Source: treehugger.com Published: December 19, 2012 Architizer/via Lloyd Alter lloydalter Everything in a healthy home should be non-toxic, from the building materials to the finishes. Think gingerbread. The other great thing is that gingerbread structures tend...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: December 4, 2012 Image via Miniot By Beth Buczynski Today’s technology is all chrome and LEDs. Sometimes, a geek feels a gentle yearning for the way gadgets used to be: handmade, from materials found in nature. Although today’s...
Source: mnn.com Published: November 28, 2012 Alpaca accessories and sweaters are popping up everywhere this year. Here’s why this trend has a lighter footprint (literally). Starre Vartan Recently, the Higg Index rated a number of fabrics for sustainability the...
Source: mnn.com Published: February 27, 2009 Karl Burkart Kenaf, the carbon-sequestering monster plant, provides food, shelter and carbon credits. Photo: Stop-global-warming.org If someone were to tell you that they had a technology — a weed actually — that could...
Source: treehugger.com Published: October 24, 2012 Dezeen/via Kimberley Mok From biofuels to fish-free health supplements and interactive, energy-generating “cyber-gardens,” there are a lot of potential green uses for algae. On the design side, we’ve...
Source: mnn.com Published: August 17, 2012 InnovationNewsDaily Staff Developed by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the system allows the panels to collect more solar energy without using additional electricity. Credit: Shutterstock A new,...
Published: June 8, 2012 http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/furniture-made-plastic-bottles-and-human-hair-comfy-and-creepy.html http://www.treehugger.com/style/100-percent-biodegradable-eyeglasses-made-from-human-hair.html 20120608 Some Inventive People...