complete the actual charge. Volkswagen is developing a mobile robot that eliminates the need to plug into a hard-wired charging port, bringing the charge directly to your vehicle regardless of which parking...

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Zero-carbon home uses hemp fiber for innovative design

As designers and architects continue searching for innovative, sustainable building materials, hemp is becoming a front runner in the world of green design. In fact, London-based firm Practice Architecture collaborated with local hemp farmers in Cambridgeshire for the Flat House — a zero-carbon home built using hemp grown on-site.

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Energy-efficient Indian home features beautiful greenery

Mumbai based architecture and design firm, unTAG has just unveiled a stunning home that was built for a retired school teacher looking to spend his retirement years in his home village of Dakivali, India. Working within the man's extremely limited budget, the architects employed several low-cost, passive strategies such as building the home in the middle of a lush bamboo field to use the vegetation as natural insulation.

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EWG warns forever chemicals are contaminating US drinking water at levels far worse than expected

EWG has found that the amount of PFAS in drinking water is far higher than recent estimates.

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Scientists announce the Doomsday Clock is within 100 seconds to midnight

The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before.

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This sustainable lodge is in the worlds oldest living desert

Related: +  andBeyond Sossuvlei Desert Lodge Via Wallpaper

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Award-winning Owl Woods Passive House playfully mimics birdhouses in Australia

Australian design studio Talina Edwards Architecture recently completed the Owl Woods Passive House — the first certified Passivhaus project designed by a woman architect in Australia.

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Stunning House on the Rocks uses geothermal power

On Finland’s windswept Turku archipelago, Helsinki-based design practice and log house kit purveyor Pluspuu has completed yet another ecological wood house — fittingly named the House on the Rocks. Designed to embrace landscape views in multiple directions, the three-bedroom, two-bath residence is a custom design based on Pluspuu’s pre-designed house models Isokari and Kustavi.

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Check out these amazing sustainable cabins by ZeroCabin

Armed only with experience in biology, chemistry and physics, a group of Chile-based scientists took concepts ranging from photosynthesis to thermodynamics to create Zerocabin, a collection of off-grid and self-sustaining cabins that use “free energy” to function.

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Restored Georgian townhouse has rainwater-fed green roof

The Sun Rain Room is an extension and restoration of a two-story Grade-II Listed townhouse designed and constructed by Tonkin Liu. Partnering with local craftspeople to complete the project, the London-based architecture firm was able to create an extension of the existing structure through landscape that feeds off of the sun and rain.

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Henning Larsen unveils plans for Copenhagens first all-timber community

A sustainable, nature-filled neighborhood unlike any other in Denmark could soon take root just beyond Copenhagen’s city center.

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Charming hobbit home in Slovenian 'Shire' is built of local, natural materials

While it may not be located in the Shire, this hobbit home in Slovenia is just as magical as a Middle Earth abode.

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The Union Flats is a LEED Platinum-certified housing community

Prefab architecture and energy efficiency go hand-in-hand at The Union Flats, one of the largest completed modular housing developments in Northern California. Located in Union City directly across a new public plaza and the local BART station, the transit-oriented community celebrates walkability and the outdoors with its amenities and proximity to green space.

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Hundreds of red plastic crates are repurposed into a public mosque in Indonesia

One green-thinking firm, Parisauli Arsitek Studio, has managed to find a way of giving new life to hundreds of discarded plastic crates.

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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

Seaweeds are becoming quite the catch for health- and eco-conscious brands and consumers.

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Off-grid home is inspired by the iconic Australian Akubra hat

The Australian Akubra hat is one of the many symbols of the country, and one architectural team has used the hat's recognizable form as inspiration for a spectacular off-grid home in the small NSW town of Nundle.

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Modular homes in Sweden are specially designed for solar panels

Swedish firm Street Monkey Architects has unveiled new solar-powered, prefabricated modular homes in Örebro, Sweden.

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Luzinterruptus turns plastic waste into Death by Plastic eco-art for COP25

Made from plastic waste and transparent fabric, the glowing environmental art installation depicts a crime scene-like visual with a series of people-shaped sculptures lying on the ground.

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CRA proposes reconfigurable roads and a floating garden to revitalize Luganos waterfront

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect the Swiss city of Lugano with the beautiful Lugano Lake.

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China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025

China is set to enact a plastic ban to phase out the production and use of many single-use plastic items by 2025.

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Self-sustaining Ugandan surgical facility provides healthcare to underserved areas

The architects created a modular, easily replicable surgical facility to provide ambulatory surgical procedures for underserved populations in resource-poor regions.

