[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Washington, DC, which consistently scores high in sustainability rankings for its excellent public transportation, walkability, and green space, has few accolades in the area of green building. While the majority of the nation’s biggest environmental organizations are headquartered here, some of them with LEED-certified buildings, the priva…
It is really quite clever, if not comfortable; a single U-shaped piece can be linked to other identical pieces with industrial-strength Velcro to make all kinds of combinations….
photos by Danny Bright
Nobody does shipping container architecture like Lot-ek, one of the originals. They have designed a demountable retail space for Puma, with “with large double heights as well as with 4-container-wide open spaces to challenge the modular box-quality of the container inner space; offices, press area and storage occupy the second level and […]
The main docks and capitol building-cum-executive residence of Dumpling Island: Google Sightseeing
You can start typing your ‘cut out the misleading headlines’ comments now if you like, but just because no other nation in the world recognizes the three-acre country of Dumpling Island, off the Connecticut/New York coast, doesn’t mean I’m going to knock down island-owner […]
We previously presented Michelle Kaufmann’s GingerLotus, her green gingerbread house of the season, and compared it to her efforts last year. Not to be outdone in the exploding green gingerbread housing industry, HOK’s Toronto office has thrown the LEED-H book at the problem for a Habitat for Humanity Gingerbread Home design competition. …
According to a recent study released by researchers for the Michigan-based Ecology Center, one in three toys tested was found to contain toxic chemicals such as lead, flame retardants and arsenic.
It turns out that researchers tested more than 1,500 popular toys for lead, cadmium, arsenic, PVC and other harmful chemicals and said they found that […]
A folded strida in bag
The Supreme Court of Canada recently told Air Canada that people who need an extra seat on a plane because they are either disabled or obese need only pay one fare; Perhaps that is where I will have to go to defend the rights of cyclists with folding bikes. When I […]
Check out more video clips from the journey (many of which are quite funny, if only because of the sometimes Herzog-style narration) at: Solartaxi video blog
We’ve reported before on the progress of the first solar-powered car to make a
A few days officially into Winter for the Northern Hemisphere, and many cyclists are probably thinking about hanging up their cycling helmet for the season. The bicycle is however a very adaptable beastie, than can be ridden in a myriad of conditions, including snow.
One such never-say-die trusty stead is the Pugsley. No doubt named […]
Kodak has put out the world’s first OLED digital photo frame, proving two things. First, that this technology is still waaaaaaay out of Joe the Plumber’s price range. And second, digital photo frames, even with OLED displays, are so not green.
Read on for…