Photos credit Alex de Rijke at Drmm How did I miss this one? It pushes every button. British architecture firm drmm designed the Naked House for an exhibition in Norway in 2006; it is delivered (and is built on top of) a shipping container, filled to the brim with flatpack panels made from my materiel-du-jour, cross-laminated timber or CLT. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: woodleywonderworks / Creative Commons Throughout the history of the Earth, there have been five great extinction events—periods in which there was a sharp decrease in both the diversity and abundance of life. With estimates indicating that currently one animal species is lost every 20 minutes, some have begun calling the present period the ” sixth great extinction .” The loss of species alone, how… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Martin Selway , used under Creative Commons license. With the holidays over, many of us are returning from visits with family and friends. And while some of us will have crashed on couches, camped on the floor, or taken over our uncle’s home office, some of us will have been lucky enough to benefit from a guest bedroom. Little did we know, we were destroying the planet in the process. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Katwise TreeHugger readers sure know how to scout green fashion on Etsy: when I posted about an artist who transforms recycled sweaters into festive winter coats they were quick to bring Katwise to my attention in the comments section. The New York-based designer and self-proclaimed “gypsy” crafts vibrant technicolor dreamcoats, also known as “Elf Couture,” from reclaimed and recycled sweaters. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Kun_Tiqi We’ve covered a whole quiver of wooden surfboards in the past (links below), but the Kun_Tiqi boards somehow slipped under our radar, until showing up on the screen as one of the finalists for the international sports expo (ISPO) Brand New Award. Contrary to most foam-based surfboards the Kun_Tiqi are crafted from 90% renewable and natural materials, primarly balsa wood, sourced from a family farm in Ecuador. Avoiding the nasty epoxy resins normally used to protect foam boards, Kun_Tiqi opts instead for a resin mixture of 98% linseed oil…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Vere Sandal Company One of the persistent gripes we get from our USA readers is “Okay, so product x is greener, but why does it have to be made in China? Can’t we make it here?” John Eades, and business partner Michael Ferreri, will be hoping those readers vote with wallets and buy their new line of Vere Sandal made-in-the-USA thongs, flip-flops, jandals, or whatever you call them at your beach. Vere aim to keep their thongs reasonably priced by streamlining manufacturing, reducing material and energy waste. The thongs will feature locally sourced recycled nylon webbing, and leather tanned without the use of harmful, heavy… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: ercol TreeHugger has featured a series of classic chairs whose design is so simple and inspiring that they are timeless. There is the Hille stacking chair designed by Robin Day, the Monobloc (not quite inspiring, but certainly ubiquitous) and now the Butterfly made by Ercol. Ercol is another old British furnitu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Tony the Misfit A 900 pound bull just disappeared according to a story in the Daily Item . The bull was being transported to slaughter when the massive creature escaped and led authorities on an hour long chase along a highway near Danville, Va…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: For the Sea Productions Can you identify what lurks in the photo above? Is it a starship limping home through darkest space after a battle to the near death? Another newly identified nightmare fish from the ocean depths? Or is it just an ordinary everyday household object? All is revealed when you watch the video embedded below…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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