Articles tagged “Green Design”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Meet Stanley Selengut, the Father of Sustainable Resort Development By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 11 2011 Stanley Selengut built Maho Bay on St. John when ecotourism wasn't even a word. And it's blossomed from there. You can visit. + READ MORE

Redesigned Biodegradable Chips Bag Hopes to Silence Critics By NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Mar 11 2011 New SunChips eco-friendly bag hopes to quiet critics. + READ MORE

Genius Design Stores Bicycles Underground By NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Jan 30 2011 Imagine a storage system that safely stows your bicycle underground. + READ MORE

Floating Solar Panels, Wine Barrel Seating, and More: Green Highlights from Napa By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Oct 15 2010 The Far Niente winery is powered with electricity produced by Floatovoltaics: solar panels float on pontoons. + READ MORE

Tracking Cow Nutrition and Fighting Government Corruption in Africa With Phone Apps? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 8 2010 Fighting kleptocracy in Africa is no small effort -- but to do so with a phone app? The Apps4Africa competition has produced some exciting new technology to share with the world. + READ MORE

3 Amazing Design Ideas - Which One is Worth $100k? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 23 2010 Every year, the Curry Stone Design Prize recognizes visionary designs that address social issues like access to clean air, shelter, healthcare, energy, or education. + READ MORE

The Three Most Important Words About Green Design: Make It Easy By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2010 We keep forgetting that if we make it hard or unpleasant to go green, then people won't. + READ MORE

Home Energy Saver Calculates Bang For the Buck By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Sep 15 2010 Why does everyone like putting solar panels on their roofs when so many other things are so much more cost-effective? + READ MORE

New Lessons From Old Buildings By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Aug 5 2010 Over the last 60 years, architects and engineers forgot how to make buildings work without cheap energy. But many are learning the lessons from the past and applying them to the new. + READ MORE

At Sweden's Treehotel, Guests Sleep 18 Feet Off the Ground By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 13 2010 A hotel in a heavily forested area of northern Sweden that allows guests to sleep up close to nature. + READ MORE

DEP Announces $2.6 Million for Stormwater Capture Projects Around NYC By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 13 2010 DEP called for innovative projects to capture and manage stormwater runoff to help improve the water quality in the city's harbor, and chose five winning applicants based on what seemed most promising for success and replicable on a large scale. + READ MORE

How to Build an ARTfarm By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Home & Garden Jul 13 2010 The nonprofit design collective AFHny Studio is helping a Bronx neighborhood build an art installation that's also a farm. Here's how you can support their work (and dream up an art farm of your own!). + READ MORE

ARTfarm Needs Help Making City a Little More Green By Keith Wagstaff IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2010 Architecture for Humanity is turning concrete into a beautiful edible garden for the community--but they need help to make their goal a reality. + READ MORE

Recycled Fashion: Wearing Inner Tubes in Style By Rachel Cernansky IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 7 2010 A triple-bottom-line company that makes recycled inner tube handbags that even tree-haters have to love. + READ MORE

Affordable Solar Lamp Four Times Brighter Than Kerosene Wins Ashden Award By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 2 2010 The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy have just announced the 2010 winners. Let the sustainable revolution begin. + READ MORE

All Buttoned Up: 10 Fun, Functional, and Funky Vintage Button Projects By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jun 4 2010 Bins of vintage and antique buttons can be found at garage and tag sales, antique shops and flea markets. Get your stash of vintage buttons out and start crafting. + READ MORE

Copper Kills Microbes and Bacteria; Coming Soon To Hospitals By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jun 2 2010 The Phoenicians stored their water in it to keep it pure; perhaps we should too. + READ MORE

Can Soccer and Microfinance Change the World? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect May 12 2010 Ashoka's Changemakers has two great competitions right now for innovative, solutions-oriented ideas. + READ MORE

What if New York City's 500+ Miles of Shoreline Were Redesigned Sustainably? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 29 2010 Efforts are underway to design a "new sustainable blueprint" for NYC's waterfronts, and it could mean a local food market where the Fulton Fish Market used to be. + READ MORE

6 Reasons Why Salvaged Building Materials Are the Future of Green Building By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 26 2010 Build It Green. NYC is keeping waste down by selling salvaged and surplus materials to businesses and individuals throughout the entire New York City area. + READ MORE