Reclaimed NYC water towers are upcycled into a NEST playscape in Brooklyn

A giant NEST has landed on the roof of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum — and it’s not for the birds.

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Paris bans up to 60% of cars amidst record heat wave

As France suffers through a record heat wave, air pollution rates intensify. The solution? A Parisian car ban for less eco-friendly automobiles, starting July 1 until the hot weather breaks.

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Native bees are going extinct without much buzz

While the nation buzzes about the massive die-off of honeybees, native bumblebees are quietly going extinct.

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This new community in Tampa is set to be the worlds healthiest neighborhood

A Tampa neighborhood design just became the first in the world to earn a WELL Design & Operations designation from the Delos International WELL Building Institute, a global community standard for wellness. You may have heard of the Delos company from advocates such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Clinton, or you may have heard about it for creating the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a global movement designed to transform communities and buildings in ways that promote health and...

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Eco toilets empower women and save nature in Colombia

Jenifer Colpas spends her days installing toilets, but her work has won her accolades as a Global Changemaker, Young Champion of the Earth and most recently as a winner of the United Nation’s Lead 2030 Challenge. For Colpas, her unique waterless toilet design is more than just a bathroom — its an unlikely hero and an opportunity to empower women, protect watersheds and finally flush widespread sanitation-related illness down the drain for good.

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A prefabricated family home boasts an impressively small carbon footprint

Set on four idyllic acres at the edge of a small village in North West England, the Zinc House is not only a stunning design but also boasts a small carbon footprint.

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Hit the road in style this summer in this ship-inspired travel trailer

Inspired to take a long summer adventure in a sweet tiny camper? Well, French start-up Carapate has unveiled a 10.5-foot long, boat-like travel trailer for adventurous souls to travel in style and comfort.

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