Source: rt.com Published: May 12, 2014 Rinorea niccolifera. Photo courtesy Dr. Edwino S. Fernando Scientists in the Philippines have discovered a plant that can absorb large amounts of metal without itself being poisoned, a species called the Rinorea niccolifera, that...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 12, 2014 Lead image via Gerry & Bonni by Kristine Lofgren Right now there are about 46,000 pieces of trash floating around in every square mile of the ocean, which is why Belgian company Ecover is now making their cleaning...
Source: theguardian.com Published: July 4, 2012 Jonathan Watts Recycling firm hopes to improve profits by bypassing informal network of bottle collectors Beijing’s vast army of plastic-bottle scavengers will get an automated rival later this month, when the city...
Source: cars.aol.co.uk Published: May 8, 2014 Leon Poultney The German marque has already unleashed its revolutionary i3 model to much applause from customers and the motoring media alike, and it is poised to impress the world again with its all-powerful,...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 6, 2014 Images by 1+1>2 International Architecture Company by Inhabitat Staff The bottles used to complete the structure, all of which were donated by students and the local community, help to regulate sunlight and control the...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 5, 2014 by Lori Zimmer Solar cooking just got even better thanks to the new fuss-free GoSun stove. This uber awesome tube stove can cook delicious meals without using a lick of fuel – in just 20 minutes. Baking, boiling or frying...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 4, 2014 Bridgette Meinhold Green Over Grey, who has completed a number of other large vertical garden installations like the one in the Edmonton Airport, was in charge of the design for The Currents. “According to our research,...
Source: reneweconomy.com.au Published: October 8, 2013 Emma Fitzpatrick The ground-breaking Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant with storage near Seville, Spain, has marked its second anniversary with another breakthrough – producing round the clock power...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 30, 2014 Lloyd Alter © Gremsy via Designboom It used to be that a roof was just a roof. Then designers started putting gardens on them and they started radically changing the way buildings are designed, as architects figured out...
Source: indigogo.com Published: April 25, 2014 Co-inventors Scott and Julie Brusaw take a break and enjoy their creation About 8 years ago, an electrical engineer and his counselor wife started throwing around an idea to replace asphalt on highways and byways...
