Photo credit: Wikipedia and United States Department of Agriculture Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration has announced that, following the success of some trials in 2009, it is looking to have pig breeders ‘toilet train’ their porkers, in a measure to reduce the volume of waste water generated by that country’s six million swine…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rendering courtesy of Remistudio . Remember Biosphere 2 ? Well, fast forward to the Ark, designer Alexander Remizov’s floating (or not) eco-friendly, energy-generating bubble hotel. Remizov came up with the Ark’s plans as part of a program on architecture and disaster relief through the International Union of Architects (UIA). According to the Remizov’s Remistudio web site, the Ark is designed as: “an integrated energy system with an uninterruptible power supply using alternative ener… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Trials and Tribulations of Adélie Penguins in a Rapidly Warming Antarctic (Slideshow)
January 6, 2011 No Comment
Photo credit: Fen Montaigne The iconic Adélie penguin is one of only two species to live and breed exclusively in Antarctica. Known for its “tuxedo” patterned coloration and their annual migrations of thousands of miles across the Antarctic, the penguins number in the millions—but this large population is surprisingly fragile. For thirty years, ecologist, author, and penguin biologist Bill Fraser has worked on the Antarctic Peninsula, studying one species: Adélie penguins. In that time, Fraser has seen the peninsula—and the plane… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: imdb If you are feeling very sad about the coming year, you are probably French. If the thought of the new year fills you with hope and optimism then you may be from Nigeria, Vietnam or even Kosovo. So where does that leave North Americans? The new “Global Barometer of Hope and Despair” polled 53 countries and found that the old world is worried and the new global powers are not…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Ferran Adrià’s elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli’s Smartgrid
January 6, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday , celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed his three Michelin stars restaurant last year to take some time of and reinvent himself. Part of his new plan is to build a
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Bywater section of New Orleans: Front steps to home has “KEEP OFF HIPSTERS” painted on. Home is across the street from a bar where people who might be labeled “Hipsters” congregate. Image credit: Wikipedia , excerpted from the original. #1. It’s not a house it’s a home: – Acceptance of a new paradigm of home ownership will be the biggest flip of 2011. Home builders and re-modelers will see that residences can no longer be marketed as cash assets (though the replacement paradigm is unknown). Obviously, smaller and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: nickjohnson , CC Not a Bad Idea, But Does It Need to be a Priority? New York cyclists, be warned: The NYPD is on to you! Apparently the boys in blue have been ordered to begin a “borough-wide crackdown” on cyclists who commit “vehicular offenses” (not obeying traffic signals, going over speed limit, failure to signal before a turn, etc). This stricter enforcement should begin in a matter of weeks…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …photo: Forest Wander / Creative Commons Back in October, Lloyd wrote a post on how for many people the stars don’t come out anymore , all because of increasing urbanization and light pollution –it included a great image of the differences in star visibility from urban to rural… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: YouTube Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the rest of the Sesame Street crew have a direct line to your kid’s growing mind. For more than 40 years, this show has been teaching generations everything from numbers and letters to science and social responsibility — and respect for the environment has shown up more than once, too. From basic, kid-friendly concepts like saving energy and not littering to more philosophical sketches about sharing the Earth with other species, these seven videos teach kids (and adults) that it’s easy being green. And don’t miss our previous… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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images credit Warming Huts It’s cold in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Yet 450,000 skaters used the Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail last year, and warming huts are a great comfort. Art + Architecture Exposition on Ice runs a competition to select three designs, then invites a starchitect and the local school of architecture to do two more. The WOODPILE, shown above, is by Noa Biran and Roy Talman of Tel Aviv, where there is not a lot of snow or cold wind. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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