Green news and more V12.8

Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Happy Winter. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well.

Chengdu Tianfu New Town Landscape blends tradition and modern living (inhabitat.com)

Cotoneaster is a "super plant" that can absorb air pollution (inhabitat.com)

Volunteers brave winter storm to save cold-stunned sea turtles (inhabitat.com)

This chic, wooden electric scooter is carved from chestnut (inhabitat.com)

What’s the Value of Used Cooking Oil? – Ecofriend Guide

Why to Think About the Environment When Starting Your Own Business (ecofriend.com)

7 Eco-friendly Landscape Ideas to Attract More Birds

Mitsubishi Fuso delivers over 200 eCanter trucks worldwide - Electrek

Here’s What Biden’s Change to the Social Cost of Carbon Means (treehugger.com)

Creative Ideas For a Child-Friendly Garden (treehugger.com)

The Home-Grown Homes Project Shows How to Deliver Zero-Carbon Homes (treehugger.com)

Interview: Anna Canning of Fair World Project Compares Fairtrade to Rainforest Alliance (treehugger.com)

 

Part 2

Solar-powered Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal celebrates native culture (inhabitat.com)

ZHA unveils solar-powered student residences for HKUST (inhabitat.com)

Biodiverse green roof wins Grands Prix du Design award for MYTO Design (inhabitat.com)

Lazzarini Design releases conceptual Pagurus, an amphibious catamaran (inhabitat.com)

Aptera solar electric car with '1,000 miles' of range gets $4M in backing, more than 7,000 preorders - Electrek

Why some wind turbines froze in Texas, but don't in the Arctic - Electrek

Watch how Tesla Solar Roof automatically makes snow slide right off - Electrek

A solar innovator predicts the top 5 trends in solar's future - Electrek

Dragonflies Do Backflips Even When Unconscious (treehugger.com)

Should We Electrify Everything or Keep a Gas Backup? (treehugger.com)

Education Experts Ask UK Government to Give Kids a 'Summer of Play' (treehugger.com)

Alpen Introduces Personal Bike Storage (treehugger.com)

 

Part 3

Researchers develop hydrogen paste that could fuel vehicles (inhabitat.com)

Global Forest Watch can now see through clouds to stop deforestation (inhabitat.com)

Denmark's Braunstein Taphouse building is reusable and recyclable (inhabitat.com)

Foster + Partners designs climate-responsive Lusail Towers in Qatar (inhabitat.com)

Tesla Powerwalls and other home battery packs proving more than useful in Texas blackouts - Electrek

Dandelion raises $30M, led by Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy - Electrek

How GM plans to be carbon neutral by 2040 - Electrek

Oil giant Total targets 100 GW of wind, solar capacity by 2030 - Electrek

How I Maximize the Space in My Growing Tunnel (treehugger.com)

Global Seed Vault Opens for First Deposits of the Year (treehugger.com)

188 Environmental Groups Call on Governments to Ban Single-Use Packaging (treehugger.com)

Workers Are Happier and Healthier When Surrounded by Wood, Study Finds (treehugger.com)

 

Part 4

Old military buildings converted into living spaces at The Hinge (inhabitat.com)

New Ohlone College buildings target net-zero energy consumption (inhabitat.com)

Amazon unveils spiraling, tree-covered skyscraper for Arlington HQ2 (inhabitat.com)

Geocachers are urged to improve the outdoors in 2021 (inhabitat.com)

Giant oil tanker goes electric with massive 3.5 MWh battery pack - Electrek

Tesla produces another new Tesla Semi electric truck - Electrek

A Pennsylvania funeral home buys a Tesla, sets 5-year eco-plan - Electrek

Gosun SolarPanel 10 solar charger review – The Gadgeteer (the-gadgeteer.com)

Climate Change Likely Drove Large Animal Extinction (treehugger.com)

Coca-Cola Trials Paper Bottles in Hungary (treehugger.com)

Volunteers Rescue 2,500 Cold-Stunned Turtles in Texas (treehugger.com)

This Mom Wants Families to Get Outside for 1,000 Hours a Year (treehugger.com)

 

Part 5

A three-armed robot quickly and efficiently sorts recycling (inhabitat.com)

When you own a BLUETTI EP500 power station, you won’t care if the power goes out – The Gadgeteer (the-gadgeteer.com)

Stop Putting Your Windshield Wipers Up in Winter Weather (lifehacker.com)

Try These Real Food Substitutes for Gels, Sports Drinks, and More (lifehacker.com)

Here's What's Next for Perseverance Rover's Journey on Mars (gizmodo.com)

'Exhilarating' Photo Shows Perseverance Rover Being Lowered to the Martian Surface (gizmodo.com)

Nature Processes Millions of Tons of Poop Each Year Shockingly Well (gizmodo.com)

NASA Celebrates Perseverance Landing with Virtual Photo Booth (gizmodo.com)

NASA Perseverance rover: See 'first of its kind' footage from Mars descent on Monday - CNET

Wild NASA image shows Perseverance rover just before Mars touchdown - CNET

Vampire Bat Adopts an Orphaned Pup (treehugger.com)

Why Every Home Should Be a Thermal Battery (treehugger.com)

 

Part 6

Here Are the First Images of Mars Taken by NASA's Perseverance Rover (gizmodo.com)

Renewable Energy Had a Record-Setting Year Despite Pandemic (gizmodo.com)

Siberia’s Newest Exploding Crater Has Been Mapped in 3D (gizmodo.com)

Million-Year-Old Mammoth Teeth Contain Oldest DNA Ever Found (gizmodo.com)

NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Lands on Mars - ExtremeTech

Planet Nine Hypothesis Takes a Major Hit in New Study - ExtremeTech

NASA says some Earth organisms could temporarily survive on Mars | Engadget

One of the first known black holes is more massive than once thought | Engadget

The United States rejoins the Paris climate accord. Here's what that means - CNET

Google search celebrates landing of NASA's Perseverance on Mars - CNET

Scientists just successfully cloned an endangered black-footed ferret - CNET

Meet NASA's Swati Mohan, star of Perseverance rover's epic Mars landing - CNET

 

Part 7

Scientists Found Unexpected Life Under an Antarctic Ice Shelf (gizmodo.com)

How Do Animals Perceive Time? (gizmodo.com)

NASA shares photos from Perseverance's descent to Mars | Engadget

The US officially rejoins the Paris climate change agreement | Engadget

UC San Diego's electronics-free soft robot only needs pressurized air to move | Engadget

NASA's Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars | Engadget

NASA Perseverance rover reveals glorious first images of Mars surface - CNET

NASA's Perseverance rover nails historic Mars landing, sends first images of Jezero Crater - CNET

NASA's Perseverance rover landing: Why going to Mars should matter to you - CNET

See a clever electronics-free robot go for an air-powered stroll - CNET

Visit NASA Perseverance rover's Mars crater in a gorgeous flyover video - CNET

ESA recruiting astronauts with physical disabilities for parastronaut project - CNET

 

Part 8

What it takes to get a job building robotic Mars explorers for NASA | Engadget

Ford will only sell electrified vehicles in Europe by 2030 | Engadget

IBM plans to produce net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2030 | Engadget

Apple announces an Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers | Engadget

1.6-million-year-old mammoth DNA uncovers lineage we never knew existed - CNET

Shape matters: Why this dome could be the future of small data centers - CNET

The Chevy Bolt EV is newish for 2022 - Roadshow

2022 Chevy Bolt EUV: The start of GM's EV onslaught - Roadshow

Antarctic researchers discover mysterious creatures deep beneath ice shelf - CNET

Harvard scientists have a new take on what wiped out the dinosaurs - CNET