Tag Archives: ecological

Foreclosures Become Nature

In case you haven’t heard of the ReBurbia design competition yet, you should definitely check the list of its finalists to grab your portion of instant inspiration. Supported by

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Modern Living Without a Car

Could you live without a car? In the neighbourhood of Vauban, near the German city Freiburg, they can. This innovative neighbourhood is almost car-free, except for…

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Mapping the Fruit!

“To my delight I found serviceberry trees in several places, as well as mulberry bushes and trees, two cherry trees I didn’t know about, and even a plum tree!”
The…

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Free Classic: ‘How to Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs

Check out this PDF version of the book ‘How To Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs, published in 1974. This classic is about…

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Urban Pixels: Street Lights of the Future?


Urban Pixels
is a project by the MIT Media Lab. This distributed system is built of individual pixels that configure together in a display system.…

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Brooklyn Rooftop Agriculture

The New Yorkers are busy reducing their foodprint, making plans to build skyscraper farms and doing experiments with innovative public urban agriculture. Green rooftop specialists like

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Advanced Seed Bombs by Jin-Wook Hwang

You might know the seed bomb. Yeah, those small clay balls loaded with seeds. After being dropped in public space, rain will melt the clay to expose the…

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Floating Market Pops Up in Amsterdam

Markets are definitely among the most attracting urban places, linking communities and people of differerent cultural backgrounds. The temporary floating market, that popped up July 6 in North…

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A Table That Eats Itself


Atema Architecture’s
‘Auto-Cannibalistic Table’ is made out of egg cartons, flour paste, soil and seeds. When water is added, the seeds germinate and the table literally eats…

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New York’s Vertical Farm

A logic result of the current urban farming trend is making the good old farm fit with the urban structure. Different architects and city planners around the world are playing…

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Grass for the Office

Who doesn’t want a piece of nature in the office? The designers of Nine99 created delicious grass squares to give a natural touch to the office or home…

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Green Toolbar Saves Energy and Money

Do your part! Greenify your PC! AOL provides a new Green Toolbar that saves the planet and your wallet, aiming to contribute to the environment by…

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Designing New York’s E-Waste Bin

We keep staying on the topic of garbage. New York is the first US city to unfold a municipal e-waste recycling programme. The kick-off is planned to be…

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Eco-Friendly Eye Candy

Look what we’ve got here. Greenhouse, the first eco-friendly nightclub of the United States, recently opened its doors in New York City. Antonio Di Oronzo of

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Green Surfing

The browser plugin by Get Green available for free at Inferknow helps the world reducing CO2 emission with each mouse click. Installing this Firefox extension is…

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