Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 31, 2013 by Inhabitat Staff VNIT Recycled Paper Bricks While recycling trash is preferable to simply chucking refuse into the dump, the process still creates tons of byproducts that end up making their way to the landfill....
Source: good news network Published: January 30, 2013 By Good News Network A 16-year-old from Mississippi fought one of the largest beverage companies — and won. The young vegan researched an ingredient in Gatorade to...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: January 28, 2013 By Beth Buczynski Tired of the same old plastic-sheathed smartphones? Wish you didn’t have to buy expensive cases and covers just to protect your investment? ADZero, billed as the ‘world’s first bamboo smartphone,’...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 29, 2013 by Charley Cameron Via Clean Technica When V3Solar released information about their Spin Cell photovoltaic cones last year, the details already looked remarkably impressive; they have a smaller physical footprint than...
Source: grist.org Published: October 12, 2012 By Darcy Smit Sara Dent Think you don’t regret all those high school afternoons wasted at the mall or the skate park? Just wait till you meet Sophia Vartanian, a Vancouver, B.C.-based urban farmer. At 16 years old, her...
Since 2013, Matter of Trust has been into the research of the practical uses of the male hemp plant (not the female cannabis plant) and how we can move towards the sensible use of this naturally abundant and very useful, practical material....
Source: ippinka.com Published: November 4, 2012 by Jerry Chang 600 littered plastic bottles were used by Tom Davies, a New Zealand native living in Fiji, to create this boat. It measures 4.5 metres long and 1.4 metres wide. All the 600ml bottles used are glued...
Source: takepart.com Published: January 23, 2013 The 50,000-square-foot building will generate all of its energy using solar panels, and all of its water will be provided by harvested rainwater. There will be indoor composting toilets, a system of geothermal wells for...
Source: science.howstuffworks.com Published: January 22, 2013 by Stefani Newman Pretty, isn’t it? Although this looks like abstract art, this stuff could be fueling our...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 18, 2013 by Inhabitat Staff In 2012, the Danvers, Massachusetts North Shore Community College (NSCC) campus opened its new 58,000 square-foot Health Professions/Student Services Building. Designed by Boston/Seattle-based...
