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GUIDE: Effective Non-Toxic Bug Repellents for You and Your Family | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Portable Shipping Container Sewage System Turns Poop Into Power | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Centre For Alternative Technology Shows That a Zero Carbon Britain is Possible by 2030 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

City of Palo Alto, California to Switch to 100% Renewable Energy Sources | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Five reasons you should only be wearing organic clothing - Promoting Eco Friendly Lifestyle to Save Enviornment - Ecofriend

Mexico City Building Exterior Eats Smog : Discovery News

2014 Spark EV test drive: affordable green fun (video)

New hydrogen-making process could make fuel-cell vehicles cleaner than EVs

LEED-Bashing: Mississippi Senator slips anti-LEED amendment into housing and transportation bills : TreeHugger

Unconventional kitchen appliance breeds insects for food : TreeHugger

Gotham Greens: A commercial-scale rooftop hydroponic greenhouse in New York City : TreeHugger

BP Oil Spill Update: Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence, Transocean must turn over docs : TreeHugger

 

Part 2

LEED Platinum Leon Springs Home Features a 17,000 Gallon Rainwater Catchment System | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Katharina Unger's Farm 432 Breeds Edible Bugs at Home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Revolutionary Technology Allows Crops to Harvest Nitrogen From the Air Instead of Fertilizers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

China to Spend Billions in Effort to Curb Air Pollution | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Passive House Infographic Shows the Benefits of Building Efficient, Tightly Insulated Homes | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Garden-Topped Buk Seoul Museum of Art is a Green Cultural Hub for Northeastern Seoul | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Don't Blink! 10 Zippy Electric Race Cars : Discovery News

Feather-Light Circuits For Super-Thin Electronics : Discovery News

Poop-powered sewage treatment system fits in a shipping container : TreeHugger

Rand Paul trying to strip funding for transportation alternatives, direct it to fixing bridges for cars : TreeHugger

Plug-in sales are way ahead of where hybrid sales were 31 months after introduction : TreeHugger

5 Labor Saving Tips for the Lazivore Gardener : TreeHugger

 

Part 3

WaterBean: Portable Coconut Carbon Filter Lets You Refill Any Bottle With Fresh, Purified Water | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

LEED Platinum Bigelow Laboratory Dedicated to Unraveling the Relationship Between the Oceans and Our Planet | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

University of Copenhagen Develops More Climate Friendly Fuel Cells for Hydrogen Vehicles | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Scientists Develop a Long-Lasting and Environmentally Friendly Battery Made From Wood | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

7 Eco-Friendly DIY Summer Crafts For Kids Of All Ages | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Hyundai ix35: World's First Production Fuel Cell Car Arrives in the UK | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Israeli Company Sol Chip Developing World's First Everlasting Solar Battery | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Mission Motorcycles Rolls Out Super Fast R and RS Electric Super Bikes | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Test Drive: 2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid : TreeHugger

Boy Scouts of America introduce sustainability merit badge : TreeHugger

15 Comfort food recipes : TreeHugger

Intel is the biggest user of green power in U.S. for fifth year in a row. Can you guess the others? : TreeHugger

 

Part 4

10 Double Duty Furniture Designs Spotted at PSFK's Future of Home Living Exhibit | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ford and Toyota End Collaboration on New Hybrid System for Light Trucks | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

SylvanSport's Lightweight GO Pop Up Camper Comes With its Own Solar Generator | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

7 Nutrient-Dense Superfoods You Can Grow at Home! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Could Dissolvable Electronics be the Answer to E-Waste Pollution? | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

LivingHomes Debuts Next-Generation Zero Energy C6 Prefab Home | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Eco Fashion Designer M Patmos Talks About Her Sustainably-Designed Brooklyn Apartment | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

The Importance of Bees Inspired Martha Stewart to Care for Hives of Her Own | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Milestone: Nissan-Renault reaches 100,000th electric car sold : TreeHugger

New report card for best electronics recycling shows Staples in the lead : TreeHugger

10 best gadgets to have in an emergency : TreeHugger

Dolphin escapes captivity, reunites with its pod in the open ocean : TreeHugger

 

Part 5

US DOE Announces Intention to Create Efficiency Standards for Computers and Servers | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

100% Electric Cars Are Now Outselling Plug-in Hybrids in the US | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Rubbee Electric Drive Gives a Boost to Any Pedal-Powered Bike | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

6 Awesome Backyard Beehive Designs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Rice University Develops Solar Steam Sanitizer For Developing World | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Amazing Chairs Made From Recycled Washing Machine Parts | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Mercedes Unveils Solar-Powered 'Vision' Golf Cart of the Future | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ford Becomes the First Automaker to Join a Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program in India | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Saudi Arabia to invest $109 billion (!) to get 1/3 of its energy from renewables by 2032 : TreeHugger

Bonus: Solar panels help keep buildings cool, reducing A/C needs : TreeHugger

Zero carbon Britain is possible by 2030, claims new report : TreeHugger

200 evangelical scientists ask Congress to pass climate legislation : TreeHugger

 

Part 6

INTERVIEW: We Talk to Architecture for Humanity's Co-Founder Kate Stohr | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Remains: Shani Langberg Transforms Waste Plastic Into Colorful Recycled Furniture | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

This Souped-Up GM EV2 Can Go 400 miles on a Single Charge | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

BMW Announces 2014 i3 Electric Vehicle Pricing Starts at $42,275 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Sink and Urinal Combo Saves Water and Encourages Men to Wash Their Hands | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Monsanto Drops Bid to Grow GMO Crops in Europe | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

INTERVIEW: HOK's Bill Odell on the Design of Saudi Arabia's KAUST University, the World's Largest LEED Platinum Project | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ford to slash price of Focus Electric by $4,000 for 2014 model : TreeHugger

Electric bicycles to be a $11 billion industry by 2020 : TreeHugger