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  • Stackable urban beehive

    Stackable Urban Beehive is Perfect for Beginner Beekeepers | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building mrspie, inhabitat.com Seek­ing to help restore the world’s declin­ing honey bee pop­u­la­tion, design­er Rowan Dun­ford has cre­at­ed a sim­ple, stack­able bee­hive that makes it easy for any­one to raise bees. Dun­ford’s … http://flip.it/N2bTd Related articles Inhabitat is…

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  • The Globe (Hedron) Is a Geodesic Greenhouse

    The Globe (Hedron) Is a Geodesic Greenhouse for Urban Farmers | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building timotheos says:, inhabitat.com Pre­dict­ing food short­ages in the 21st cen­tu­ry, Zurich-based Urban­Farm­ers AG and Con­cep­tu­al Devices have teamed up to pro­duce plans for the Globe (Hedron), a geo­des­ic green­house that rests on the top of…

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  • These Gorgeous Sustainable Pre-Fab Houses Fit In A Shipping Container

    These Gorgeous Sustainable Pre-Fab Houses Fit In A Shipping Container BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com Just because a house is pre-fabricated doesn’t mean it’s easy to move. But Connect Homes’ innovation is to make them fit in shipping containers, so high-end green design can end up anywhere on the planet. Pre-fab homes have found a new…

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  • Too green gadgets of 2013

    Top 6 Gadgets for the Home to Help You Go Green in 2013 | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Alyssa Alimurung says:, inhabitat.com It may still be Decem­ber, but we’re already think­ing about our res­o­lu­tion to make 2013 our green­est year yet. In addi­tion to those clas­sic resolves to eat health­i­er,…

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  • How worms can make money off of airport waste

    1.9 Million Worms Chomp Down Airport Waste in North Carolina | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher HOW TO: Green Your Christmas Tree TweetShare on TumblrEmail Christmas trees are one of the most enjoyable traditions of the holiday season, and there are lots of easy ways to go green with…

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  • Green tech tips for saving on your heating bill

    7 Winter Home Improvement Tips to Save You Money and Energy In the Cold Season | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mark Boyer says:, inhabitat.com This year’s record break­ing sum­mer high tem­per­a­tures and gen­er­al wor­ri­some warm­ing trend don’t nec­es­sar­i­ly mean that the com­ing win­ter will be a walk in the park.…

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  • Designer bacteria decode your health via your poo

    E. chromi Designer Bacteria Will Color Your Poo According to Your Illness | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building natural run says:, inhabitat.com E. chro­mi is an exper­i­men­tal col­lab­o­ra­tion between design­ers and sci­en­tists work­ing in the field of syn­thet­ic biol­o­gy. Royal Col­lege of Art grad­u­ates’ James King and Daisy Gins­berg, togeth­er with…

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  • Coco mat Eco mattress: get a sustainable night’s sleep

    Get a Sustainable Night’s Sleep On an Ultra-Comfy, Uber-Cozy Coco-Mat Mattress | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Yuka Yoneda says:, inhabitat.com The aver­age per­son sleeps around eight hours a night — which amounts to a third of your life spent in bed. But despite the amount of time that we find…

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  • Egg shape office of the future

    Egg-Shaped Mobile House Extension is No Ordinary Blob | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building caeman says:, inhabitat.com Believe it or not, this adorable egg-shaped “blob” is actu­al­ly a house! Orig­i­nal­ly built as a home office exten­sion for Xfac­tor Agen­cies, the unique design was vehe­ment­ly opposed by Bel­gian author­i­ties. In order to…

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  • Harvard bio library stores 70 billion books on DNA

    Harvard Stores 70 Billion Books in Record Breaking DNA Bio-Library the Size of a Thumbnail | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building GreatEmerald says:, inhabitat.com DNA photo from Shut­ter­stock A team from Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty’s Wyss Insti­tute for Bio­log­i­cal­ly Inspired Engi­neer­ing has dis­cov­ered a way to store 70 bil­lion books in a space…

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  • Glowing fish sculptures from recycled bottles

    Gigantic Glowing Fish Sculptures Made From Recycled Bottles Rise From Rio Beach | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in…

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  • The world’s first solar powered nation

    Pacific Tokelau Island Chain Becomes World’s First Solar-Powered Nation | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save…

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