Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Groundhog says 6 more weeks of winter. South Pacific islands introduce ban on western junk food | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Beekeeper built dream hexagonal house without 'hateful' right angles | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electric cars and solar power could freeze fossil fuel growth by 2020 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Toronto’s 8 Winter Station winners to revive city’s frozen beaches | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 'Sexy' All-New 2018 Toyota Camry Comes to Chicago Auto Show | Toyota USA Newsroom Simple and Smart Ways Your House Can Be Environmentally Friendly The Best Eco-Friendly Cars of 2016 Making Our Cities Sustainable: Things to Work At Photo: Great gray owl finds balance : TreeHugger Reset your sleep cycle with a weekend camping trip full of natural light and true darkness : TreeHugger What will it really take to reduce our carbon footprint? : TreeHugger Can combining plants & robots into 'bio-hybrids' help grow architecture & food? : TreeHugger
Part 2 The real story behind Groundhog Day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building China's first vertical forest in Nanjing to include 1,100 trees and 2,500 shrubs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building U.S. veterans vow to block construction of Dakota Access Pipeline | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Public rejects bill that would have sold 3 million acres of public land | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 7 Tips for a Greener Path to Your Laundry Electrek green energy brief: Society paying $1.30/gallon, pictures of India’s 650MW, Tesla battery network, and more | Electrek Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to release first picture of his new tunnel boring machine | Electrek Tesla partners with new sustainable home improvement store to sell Powerwalls and deploy Powerpacks | Electrek Retrofitted yacht uses off-the-shelf solar & wind products to power its educational journey to Cuba : TreeHugger Danish energy giant commits to phasing out coal by 2023 : TreeHugger Deutsche Bank to stop financing coal : TreeHugger Stanford bioengineers create effective low-tech blood centrifuge with 20 cents worth of materials : TreeHugger
Part 3 Rolling green 'ribbons' proposed for new urban park in downtown LA | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scientists find evidence of lost continent beneath Mauritius | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building London's first floating park slated to open this spring | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Solar-power system could provide clean drinking water in rural India for the first time | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Scotland Yard is considering Tesla and other electric automakers to convert London’s police car fleet | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: Solar eclipse taught Germany 80% renewables possible, Maryland overturns governor, 4.5M jobs and more | Electrek Shell says it will start installing electric vehicle chargers at its gas stations this year | Electrek Electrek green energy brief: 1GW Huawei solar plant largest in world(?), why utilities have already lost, and more | Electrek UPDATE: Congress backs down on plan to sell off public land the size of Connecticut : TreeHugger Amazingly life-like robots act as spies in the wild for Planet Earth II : TreeHugger 8 unique green alternatives to cut flowers : TreeHugger How to celebrate a green Valentine's Day : TreeHugger
Part 4 Iceland's new biodome community will be the ultimate sustainable oasis | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 8 natural immunity boosters to get you through cold and flu season | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building C.F. Møller’s Low Carbon Energy Center slashes carbon footprint in Greenwich Peninsula | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This train station which doubles as city hall in Swedish city Växjö will function as an "urban living room" | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Electrek green energy brief: Saudi oil company $5B into green energy, top 10 solar cell manufacturers, and more | Electrek Elon Musk speaks about Hyperloop and tunneling at SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition | Electrek A look at a Chinese fishery with a giant integrated solar array – feeding a world hungry for clean energy | Electrek Finishing touches and trees being added to Apple’s Campus 2 as heavier work largely completed [Video] | 9to5Mac This is what it's like to climb and service wind turbines for a living : TreeHugger Stair of the week dominates Copenhagen science museum : TreeHugger Plankton-mimicking robots reveal secrets of how marine life ride ocean currents : TreeHugger Ireland votes to divest public money from fossil fuels : TreeHugger