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New tiny home for glamping on Governors Island offers guests the best views of NYC

Outlook Shelter offers guests a glamping experience with city vistas they won't find anywhere else.

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Cross-laminated timber makes this Scottish home climate resistant

Scottish firm Mary Arnold Foster Architects has unveiled a stunning home made out of several timber “pods” and tucked into the idyllic landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Clad in cross-laminated timber (CLT) and covered with slats of charred larch, which provide the home with resilience, the Nedd home was built on concrete pillars and set in between two outcrops to minimize damage to the landscape.

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NAWA reveals hybrid electric motorcycle at CES 2020

It’s not the first electric motorcycle on the market, but the NAWA Racer is currently the most talked about after a big reveal at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.

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Modern farmhouse in Italy pays homage to its agricultural surroundings

Tucked into the rolling wheat fields of the Italian region of Le Marche, the Border Crossing House is a private residence that pays homage to the area's rich agricultural history.

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"Embroidered filtering skin helps library regulate light

French design practice Serero Architectes Urbanistes has recently completed the new Bayeux Media Library, a light-filled cultural institution that connects the northwestern French commune’s historical roots to its future development zones.

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Architect makes playful puzzle pavilion for Design Week Mexico

At the eleventh Design Week Mexico, Mexican architect Gerardo Broissin has created the Egaligilo Pavilion, an eye-catching structure made with large jigsaw puzzle-shaped concrete pieces. Installed on the grounds of Mexico City’s contemporary art museum Museo Tamayo, the boxy pavilion draws the eye with its puzzle-inspired form and bubble-like protrusions designed to deliberately obscure views of the interior. Inside is a lush garden that remains exposed to the outdoor elements thanks to small slits...

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Ramboll helps Lombok locals build earthquake-resistant bamboo housing

Back in 2018 when Lombok was struck by several earthquakes, some of which measured up to magnitude 7, local communities around the seismic region were greatly affected by loss. After the series of earthquakes settled, there were over 500 dead, 129,000 homes damages and 445,000 people homeless.

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Planet Beyond earbuds combine tech, sustainability and fashion

These high-tech earbuds double as unique jewelry.

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The Haeckels Victorian-style bathing machine has a sauna inside

Is there anything better than self-care by the sea? UK-based skincare brand Haeckels is on a mission to reintroduce the local community of Margate Beach to the healing powers of the ocean.

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Airstream unveils new 2020 camper with smart technology

Airstream is a long-standing American legend beloved by many roaming road warriors, but now the iconic campers have been given a sleek modern makeover.

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New Marine Education Center in Malm raises climate change awareness

In Malmo, Sweden, the recently completed Marine Education Center is giving visitors a closer look at the effects of climate change and sustainable technology.

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12 surprising things that arent vegan

It’s hard sticking to a vegan lifestyle.

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Stunning, sustainable lodge blends into beautiful landscape

Romanian architecture firm BLIPSZ has created a near-autonomous holiday home that combines the charms of rural Transylvanian architecture with a sustainable and contemporary design aesthetic.

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Children hurt after Delta jet dumps fuel on schools

On January 14, a Delta jet malfunctioned, dumping jet fuel over Los Angeles area schools. The incident affected over 50 people, including students from Park Avenue Elementary, San Gabriel Elementary, Graham Elementary, Tweedy Elementary, 93rd Street Elementary and Jordan High School.

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Immersive, dystopian exhibit shows what life could be like post-climate change

As a wake up call to the possible effects of global warming, Superflux has created immersive art that explores the possible consequences of sea level rise for city dwellers in coastal areas.

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Transparent, prefab tiny cabin offers the best views of the Italian Alps

If you need a little getaway, there is a beautiful, tiny cabin retreat in the Italian Alps calling your name.

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Passive solar community in Brazil combines social justice and sustainability

To empower a marginalized community in Brazil’s Maranhão state, São Paulo-based architecture firm Estudio Flume has completed Castanha de Caju, a new headquarters for a women’s agricultural cooperative that doubles as a a welcoming community hub.

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Rolls-Royce unveils prototype for world's fastest electric plane

Innovation is the name of the game for luxury industry leaders like Rolls-Royce, so it’s no surprise they have a variety of sustainable travel projects in the works. Last month, Rolls-Royce released its newest project — an all-electric plane set to take flight later this spring.

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The low-impact Bridge House hovers over a stream in Los Angeles

Starting with the foundation, the bridge design suspends a large portion of the structure, minimizing the impact on the landscape.

