image: Foster + Partners Buckminster Fuller ‘s 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancy of the Guardian: “The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time,” says Foster, who worked with Fuller, his design hero, from 1971 until his death 12 years later. “However, at three times the volume, with half the fuel consumption and a 50% increase in top speed, it not only did more with less, but anticipated the ‘people mover’ of several decades later.” Foster loved it so much t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images courtesy of ecostiletto This guest post was written by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of ecostiletto . Seeing pink? It must be October, when the beauty industry slaps a whole bunch of pink ribbons on products that donate to breast cancer research. Sounds great, right? Not exactly, when many of these companies formulate their products with petro-chemically derived ingredients that a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Feds OK First Large-Scale Solar Power Projects on Public Land – CA Getting 750MW+ More Clean Power
October 6, 2010 No Comment
photo: Department of Interior The collective cheering yesterday about the new White House plans to install solar panels drowned out another significant federal solar power announcement, and one with much great practical impact: The Department of Interior approved the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Corchete Lamp by Cuatro Cuatros. Image Credit: Cuatro Cuatros We visited Nude at Habitat Valencia (part of Valencia Design Week ) and found some refreshing new ideas that are also harmless to the environment. These are the three young designers that to us stood out from the rest; for their gorgeous designs as well as their awareness about the impact on the environment of the stuff we create. We have funny 100% woollen blankets with feet, clever flat-pack chairs and lighting, and, an elegant human-powered floor lamp…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …TED Talk: Using "Fish & Chips" Tagging Technology to Save Endangered Bluefin Tuna
October 6, 2010 No Comment
Barbara Block, who works out of Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station and in conjunction with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is part of an important project of tagging bluefin tuna and tracking them up and down the Atlantic ocean in an effort to save them from going extinct at the hands of hungry sushi lovers. She notes that we have revered bluefin tuna for thousands of years, and fished them sustainably that entire time — that is, until our generation. Now they’re at risk of going extinct. But in a fascinating TED talk given during the Mission Blue Voyage held earlier this year, Blo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Finalists in European Amateur Photo Competition: Piggyback Snails and More (Slideshow)
October 6, 2010 No Comment
Photo via Wild Wonders of Europe The September finalists in the Wild Wonders of Europe monthly photo competition put their camera skills to use capturing some of the continent’s most iconic fauna — egrets, gannets, red deer, crested tit birds — in stunning detail. Check out more crystal-clear closeups like this one, of two snails traveling together, in this slideshow.
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Image via dvice What doesn’t bend, breaks. Cell phone companies know this and Nokia is working on devising a flexible form of electronics that can help make our gadgets last longer, no matter how rough we are on them. In fact, they’d be as flexible as our skin, as shown with the touchpad above that is more thin and flexible than a fruit roll-up. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via stylediggers.com Some celebrities will lend their name to just about anything — and when it comes to green products, the truth behind the ads can be nearly impossible to figure out. Here we break down the pros and cons of seven products represented or developed by A-listers, who’ve made themselves the face of everything from baby clothes to clean water technology. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Steven Depolo , used under Creative Commons license We’ve already seen one company in the UK selling biogas direct to the consumer , and extolling its vegan virtues too. Now households in Oxfordshire, UK, will be cooking and heating their homes using biogas produced from their own sewage. Undoubtedly there will be some who find the idea revolting, but ultimately it is a pretty smart, clean way to deal with our waste. And I guess… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: G24 Innovations From solar panels creating e-waste to t toxic by-products created by the solar industry , it’s clear that even though power generated from the sun beats coal any day of the week, there’s no such thing as consequence-free energy. And then of course there is the age-old debate about
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