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Foldoub Trailer Travels Small, Lives Large
It may well be that towing a trailer behind a station wagon is not the most fuel efficient way to travel, but squeezing all the air out of it and making it fold up as small as possible certainly is... more
Green Roof Creates "Image of a Mountain" in Japan
Green roofs are all the rage now, but back in 1995 it was pretty unusual when Emilio Ambasz and Associates extended Fukuoka's Tenjin Central Park with a terraced building covered in gardens. Builder Takenaka calls "a step-shaped rooftop garden in... more
Green Eyes On: Green Jobs
Photo: Ryan McVay/Getty Images Hankering for a green collar job? This market niche is bigger than ever. Last week in Denver, I spoke at the annual conference for one green field, the green home real estate market. EcoBroker is a... more
First 100% Organic Clothes Shop in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, has its own 100% organic clothes shop: Eden, which opened its doors last month. All garments that are sold in the store are produced with organic cotton and died with natural pigments, free of harmful... more
Green books series: Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper
Our book this week on Monday's green books will take you on a trail that we find one of the most interesting and significant ones in our life: the paper trail. Our book for today is: Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash... more
‘Hy-Bird’ Airplane Powered by Solar PV and Hydrogen Fuel Cell, To Make Round-the-World Flight
The Hy-Bird may be an interesting concept aircraft, but I wonder if placing what looks to be an out-of-scale illustration of the plane over what looks to be Bryce Canyon might be coming in a bit too high. photo: Trina... more
Beijing's Olympic Subways Outpace US Subways
Two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Beijing has debuted what will be one of the Games most significant legacies, bigger than all the impressive architecture and the beautification campaigns: three new subways that expand the city's track length... more
The Juice Box Sandal
We’ve seen bags made of bags but this is new - sandals made of bags! Seen on the Hunger Site, it’s the Bazura Bag Sandals. Made of discarded juice drink boxes, these are for sure among the most unique uses of... more
Wind Power Could Grow With Power Transmission Expansion Plan in Texas
photo: Getty Images Wind power supporters in Texas have been calling for transmission expansion for some time. And though I can’t imagine they planned the juxtaposition, Texas utility regulators have approved a massive expansion of power transmission capacity on the... more
British Cherries Under Threat
Cherries are so delicious in summer: fresh, plump, easy to pop in the mouth and so beautiful. Unfortunate then that over the last 50 years, Britain has lost 90% of its cherry orchards and now imports almost 95% of the... more