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Couple turns old van into home-on-wheels for just $1K

IKEA offers an almost infinite amount of space solutions for any type of abode, but for one couple looking to convert an old van into a home on wheels, IKEA products were their saving grace. Ambitious couple Grace Aquino and her husband Marlon were on an extremely tight budget when they decided to turn their old van into a full-time home so that they could travel the world.

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Snhetta to revitalize Midtown Manhattan with vibrant garden

Midtown Manhattan will soon become much greener thanks to New York City Planning Commission’s unanimous approval of Snøhetta’s design for a new privately-owned public space (POPS) in 550 Madison, a Philip Johnson-designed postmodernist landmark. Designed as a “vibrant sensory retreat,” the new public space will take the shape of a lush garden—the largest of its kind in the district—that will become a haven for both people and urban pollinators. The garden is being developed as part of...

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A nearly century-old Copenhagen school gets an eco-friendly makeover

Originally built in 1929, the building had long been hidden away from the surrounding neighborhood; this comprehensive transformation, completed in 2019, has now integrated the structure into the urban fabric.

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This minimalist, solar-powered home stands strong against earthquakes

The modern, solar-powered home is situated on a hilly slope with the help of a protective and stabilizing wall along a surrounding orchard.

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Wearable garden vest is nourished by wearer's own urine

With the potential to grow up to 40 crops, the lush, green vest is irrigated by urine filtered through reverse osmosis.

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Quorn introduces carbon footprint labeling

By reading carbon labels, consumers may be motivated to make better and more sustainable choices.

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This dynamic parking garage doubles as a public sculpture

In Denmark’s fourth largest city of Aalborg, Copenhagen-based architecture firm Sangberg has designed a deceptively simple parking garage that offers much more than parking spaces. Dubbed the Parking House G2, the monolithic building features a dynamic and lightweight facade of extruded aluminum slats that “animates itself” in different ways depending on how and from where it’s viewed. The aluminum slats of the playful graphic facade were also engineered with reusability in mind and to encourage...

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Fun, eco-friendly things to do in Portland

Many entrepreneurial folks have started unusual businesses and events, which often surprise and delight visitors. If you’ve always wanted to visit a vegan strip club or watch an adult soapbox derby race, Portland is for you.

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Cool retro boats restored with electric motors

For those planning a summer day on the waterways of Lake Michigan, there's a new ecological option that will help you spend the day boating in sustainable style. Located on the lake's eastern shore, Retro Boat Rentals has unveiled a collection of fiberglass boats from the 50s and 60s that have been restored using state-of-the-art electric motors.

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Passive House principles inspire this sustainable home

Australian architecture firm POLYstudio has recently completed A House for All Seasons, a contemporary family home with an emphasis on energy efficiency. Commissioned by a young family, the sustainable new dwelling was designed with a flexible layout to accommodate the clients’ evolving needs within a relatively compact footprint.

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Fisker debuts an electric luxury SUV for $37,500 at CES

The new Fisker Ocean, debuted at CES, will come with many sustainable features — inside and out.

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3XN unveils new, sustainable building for UNSW Sydney

Following a rigorous international competition, Danish architectural firm 3XN has won the bid to design the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) new Multipurpose Building — a project that the architects say will have a “focus on resilience and environmental sustainability.”

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This lovely lampshade is made from cabbage

Veggie Lights are just that — lamp shades made out of red cabbage leaves.

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ZHA gets the green light for worlds first all-timber soccer stadium in England

The timber soccer stadium will aim to be carbon neutral.

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The Garden House features greenery and bee-friendly landscapes

The Garden House by Christos Pavlou Architecture is a physical representation of the potential for urban gardens to create micro-climates that improve the living conditions of cities rather than make additional contributions to climate change.

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Your eco-friendly travel guide for New York City

It’s easy to get caught up in New York’s frenetic energy, but there are plenty of opportunities to find some beauty and tranquility within the city's nonstop nature.

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Impossible Foods debuts plant-based pork at CES

Impossible Foods has unveiled its newest meatless product, Impossible Pork.

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BIG presents a sustainable living laboratory town in Japan for Toyota at CES

Created in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, the project will be the world’s first urban incubator dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of mobility with a focus on sustainability, from renewable energies to shared mobility.

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5 growing environmental nonprofits to support in 2020

Here are five fledgling nonprofits you may not have heard of yet, but that are already inspiring movements, pushing for legislation and combating climate change.

