Home & Garden14 Off-Grid Projects to Cut Your Energy and Water Usage
Whether you’re building a cabin in the woods that’s disconnected from any power or water sources, or just want…
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Technology & GadgetsSolar Powered Snowboard Charges Gadgets on the Slopes
Spend the day sliding down the slopes, and then plug your phone right into your snowboard to charge it. Signal…
Technology & GadgetsSolar-Powered Shipping Container Schools by Samsung
What if giving local children access to quality education were as simple as delivering a tech-equipped shipping…
Art & DesignGeometric Prefab Solar Pavilion Soaks Up Maximum Rays
This unusual-looking structure is the Endesa Pavilion, also known as the Solar House 2.0. Created for the Smart…
Art & DesignMeet Masdar: World’s First Zero Carbon, Zero Waste City
With its most eye-catching feature a spectacular garden of massive artificial sunflowers that provide movable…
Home & GardenSolar and Wind-Powered Outdoor Lighting at IKEA
Did you know that you can get wind-powered lighting for your yard or garden – and that it’s affordable? Leave…
Technology & GadgetsGreen Your iPhone with 13 Cases, Chargers, Speakers & More
Most electronic gadgets – and their associated accessories – are anything but green. Constant upgrades mean…
Technology & GadgetsLife-Saving Low-Tech: 11 Ideal Third-World Gadgets
How can we manage the needs of the multiplying human population when so many people are already lacking such basic…
Art & DesignGreen Summer Dream: Solar-Powered Floating Island
Ever daydream about having your own private island? Those dreams are about to get a little more high-tech. Meet…
Art & DesignRefuge in the Alps Looks Like a Giant Telescope
After a long day of climbing mountains in the Alps, looking out over snow-covered boulders and valleys shrouded in…
Sustainable ArchitectureSliding Skin Adapts to Sunlight in Egypt’s SLIDES House
There’s no shortage of sunlight in the wide open deserts of Egypt, and while that means lots of potential for…
designSun + Shade = Stunningly Stylish Public Solar Arrays
Brooklyn-based design company SMIT (Sustainable Minded Interactive Technology) is doing its part to take advantage…
Art & DesignThe Future is Green: 12 Visionary Architecture Concepts
With looks straight out of a sci-fi movie, these 12 tall towers and super-complexes hint at the architecture of a…
Art & DesignInspired by Insects: 10 Creepy-Crawly Biomimetic Designs
Buzzing, flapping, flying and crawling, insects and arachnids of all shapes and sizes surround us day and night in…
sustainabilityGreen City Rehab: 12 Eco Urban Makeover Concepts
When creating a sustainable city from scratch, practically anything is possible, allowing architects, designers…
Art & DesignSolar Powered Towers: 13 Super Sunny Skyscrapers
Nearly all sustainable architecture concepts include solar energy in some way, but not all of them do it in a big,…
architectureLet the Sun Shine: Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 Winners
Every other year, some of the best and brightest college and university students come together to built amazing…
green4 Airship Designs That Are More Than Hot Air?
(Image via: Inhabitat) Isn’t it about time airships took off in a big way? While report after report comes out…
solar power10 Amazingly-Abandoned Renewable Energy Plants
Even sources of clean energy can get dirty when they sit around for ten, twenty or fifty years. And when that…
travelTravel Unplugged: 15 Off-the-Grid Eco-Destinations
Visiting tourist sites "off-the-grid" usually means trekking to a geographically remote area with your bug spray,…
