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  • Do-It-Yourself Civilization in Hackerspace

      Do-It-Yourself Civilization in Hackerspace.gr     By John Baichtal, makezine.com   Sounds way cool!   Coming Sunday, September the 2nd, we are going to take a look at the basics of life through the eye of the hexayurt project‘s creator Vinay Gupta that will visit hackerspace.gr. Hexayurt is an open hardware house built in…

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  • Why Our Ancestors Built Round Houses

    Why Our Ancestors Built Round Houses – and Why it Still Makes Sense to Build Round Structures Today | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Archi tect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch…

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  • The Stealth Bomber: An Electric Bike Even The Dark Knight Would Love

    The Stealth Bomber: An Electric Bike Even The Dark Knight Would Love | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough:…

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  • Nothing is the Next Big Thing

    Nothing is the Next Big Thing   Graham Hill Design / Interior Design August 30, 2012, treehugger.com   The first LifeEd­it­ed apart­ment, con­fig­ured for a din­ner party. Scroll down to see it in sleep­ing mode.   When I start­ed Tree­Hug­ger in 2004, the stereo­typ­i­cal “envi­ron­men­tal­ist” wore torn bell­bot­toms, drank out of mason ja…   http://flpbd.it/dAH8i…

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  • 7 Cozy Tipis and Yurts That Make You Feel Right at Home

    7 Cozy Tipis and Yurts That Make You Feel Right at Home | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough:…

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  • In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves

    In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From…

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  • Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan

    Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’ By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org by Wal­ter Frick, via BostIn­no The cen­tral ener­gy chal­lenge we face as a nation and a plan­et is the tran­si­tion away from fos­sil fuels, which con­tribute to cli­mate change, to clean…

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  • The Leaf House is an Energy-Efficient Tiny Home

    The Leaf House is an Energy-Efficient Tiny Home Built for the Cold | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough:…

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  • See Inside IKEA Brooklyn Tiny 391 Sq. Ft. Model Apartment

    See Inside IKEA Brooklyn’s Tiny 391 Sq. Ft. Model Apartment inhabitat.com If you need anoth­er clue that the pop­u­lar­i­ty of tiny dwellings is grow­ing, check out this 391 sq. ft. model apart­ment that Ikea now has on dis­play at its Red Hook, Brook­lyn loca­tion. It seems the clever mar­keters at the world’s most… http://flpbd.it/ptrrs Related…

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  • Netatmo Urban Weather Station

    Netatmo Urban Weather Station tells iOS users when it’s safe to brave the great outdoors (video) Jon Fingas, engadget.com We haven’t seen weath­er sta­tions gar­ner the same level of clever mobile inte­gra­tion as other pieces of house­hold gear — like, say, ther­mostats. Netat­mo wants its newly avail­able Urban Weath­er Sta­tion to inject a sim­i­lar dose…

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  • An energy model for Boston from European cities

    Germany definitely has the right idea: convert ugly old buildings to biofuel factories and kick start the green economy. But we’re still in the mode of “drill baby drill.” An energy model for Boston – Boston.com. Related articles Renewable distributed electricity generation to triple by 2017 (eco-business.com) Germany: Full speed ahead on renewables (summitcountyvoice.com) Germany’s…

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  • New models for venture firms find both ideas and the money

    Knode and other local startups are the focus of new vc approaches that involve less time shuffling papers at a desk, and more time doing ethnographic research on what people actually do. Some venture firms find both ideas and the money – Boston.com. Related articles Fred Wilson says venture capital funds have gotten too big…

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