Green news and more V7.8

Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Almost time to starting seed planting. Chicago Flower and Garden show coming soon.

Five stunning gardens unveiled for the International Garden Festival in Quebec | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hungary's highest lookout tower doubles as a colorful shelter for hikers | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Watch Lake Superior's frozen ice sheets float ashore like shards of glass | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

This 5D black hole could change everything we know about how the universe works | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Symphony of robots building Model X – Tesla’s short timelapse of the Model X assembly line [Video] | Electrek

A look at the Tesla Model X’s panoramic windshield through an immersive 360° video | Electrek

Almost half of GM’s propulsion division is now working on electric and alternative drivetrains | Electrek

Tesla pushes a new update with improved ‘Autopark’ and ‘Summon’ feature [v7.1 2.12.22 release notes] | Electrek

Artist's painted murals of wild animal swarms enliven the city : TreeHugger

Stunning time-lapse will make you see the heavens in a whole new light (video) : TreeHugger

Trouble brewing for coffee pods as German city bans them to reduce waste : TreeHugger

How to make money by saving monarch butterflies : TreeHugger

 

Part 2

The world's first all-vegan supermarket chain is coming to Portland | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Cave-digging artist hand-carves sandstone into extraordinary subterranean homes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The Cedar Rocket is the fastest all-electric log car in the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

BREAKING: Massive Los Angeles methane gas leak declared permanently sealed | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Toyota Again the 'Most Admired' Motor Vehicle Company in FORTUNE’s Study | Corporate

SolarCity announces that it will use Tesla Energy’s Powerpack for its massive 52 MWh project in Hawaii | Electrek

The Opel Ampera-e will reportedly be built alongside the Chevy Bolt in the US | Electrek

Tesla and Panasonic are leading the almost 100 GWh of new li-ion battery cell production to come online by 2020 | Electrek

Greenpeace urges Hillary to dump fossil fuels : TreeHugger

Ethique makes solid beauty bars with plastic-free packaging : TreeHugger

Photo: Rough-legged hawk is the picture of poise : TreeHugger

This innovative tire pump fits inside your bike frame : TreeHugger

 

Part 3

Solar-powered alpine prefab shows off the power of prefab in extreme conditions | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

8 homes that generate more energy than they consume | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

HOW TO: Help save the honeybees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

RuckJack is a rain-proof jacket that can be turned into a backpack on-the-go | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Here’s what happens to your old iPhone under Apple’s ‘Reuse & Recycle’ program | 9to5Mac

Apple's 'Rigid and Exacting' Recycling Processes Focus on the 'After-Life of an iPhone' - Mac Rumors

Record 18,300 Apply for NASA Astronaut Training : Discovery News

Hubble's Backyard: Our Solar System: Photos : Discovery News

Photo: Lake shows the landscape how pretty it is : TreeHugger

Time-lapse shows secret world of dazzling glowworm caves (video) : TreeHugger

UN distributing smart, portable, solar-powered water purification systems : TreeHugger

Seaweed key to a sustainable T-shirt : TreeHugger

 

Part 4

Architects cover Hague railway station with trippy diamond-patterned glass roof | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Riversimple launches a 250 mpg hydrogen-powered car | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Ziggurat-like vertical farming tower would soak up the sun in Paris | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

James Turrell's Roden Crater is a magic space for observing cycles of geologic and celestial time | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hubble's Recent Discoveries and Stunning Photos : Discovery News

Golden Seahorse Pic Takes Top Undersea Photo Prize : Discovery News

Hubble Studies 'Super-Earth' Atmosphere for First Time : Discovery News

10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Board Games : Discovery News

Want your kids to do well at school? Send them outside to play : TreeHugger

Beautifully patterned ceramics are 3D printed with sound vibrations (video) : TreeHugger

Sweden to go 'carbon neutral' by 2045, with 85% cuts at home : TreeHugger

Portable air quality and CO2 monitor aims to let us 'see' invisible threats in the air : TreeHugger

 

Part 5

FDA will finally begin testing food crops for cancer-linked herbicide glyphosate | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Alphabet's solar-powered wi-fi balloons are deploying this year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

5D glass discs can store data for as long as the universe has existed | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Newly discovered form of ice offers hints about other planets | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Prepd helps you plan and organize your packed meals

Frozen Oceans May Have Burst Through the Surface of Pluto's Largest Moon

California's Bullet Train Will Now Start In the Bay Area—Which Might Save It

Watching Blood Dry Is Surprisingly Interesting

Toyota's Thermo-Tect Lime Green paint saves energy and lives. Why isn't every car this color? : TreeHugger

Cruelty-free trophy animal decor is made from recycled upholstery fabric : TreeHugger

Photo: 9 facts about elephant seals : TreeHugger

Make your own sore-throat lozenges : TreeHugger

 

Part 6

Gorgeous LEED Gold-designed Chicago theater recycles 98% of the former building materials | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hex House is an affordable and rapidly deployable solar home for disaster victims | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

MVRDV’s green-roofed shopping mall shimmers like a giant pearl in Beijing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Extraordinary alpine villa in Italy is heated and cooled by the Earth | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Why Wind Power Is Finally Taking Off in America

World's oldest known wild bird hatches a new baby - CNET

NASA's working on a telescope with an even wider eye than Hubble - CNET

The Best National Parks to Visit While It’s Still Winter

Spin Your Shredded Potatoes for Crispier Hash Browns

Three Myths About Sparkling Water, Debunked

Make homemade artisan bread part of your daily routine : TreeHugger

Faraday introduces the Cortland, a step-through frame for their gorgeous e-bike : TreeHugger

 

Part 7

Edible Spoon Maker lets you bake deliciously crisp spoons that you can eat with your meal | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

RE.BIN is the stylish alternative to the traditional recycling bin | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Fiji is first country in the world to ratify Paris agreement | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Trio of living green buildings reinvent Paris as a thriving sustainable ecosystem | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

NASA's next space telescope sees 100 times more than Hubble

Turn Down Your Oven for Perfect Roasted Vegetables

15 Ways to Manage Stress and Learn to Relax

Why the fate of our climate could rest on Justice Scalia's replacement | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Seattle design covers ugly highway with an elevated park and affordable housing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New tropical flower species found amazingly well-preserved in ancient amber | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

A green-roofed hotel suite perched on the precipice of Burgh Island's cliffs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists successfully 3D print a functioning human ear | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

 

Part 8

InStep NanoPower shoes harvest kinetic energy while you walk | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

India wants to increase solar output by renting rooftops | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

KarTent: 100% recyclable cardboard tents could solve the waste problem at music festivals | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Lamp Revival transforms landfill waste into one-of-a-kind lighting sculptures | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

INFOGRAPHIC: The cost of clutter and how you can fix it | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Geothermally-heated greenhouse in Nebraska produces fresh citrus all year round | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New cement can safely store radioactive nuclear waste for 100,000 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Parth Kothekar's amazing cutout art crafted from a single sheet of paper | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The private life of Hyperion, the world’s tallest tree | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building