animalsDon’t Tread In Me: 10 Nifty ‘No Swimming’ Signs
'Swimming with the fishes' could be a self-fulfilling prophecy for those who fail to heed warnings graphically…
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designThirst Place: Tilting Pot Tells Owners When To Water
The Natural Balance plant and flower pot ends the guesswork when it comes to watering indoor plants due to a…
designWet Heat: A Floating Wooden Sauna In Seattle
A floating wooden sauna launched on Seattle's chilly Lake Union satisfies those who love relaxing in dry heat…
Home & GardenSaving Water by Force: 13 Funny & Effective Design Ideas
If you love your long hot showers a little too much, perhaps a spiky shower curtain that grows more suffocating…
Technology & GadgetsDrinkable Book: High Tech Paper Purifies Water
Now here's one use of paper that's definitely not wasteful. The Drinkable Book is a life-saving pack of…
Art & DesignSustainable 3D-Printed Fashion Inspired by Clean Energy
An unusual design competition challenged participants to create 3D-printed garments that were sustainable and…
environmentFreezing Pleasing: 7 Amazing Types Of Natural Ice
Ice ice baby! Though “Vanilla” isn't a natural form (or flavor) of ice, many other kinds of slippery frozen…
bizarreSweat for Water: Machine Makes Perspiration Drinkable
Would you drink water filtered from your own sweat? A project inspired by NASA astronauts calls attention to water…
designSmart Water: 12 Clever Reusable Water Bottle Designs
Why would you purchase single-use plastic water bottles made from petrochemicals when you could be carrying one of…
Home & Garden17 Backyard Beaches, Natural Swimming Pools & More
Who wants to swim in a harsh, chlorinated concrete hole when they could be enjoying their own personal backyard…
environmentBelieve In Zero: The UNICEF TAP Project
The UNICEF Tap Project is an annual nationwide campaign that provides children from impoverished nations with…
natureDrink The Rich: 10 Exotic & Quixotic Bottled Waters
From the “center of the Earth” to the roof of the world, bottled water marketers will go anywhere and…
waterFish Stories: 7 More Amazing Public Aquariums
If you think home aquarium designs are creative, look what happens when architects and marine biologists think…
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…
nature12 of the World’s Strangest & Most Unusual Bodies of Water
Strange, deadly, beautiful and unlike anything else on earth: these 12 bodies of water, including lakes and…
Art & DesignAbove the Rising Seas: 13 Climate Change Concepts
Climate change is already causing the seas to rise fast, and cities around the world – from New York to Bangkok…
Art & Design(Re)Make it Rain: Rainwater Reclamation Designs
Big, bulky plastic rain barrels have their place, but there’s more than one way to capture and store rainwater,…
Green ArchitectureLow Tech to High Concept: 3 Ideas for Water in Africa
Most of us don’t think much about taking a bath, washing the car or setting up a sprinkler to water the lawn.…
Art & DesignRain Collecting Skyscraper Cuts Water Usage
Gutters aren’t pretty. Most architects, given the choice, try to find a way to conceal them so they don’t turn…
natureRoad Warriors: 4 Extreme Long-Distance Animal Travelers
Life is a long, arduous road full of many twists and turns. Just ask bar-tailed godwits, European eels, estuarine…
