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All Together Now: Green Modern Cooperative Living in Australia

Images from Sanctuary Magazine, Rachel Pilgrim & Andrew Lecky
So many of the green houses we see are single family, alone in the country, but there are more and more developers and builders trying to build green communities. On Munro court in the mining town of Castlemaine, outside of Victoria, Australia, eight lovely little modern houses […]

After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage? Urine-Separating NoMix Toilet Gets Thumbs-Up in 7 European Countries

NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr
Technological Innovations in the Bathroom? You Bet!
Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there’s such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had “NoMix” toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and […]

After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage? NoMix Toilet Gets Thumbs-Up in 7 European Countries

NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr
Technological Innovations in the Bathroom? You Bet!
Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there’s such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had “NoMix” toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and […]

Dubai Skyscraper Is One Giant Wind and Solar Generator

Images: Studied Impact
It’s hard to fathom much of the news from Dubai, especially when it comes to architecture. Then again, this city of excess has delivered some astonishing structures, including, of course, the world’s tallest building. So it with a mixture of cynicism and excitement that we greet news of projects such as this.
The proposed […]

Are You Being Lied to About Recycling?

Image credit: Ivan Prole
Look at the bottle of juice you just drank. The detergent you’re going to use. The plastic backer on the desk calendar. What’s on all of them? That familiar “chasing arrows” graphic with a number in the middle. That means it’s recyclable, right?
Sorry, but not quite…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

Book Review: Designing for Re-use, The Life of Consumer Packaging

A coffee cup as a plant pot, coke cans for Halloween cape, a detergent bottle as worm harvester or washing tablet net bags for toy storage; these are all things people have done with the packaging they found in their daily lives. Reuse is often better than recycling, so when the consumer gives a packaging […]

Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award

Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award. The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British inventor responsible for the now-iconic Dyson vacuum cleaners, the Airblade hand dryer, Air Multip… Read the full story on […]

Green Coffee Table Makes Energy Enough to Power Your Stuff

Photo via Nectar
For people who aren’t satisfied with the fact that the greenest thing about their coffee table is the mug of organically grown joe resting on top of it, finally there’s a truly appealing alternative in the Voltpot. Not only does its grassy surface bring a bit of oxygen producing plant-life to your […]

FreeGreen Who’s Next Competition A Goldmine of Great Ideas

The guys who run FreeGreen, the free homeplan website, are so smart; they could have just hired architects to do plans, and would have had to go to the trouble of deciding which architect to hire; instead they write a brief and run a competition. Now they have the work of hundreds of architects to […]

LED Street-Lights are Greenest Choice, Life-Cycle Study Shows

Image: Knossos
Induction Lights Are Close, But No Cigar
Most people who have been following lighting tech seem to be convinced that light-emitting diode (LED) lights are the future, but it’s always good to see new research being done on them. The more sure we are that they’re the way to go, the better. It always sucks […]

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