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Fires in Australia create dangerous weather conditions

Authorities warn that the unprecedented ferocity of Australia’s wildfires can produce extreme weather systems — dangerous and unpredictable conditions known as cumulonimbus flammagenitus, or pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds.

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Lush Sky Green towers are the first of their kind in Taichung

Taichung, Taiwan has taken yet another step toward becoming a greener, more livable city with the recent completion of Sky Green, a sustainably minded, mixed-use development.

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The best eco tourism spots in San Diego

San Diego is a city where people like to spend time outside. This city has endless beaches, parks and cultural opportunities to explore.

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A green lung brings sunlight and air into a narrow Vietnamese home

VRA Design made the most of a long, narrow plot by creating an internal courtyard in a house in Vietnam.

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An eco-travel guide to Bend, Oregon

Enjoy the fresh air, the vegan eats and the eco-hotels that sunny Bend, Oregon has to offer with this guide.

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Taking a stand against climate change, the Golden Globes goes vegan

The Golden Globes made history by switching to a vegan menu.

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Denmarks first timber parking garage will be enveloped in greenery

Danish architecture studios Open Platform and JAJA Architects have won an open competition to design Denmark’s first all-timber parking garage in the coastal city of Aarhus. Designed with a reduced environmental footprint, the new multi-level parking garage will be built from cross-laminated timber and partly enveloped in greenery to help contribute to the country’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050. The facility has also been kept deliberately compact so as to make room on the site for...

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California winery innovates with sustainable recycling creation

In the California city of Paso Robles, architecture firm Clayton & Little has given old oil field drill stem pipes unexpected new life — as an equipment barn that offsets over 100% of the energy needs for a sustainably-minded winery.

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Windwords proposal turns wind turbines into public art

The two-part design creates art from wind turbines and helps residents earn profits from the renewable energy.

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Energy-efficient affordable housing project opens in South LA

Local design practice Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) has transformed a vacant lot in South Los Angeles into energy-efficient, 100% affordable housing.

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Half a billion Australian animals, even 30% of koala population, likely lost to wildfires

Ecologists estimate upward of 480 million mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects have died.

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COBE unveils images of LEED Gold-targeted Adidas HQ in Germany

After a year of operation, sportswear titan Adidas has finally released images of its new LEED Gold-seeking headquarters.

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A 1980s Madrid home gets a modern and energy-efficient facelift

Dubbed the Levitt House, the two-story home features a complete retrofit of the interiors as well as an entirely new energy-saving rear facade.

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Cybunker is a futuristic shelter concept for off-grid living and the Tesla Cybertruck

If you’re a fan of the Tesla Cybertruck, you’ll love the Cybunker, a futuristic modular architecture concept by New York-based firm Lars Büro.

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The Amazon has lost over 10 million football fields of forest in a decade

Over the past ten years, the Amazon has lost 24,000 square miles of rainforest. That is a land size equivalent to 10.3 million American gridiron football fields or 8.4 million soccer fields.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

Ice rinks are an important fixture of winter sports, but with growing concerns about global warming, water scarcity and our planet’s current climate crisis, even the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the National Hockey League (NHL) have been pressed to be more socially responsible where ice rinks are concerned.

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BIG plans unveiled for pedestrian paradise in Downtown Brooklyn

After nearly a year of research, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and WXY Studio have unveiled their visions for improving Downtown Brooklyn — a 370-acre urban district with updated streetscapes, plazas, and public spaces.

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Eco-house in Chile thrives in every season

The KDDK House makes the most of its surroundings and remains comfortable inside, no matter the weather.

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The eco-friendly wellness guide to Savannah, Georgia

Check out the many sustainable stops throughout Savannah.

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Saving New Zealands kakapo from extinction

One of the world’s rarest birds, the kakapo, is on the brink of extinction.

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A midcentury barn is thoughtfully reclaimed for a family retreat in California

In California wine country, north of San Francisco, Faulkner Architects repurposed a 1950s tack barn as part of a Glen Ellen retreat for a family of four.

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These upcycled shipping containers make eco-friendly offices

Sustainable architecture focuses on low impact construction and natural or recycled materials. The new marketing suite for Goldman Westlink is just such a building.

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8 attainable sustainability resolutions for 2020

Wherever you are on your sustainable living journey, we’ve got some ideas for how to lower your carbon footprint and enhance your sense of commitment to the planet.

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Off-grid tiny cabin in Australia is just the place for a digital detox in the new year

Tucked in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, the solar-powered cabin is the ideal spot for reconnecting with nature in the new year.

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