In our fight against global warming, we have an unlikely ally - the tiny salamander! In North-America, they are actually the most abundant vertebrate, and they eat a lot of insects. This is helpful because this prevents these insects from eating as much of the leaf litter on the forest floor. If this leaf litter is left alone long enough, part of it will turn into humus, a process that sequesters carbon in the soil. Because salamanders eat so … [Read more...]
Beautiful Up-Cycled Oil Cans
French designers Anne and Philippe Guilbaud of Dentelles & Bidons (literally "lace & can") take a fanciful approach to recycling these metal containers, cutting each manually to transform them into functional chairs, lamps and cabinets that are also true works of art. Image © Dentelles & Bidons. … [Read more...]
The Quantum Revolution: Creating the World We Know to be True!
You have it in your power to do something and move the revolution forward. The more we work together, the more the positive vision will come forth into the world we - and future generations, live in. … [Read more...]
A special little (low waste) retreat…
Tennessee-based blogger and mother of two boys ModFruGal built this modernist but down-to-earth little house among the trees for less than $1,500. ModFruGal says modestly that she's "not a writer, photographer, or designer… just a gal with a vision who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty," and that she and her "Crafty Counterpart" husband worked together to build this gorgeous little low waste retreat. The dimensions were chosen to minimize … [Read more...]
Fairphones – repairable, responsible electronics
Smartphones seem to be everywhere these days, and they're fraught with both environmental and social issues - from their use of conflict minerals to poor conditions for the workers who make them. A social enterprise behind a new 'ethical' smartphone, the Fairphone, aims to change that by using conflict-free raw materials for the devices, paying the workers who manufacture them a fair wage, and working to set up e-waste recycling programs for … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Quantum Revolution
...or we can create another world! A Quantum Revolution will create a world of peace; a world with a sane health care system that focuses on healing and wellness; a world of sustainable living; a world that focuses on the greater good; a world where people help one another without thinking, what’s in it for me; a world that measures economic growth by the happiness quotient of a nation’s citizens; a world where people live to their fullest … [Read more...]
Would a spot of gardening improve your Monday morning commute?
Many people would love to start a garden, but lack the space and time to enjoy the green and healthy hobby of gardening. However, an ingenious solution is cropping up in Japan, where the East Japan Railway Company has collaborated with a station entertainment company to create a series of rooftop gardens on train stations, where commuters can create their own tiny gardens and tend to them while they wait for their train to arrive. What … [Read more...]
Milan Is Building A Vertical Forest!
Somewhere within the Porta Nuova district of Milan in Italy, two residential towers will be the home of vertical forests that are currently being built. The project is part of the restoration and rehabilitation of the Porta Nuova district. If there’s any way to revive something, it’s by doing it positively and a bunch of trees and shrubs could revitalize even the most dead of places. The building’s design was tested using a massive wind tunnel … [Read more...]
Urban bees are using PLASTIC to build hives – and it could stop parasites from infecting their nests!
Plastic bags are seen as the scourge of the landscape, threatening the lives of wildlife and marine creatures around the world. Yet urban bees in Canada have found a novel use for the litter. Research from the University of Guelph has revealed some urban bees have resorted to using small pieces of plastic bags and plastic building materials to construct their nests. The plastic is used as a substitute for plant resins and researchers claim it … [Read more...]
Forest suburbia is inhabited by self-sufficient tree-like homes
Danish design student Konrad Wójcik envisions a suburbia where people live in tree-like houses that blend right in with the forest, calling it a return to a "primeval symbiosis", in a recent article on Tree Hugger. Supported by a single pole, much like a tree trunk, Wójcik's pine tree-shaped homes will accommodate anywhere from two to four people. According to FastCo.Exist, the four-floored dwellings would be outfitted with bio-digesters, heat … [Read more...]
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