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IKEA renewable electricity plan could save customers £300 per year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Nissan to debut its self-driving taxis in Japan | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Buckwheat pillows offer a good night's sleep without hurting the environment | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Neanderthals, not homo sapiens, responsible for 64,000-year-old cave art | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

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Eco-friendly innovations that can help deal with the global drinking water crisis

Neanderthals Painted the World’s Oldest Cave Art - Seeker

Amateur Astronomer Hits ‘Cosmic Lottery’ With Photo of an Exploding Star - Seeker

Elon Musk is ‘optimistic’ about beating Tesla Semi specs that competitors already don’t believe possible | Electrek

Tesla deployed over 300 Powerwalls in Hawaiian schools to cool down hot classrooms | Electrek

A Tesla Semi electric truck could save us ‘tens of thousands of dollars a year’, says DHL | Electrek

Tesla launches a new ‘Workplace Charging’ program to supply free charging stations to businesses | Electrek

 

Part 2

Africa’s first waste-to-energy plant to supply 30% of Addis Ababa’s household electricity needs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

7 simple designs that solve modern problems – and don’t cost a fortune | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The Seychelles creates debt-for-conservation deal with Leonardo DiCaprio | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The cost of high-efficiency solar panels fell 37% in 2017 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Aerospace Company to Launch Private, Inflatable Space Stations - Seeker

Skin Patch Mines Sweat for Performance-Enhancing Data - Seeker

Confirmed: Kepler Satellite Discovers 95 New Exoplanets - ExtremeTech

UPS is adding to its fleet of electric delivery trucks

UPS orders a fleet of 50 all-electric delivery trucks to slowly electrify its huge fleet | Electrek

World’s largest solar park under development in Egypt | Electrek

EGEB: 138GW of solar power in 2018?, California net zero residential after 2020, Trump Tariff attacked, more | Electrek

Tesla’s massive solar+Powerwall virtual power plant could be 30% cheaper than grid power, says report | Electrek

 

Part 3

UNStudio’s striking Paris cultural center contorts for optimal daylight | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

This breezy bamboo amphitheater pops up in just 25 days | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Cinematiq glasses are made from strips of vintage films | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Researchers charge phone from across the room using freakin' laser beams | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Toyota's next EV motor could use 50 percent less rare earth metals

NASA’s Opportunity rover sees its 5,000th day on Mars

A new form of light could power next-gen quantum computers

India inches ahead in the race to build a Hyperloop

Sonnen unveils a free smart home charger that always charges your EV from cheap solar power | Electrek

Renault is trying to create a ‘smart electric island’ with electric vehicles, V2G, and energy storage | Electrek

High-efficiency solar panel pricing fell 37 percent in 2017 | Electrek

Watch Tesla Semi prototype do a ludicrous acceleration from low speed | Electrek

 

Part 4

World’s first floating wind farm performing better than anticipated | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The HomeBiogas 2.0 digester transforms food waste into clean, green energy | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists create world's first solar fuel reactor that works at night | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

BP's chief economist predicts plastic bans will slash oil demand | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Tesla semi truck spotted smoking its tires in the wild - Roadshow

NASA spacecraft spots weird Mars potato-like moons - CNET

Here are the best 100w LED bulbs for you - CNET

Tesla installs 300 Powerwalls to give Hawaiian school kids AC - Roadshow

A first look at Mercedes-Benz’s latest all-electric truck: the eActros | Electrek

Tesla Semi defies laws of physics and is passing us by if true, says Daimler’s head of trucks | Electrek

EGEB: California sets wind+solar record, 38% of US electricity from rooftops, polysilicon efficiency up, more | Electrek

Apple may buy cobalt direct from mining companies as EV demand soars | Electrek

 

Part 5

Translucent 'hugging' towers could help clean Hong Kong's air pollution | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

How farming with rocks could improve global food security | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hedgehog highways make London friendlier for the adorable spiny mammals | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New paper batteries can be discarded with zero ecological impact | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

UPS to deploy 50 plug-in hybrid delivery trucks - Roadshow

Toyota develops new lower-cost, less resource-intensive magnet for EVs - Roadshow

Hybrid vs. electric cars: how to decide which is right for you - Roadshow

Elon Musk’s brother is giving away the Tesla Model 3 #6 for a good cause | Electrek

Watch a Tesla Model X pull a 95,000-lb semi truck in the snow | Electrek

Virgin Hyperloop One secures deal to build first hyperloop system in India | Electrek

EGEB: Musk’s pyrrhic victory vs Buffett, ‘Congressional Solar Caucus’, exponential solar, more | Electrek

Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green-light for possible hyperloop station in Washington | Electrek

 

Part 6

Tesla deploys Powerpacks and Powerwalls to build an ‘intelligent grid’ in Nova Scotia | Electrek

Heavenly Organics uses honey to foster peace in conflict zones across India | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

LEED Gold lab by the ocean can withstand flooding and hurricane-force winds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

LEED Gold lab by the ocean can withstand flooding and hurricane-force winds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Spectacular aerial sculpture hovers above a plaza in Madrid | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

All-female high school team invents solar-powered tent for homeless | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Richard Branson signs deal for India’s first super-speedy hyperloop route | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Nova Scotia Power pioneers new energy storage system using Tesla Powerpacks | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Sunlighten saunas use infrared therapy to lower blood pressure and improve health | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Tesla Roadster in space could collide with Venus or Earth | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Unusual Dutch bridge embraces flooding in a thought-provoking way | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists build an alien ocean to test NASA submarine | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Massive eco-resort with a theme park to rise on Vietnam’s beaches | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building