Smart & stylish Woodster is a CNC made cruiser bicycle
by: TreeHugger Transportation, 2015-01-13 20:13:16 UTC
Created with wood, using both digital and manual fabrication techniques, this fashionable looking bike is made for comfort too.

How Restaurants Can Reduce Food, Packaging Waste
by: Environmental Leader, 2015-01-08 13:02:35 UTC
The EPA has launched a free toolkit for food services providers and restaurants to help reduce food and packaging waste, saving the facilities money and lessening environmental impacts. The toolkit includes a guide and a spreadsheet tracking tool. In other efforts to curb food waste, a steering committee of global organizations is developing a protocol […]

Is this the ultra-efficient refrigerator of the future?
by: Inhabitat , 2015-01-11 18:40:42 UTC

The classic refrigerator is one of the most power-hungry appliances in the home. Phononic is hoping to change that with a new solid-state refrigerator that is more reliable, greener and quieter than most modern refrigerators. It could just be the future of refrigeration.

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Super strong, lightweight cardboard bicycle costs just $10 to make!
by: Inhabitat , 2015-01-11 20:55:00 UTC

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Turenscape transforms "lifeless ditch" into wetland park with meandering causeways
by: Dezeen, 2015-01-11 12:00:24 UTC

Spindly orange walkways are raised above the waters and meadows of this wetland park designed by landscape architects Turenscape on a neglected river in China (+ slideshow).  (more…)

Good news for 2015: compostable clothing
by: TreeHugger Design, 2015-01-02 20:10:45 UTC
For consumers, biodegradable and compostable products have mostly been a bust. Still, it is good news that the swiss company Freitag has succeeded making jeans that will break down on commercial compost piles.