[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Photo Credit: SmartUSA
Several weeks ago we had the opportunity to speak with Smart Car USA President, Dave Schembri. We turned to you, our fellow Treehuggers, to see what sorts of questions you had to ask Dave about their past, current, and future models. Well, we had quite a nice turn out of inquisitive thinkers. So […]
People with schizophrenia are most likely to experience discrimination by those closest to them, a survey suggests.
Women who drink heavily early in pregnancy may be greatly raising the risk of premature delivery, according to a study.
They might have tried this in Washington last night, if it weren’t so cold….
Image: A+D Gallery Catalogue, Aylin Kayser & Cristian Metzner, Ikarus, 2007
Challenging visions of sustainability, or rather the lack of it, are currently on show at the A+D Gallery at Columbia College in Chicago. Part environmental art exhibition, part cutting edge design show, works include photos by Edward Burtynsky contrasting with melting wax lamps (pictured above) […]
All photos by Shai Gil
I have always admired the work of Stephen Teeple and Teeple Architects, even if they rudely demolished the house I grew up in to replace it with this little pile. Their new Langara College Library in British Columbia has some interesting green features, and is a bit of a lesson about […]
Here is another Chicago connection for this inauguration: The Mall is a knockoff of the 1893 Columbia Exhibition in Chicago. Blair Kamin writes in the Chicago Tribune:
The design leaders of the 1893 fair, Burnham and New York City architect Charles McKim, served as advisers to Michigan Senator James McMillan and his Senate Park Commission. It […]
image from Financial Times
This tally of the most popular airline routes reveals that several of the busiest flight routes are absolutely unnecessary. In the top three, we can understand the Hong Kong to Taipei trip, and numbers two and three–LA to New York and London to New York. But Milan to Rome at […]
Image credit: HowStuffWorks
Online Auction of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
There’s no doubt that the availability of charging facilities is a crucial factor in the uptake of electric vehicle (EV) ownership – particularly in densely populated cities where people may not own driveways or garages to charge their vehicle. We are seeing a slow appearance of EV […]
Video by Josh Chin, Wall Street Journal
The Beijing subway makes up for what it lacks in panache (privet,