Part 5 New elevated cycleway in China soars over traffic | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building This smog-fighting music academy will have an air purifier as effective as 33,000 trees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Produce your own water from thin air with SunGlacier's solar-powered DC03 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tesla just completed the world's largest battery storage project | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building An American Woman Has Become the Fastest Person to Visit Every Country on Earth Solar Purification Could Provide Clean Water in Rural India 'Sonic Boom' Of Light Captured For The First Time Ever - Seeker - Video Here's What Mars' Amazing Polar Ice Cap Swirls Look Like From Above - Seeker Create a cozy escape (and save on heating) with a grown-up blanket fort : TreeHugger Beyond organic: Carbon farming is a pathway to climate stabilization and resilient soils : TreeHugger How do you teach kids to like vegetables? : TreeHugger Save the trees! Sign up for Rainforest Alliance's 30-Day Sustainability Challenge : TreeHugger
Part 6 World's most powerful wind turbine breaks 24-hour record for energy generation | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 15 stunning examples of interior design using natural stone | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Artist ingeniously turns old plastic bottles into joining material for furniture | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Malia Obama attends Dakota Access Pipeline protest | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Welcome to the EcoHood: Europe's New Green Villages - Seeker One Year in Space Caused Genetic Changes in NASA's Twin Astronaut Experiment - Seeker The March for Science Is Set to Happen on Earth Day - Seeker 1,800-Year-Old Shipwreck Found Almost Completely Intact Off Spanish Coast Sending Mars Rovers on a 'Walkabout' Could Boost Their Science Output - Seeker Giant wind turbine sets record for wind energy generated in 24 hours : TreeHugger Desert Rain House gets Living Building Challenge Certification : TreeHugger Walkable communities are making a comeback : TreeHugger
Part 7 Scientists create a new kind of matter called time crystals | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Architects use local materials to build beautiful Costa Rica community center | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 8 surprising uses for hemp that could make the world a greener place | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Rammed earth and bamboo cultural center keeps naturally cool in Senegal | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Blueprint for Giant Quantum Computer Promises Mind-Blowing Power Meteorite Reveals Mars Had Active Volcanoes Two Billion Years Ago - Seeker Hawaii's Explosive Lava Show Ends With Sudden Collapse - Seeker How Feeding Onions To Cows Could Help Save The Earth - Seeker - Video 2020 Tokyo Olympics Medals Will Use E-Waste Metal | News & Opinion | PCMag.com Lasers Replace Stickers on Fresh Food | News & Opinion | PCMag.com The world's largest solar farm contains 2.5 million solar modules | PCWorld NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft Just Got an Amazing Side-Quest
Part 8 Al Gore will now host the climate change event the CDC canceled | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Tropical park with native species will add much-needed green space to Hong Kong | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The world's tallest vertical garden lives and breathes in Sydney | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building 20 sensory table activities that offer creative ways to teach kids through play | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building The Mysterious Natural Remedy That Could Cure Malaria! - Seeker - Video Cassini Reveals Breathtaking New Views of Saturn's Beautifully Complex Rings - Seeker 14,000 Women Scientists Are Advocating for Equality - Seeker Even Climate Change Deniers Want to Pursue Renewable Energy Old Phones Will Become Gold Medals for 2020 Games in Tokyo Making Things From Old Skateboard Decks Turns Recycling into Art Denmark's Monster Wind Turbine Just Smashed the 24-Hour Record For Energy Production Lava Gushing Into the Ocean Looks Like Delicious Tropical Punch
Part 9 How an Interstellar Starship Could Actually Explore Alpha Centauri This Promising New Tool Can Help Us Find Life on Europa This 500-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature Boggles the Imagination These Ultra Close-Up Images of Saturn's Rings Are Mind-Blowing First Genetic Results From Scott Kelly's Year In Space Reveal DNA Mysteries Tokyo Olympics to feature medals made of recycled phones - CNET NASA captures Saturn's rings in mind-blowing detail - CNET Watch three teams compete for the best Hyperloop pod design NASA's gliders could deliver more accurate weather forecasts With new method, scientists find water on an exoplanet Tesla's Powerpacks are now lighting up California's grid Cassini captures close-up views of Saturn's rings
Part 10 Cassini captures close-up views of Saturn's rings Hummingbird-inspired wind turbines, and more in the week that was Ireland votes to stop investing public money in fossil fuels Five Foods That Stay Good Almost Indefinitely Reliabitaly Can Tell You If That Olive Oil Was Actually "Made in Italy" What It Means to Get a Good Night's Rest, According to Sleep Scientists Alleviate Anxiety With This Do-Anywhere Grounding Exercise Ask an Expert: All About Sustainable Food and Honest Labeling