Energy-Generating Pavement Hits The Streets In London
Any one point on a busy street can receive up to 50,000 steps a day, so imagine if you could take all that foot traffic and turn it into something use...
Any one point on a busy street can receive up to 50,000 steps a day, so imagine if you could take all that foot traffic and turn it into something use...
Warren Berger | Posted 10.27.2009 | Style
There's a lot of soul-searching going on among designers. Many have begun to grapple with the question: What is the role for design in a world that is no longer quite as "fabulous" as it once was?
Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
What made me give up a six figure job at the top of the corporate ladder, donate everything I owned to charity, and move to a developing country that few people can locate on a map?
Eve Blossom | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green
If we truly want to be sustainable, why stop at environmental, social, and financial sustainability?
Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
A concept borrowed from developers in London and Amsterdam has made its way to Providence, RI with the announcement there of the "Box Office," an offi...
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green
It's enough to make a San Franciscans choke on their morning bowl of organic hand-rolled granola but Dallas is developing the greenest city block in America through a competition called Re:Vision Dallas.
Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 06.20.2009 | Style
The large size, intricate detailing, and one-of-a-kind artisan craftsmanship makes the Sofala plate the epitome of fine African art.
Paige Donner | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green
Pasadena's Art Center College of Design believes that design can bridge eco-friendly products, services and technologies with the public's desire to l...
Huffinton Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
Sustainable design can result in some really impressive, beautiful buildings, furniture, cars -- just about anything. But beautiful, sustainable des...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green
In trying to cut back on energy, some folks will crank the thermostat down and buy blankets. Why overwork the furnace? But one German city has come u...
Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style
I don't know how many times it took dinner with Shawn to light a fire under my ass--maybe three? Maybe four? I don't even remember the restaurant, bu...
Nathaniel Bach | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home
Going beyond the mantras "use mass transit," "shop local," and "use renewable energy sources," the student group Partly Sunny seeks to go beyond the basics and maximize the effectiveness of those efforts through design and resourcefulness.
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green
I hate disposable salt and pepper grinders. These things should really be banned. Plastic, packaging, carbon foot print...and then after a few months,...
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green
It's really cool to be able to look around and actually see that you are part of a new era in design.
Paige Donner | Posted 08.03.2008 | Green
Former Presidential candidate and Democrat from North Carolina, Senator John Edwards joined Santa Monica based Global Green USA Friday as a co-chairma...
Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Simon | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green
DENVER -- As the Mile High City gears up to host a Democratic bash for 50,000, organizers are discovering the perils of trying to stage a political sp...
Posted 06.21.2008 | Green
Many of us still jump to conclusions when we hear "hydroponics" and New York Sun Works wants to change that. The organization is known internationally...
Inhabitat.com | Diane Pham | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green