Green news and more V8.06

Bringing you, your weekly positive Green related articles. Hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day.

New material converts sunlight, heat, and movement into electricity—at the same time | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Singapore's giant vertical farm grows 80 tons of vegetables every year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Tiny pollinating drones could help bees as populations decline | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Wonderful recipes for the weird veggies in your CSA box | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Electrek green energy brief: Jimmy Carter installing solar, Solarworld laying off 900, Conservative argument for solar, more | Electrek

Electrek green energy brief: Austin building code goes solar, Iceland drills into a volcano, more | Electrek

Electrek green energy brief: 90% new 2016 EU capacity clean, Australia’s advanced grid, Korean polysilicon replacing US, more | Electrek

Electrek green energy brief: 67% of new electricity in US from clean sources, Fraunhofer’s new panel designs, Energy storage tax credit, more | Electrek

Does embodied energy really matter in green building? : TreeHugger

The principles behind designing a backyard food forest : TreeHugger

Researchers at Texas A&M develop a bossy and nosy standing desk : TreeHugger

How Lush Cosmetics is helping cotton farmers in Fukushima : TreeHugger

 

Part 2

Amazing green-roofed school melts into the mountains of France | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Artist transforms recycled materials into beautifully intricate, life-sized sculptures | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New solar glitter can make virtually anything solar powered | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Mecanoo to update Washington's MLK Library with massive green roof | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Renogy reveals new Phoenix Solar Panel Generator Kit wrapped in a compact briefcase design + more Green Deals | Electrek

Electric vehicle charging networks are partnering to create Europe-wide fast-charging network | Electrek

Electrek green energy brief: 400MW of community solar, solved climate change math in 1895, 50% electricity from wind in Spain, more | Electrek

Electrek green energy brief: Climate change knowledge in 1912, new solar cell processing technique, ‘Green Gas,’ and more | Electrek

This high-quality ink is made from air pollution harvested from vehicle tailpipes : TreeHugger

Flecks of "solar glitter" can make almost anything solar powered : TreeHugger

This $35 inflatable waterproof solar lantern will also charge your phone : TreeHugger

Man saves dog, dog saves hummingbird, hummingbird saves man who saved dog : TreeHugger

 

Part 3

Solar power now provides twice as many jobs as coal in U.S. | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Wild bison return to Canada's Banff National Park for the first time in 140 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

9 Valentine’s Day gifts that last longer than a bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

You could win this beautiful organic farm with your best 200-word essay | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Tesla Semi: Elon Musk says they are making progress with new electric semi truck, focus is still on Model 3 | Electrek

SolarEdge sets inverter efficiency record with new technology platform | Electrek

Apple spaceship campus interior details: polished concrete ceilings, iPhone-like elevator buttons, flat doorways | 9to5Mac

Watch a Stunning Video of Jupiter's Swirling Clouds Made by Amateur Astronomers - Seeker

Unilever's game-changing decision to reveal fragrance ingredients : TreeHugger

MIT makes a battery that's safe to swallow : TreeHugger

Hundreds of mysterious ancient earthworks found in the Amazon : TreeHugger

This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets : TreeHugger

 

Part 4

MIT researchers invent an ingestible battery powered by stomach acid | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Melissa McCarthy is hilarious as a luckless eco-warrior in Kia's Superbowl ad | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Rope art installation repurposed into blankets for Syrian refugees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hundreds of ancient earthworks similar to Stonehenge found in the Amazon | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The Twilight of American Coal and the Rise of Renewables - Seeker

Scanning for Blue Whales in the Ocean Just Got a Lot Easier - Seeker

Sticky, Insect-Sized Drones Could Pollinate Crops

A Man-Made Wetland Will Help Treat Shanghai's Foul Industrial Wastewater

Photo: Adorable face of a shield mantis belies a masterful disguise : TreeHugger

In China, 20% of new buses are now electric : TreeHugger

Sweet Swedish pair rescues a moose from frozen lake : TreeHugger

Is an astrophysics-ecology drone the best new tool for saving endangered species? : TreeHugger

 

Part 5

First Wattway solar road pilot in US pops up in rural Georgia | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Bill Gates warns against climate-change denial | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Seattle votes to divest billions of dollars from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access pipeline | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Star-shaped Schneider Electric office building in South Africa aims for a LEED Gold certification | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Ancient Undersea Landslide Discovery Sheds New Light on Great Barrier Reef - Seeker

The Ingenious Ways Plants Defend Themselves - Seeker - Video

A New Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Has Been Found in Israel - Seeker

Mercury's Water Ice Deposits Have a Mysterious Origin - Seeker

New Discovery Could Unlock Graphene's Full Potential - Seeker - Video

Photo: Citrus swallowtail plays in the pompoms : TreeHugger

The Vertical Forest comes to China : TreeHugger

Norway wants tourists to slow down and travel more sustainably : TreeHugger

 

Part 6

Greenpeace releases first images of newly-discovered Amazon reef | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

China is now the largest producer of solar power in the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Chinese fishery installs immense floating solar farm for extra income | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Green walls breathe new life into an abandoned row of shop offices | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Cities Are Tackling Climate Change by Freeing Their Data

There's A New Form Of Matter That Exists In Four Dimensions! - Seeker - Video

True Identity of Exotic White Dwarf Revealed — and It's One of a Kind - Seeker

Inkless Paper of the Future Can Be Printed (and Reprinted) With Light

New Mars Climate Data Stumps Scientists | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

NASA Plans to Drill Into Europa's Crust In Search of Life

New Close-Up Image of Jupiter's South Pole is Mind-Blowingly Beautiful

Here's What Those Bumps In The Sidewalk Are For

 

Part 7

This 7-year-old from Maryland might be the next Einstein | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

6 reasons the clean energy revolution doesn't need Trump’s blessing | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Researchers invent paper that can be printed with light and reused 80 times | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Stunning wooden Oberholz Mountain Hut branches out of the mountainside like a fallen tree | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

An Exhaust Pipe Device Turns Air Pollution Into Printing Ink

Weird Things Your Body Does When You're Around Your Crush - Seeker - Video

'Actual Living Scientists' Want You to Get to Know Them - Seeker

Hundreds of Mysterious Stonehenge-Like Earthworks Found in the Amazon - Seeker

Hawaii’s Epic Lava 'Fire Hose' Has Returned With a Vengeance

NASA revamps site for EPIC photos of Earth from space - ExtremeTech

NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa

Scientists make battery that runs on air and carbon dioxide

 

Part 8

Dead Sea Scrolls mystery unfurls as scientists find hidden cave - CNET

Dazzling white dwarf pulsar discovery is the first of its kind - CNET

Pollution-fighting Vertical Forest buildings coming to China - CNET

NASA really isn't sure why ancient Mars was wet

NASA's Rover Curiosity Reveals Something Weird About Mars' Ancient Atmosphere - Seeker

A Strange Green Comet Is Heading Our Way - Seeker

Scientists may have discovered a lost continent

China is now the biggest producer of solar power