Green news and more V9.09

Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. More warm and cold this week. The missing website feed is posting again.

The future of energy on islands | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New penguin 'mega-colonies' discovered in Antarctica | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Groundbreaking new energy storage device charges up in just 20 seconds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

New Italian ice cream shop reflects its delicious 'clean label' products | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

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Museum roof in Norway held up by a forest of columns : TreeHugger

Take-out delivery giant trials sauce sachets made from seaweed : TreeHugger

Could you wear 6 items of clothing for 6 weeks? : TreeHugger

Lego announces launch of bioplastic pieces : TreeHugger

 

Part 2

Synthetic Pollenizer uses 3D-printed robotic flowers to help save bees | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Renzo Piano reveals designs for Toronto courthouse targeting LEED Silver | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Rome is banning all oil-burning cars by 2024 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The "most technologically-sophisticated commercial indoor farm in the world" will grow 30X more produce | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

4 Environmentally Friendly Paving Options You Should Consider

Another ‘ultra-fast’ electric vehicle charging network is coming to Europe | Electrek

A fleet of all-electric Chevy Bolt EVs for car-sharing is coming to Austin | Electrek

EVgo announces lower/simpler price plans and longer charging times for its ‘largest US’ DC fast charging network | Electrek

Should you wash new clothes before wearing them? : TreeHugger

5 things you won't find in my kitchen anymore : TreeHugger

4 ways animals sense a world invisible to humans : TreeHugger

California gets serious in the fight against plastic microfibers : TreeHugger

 

Part 3

Astronomers uncover echoes of the very first stars | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Green walls are great, but they need to work efficiently | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hyundai's first fully-electric SUV boasts a range of 292 miles | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Total field ban on bee-harming neonicotinoids likely after new EU assessments | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Rome latest city to announce car ban, will ban diesel cars from historical center starting 2024 | Electrek

Tesla Semi prototype spied driving on the highway between Fremont and Gigafactory 1 | Electrek

Tesla Powerpacks could start saving water ratepayers money in Southern California | Electrek

First look at what it would be like inside a hyperloop pod | Electrek

Beverage industry needs to tackle plastic problem immediately : TreeHugger

World's first plastic-free supermarket aisle debuts in Amsterdam : TreeHugger

Magnificent spiraling hives are built by stingless sugarbag bees (Video) : TreeHugger

Is diesel done? : TreeHugger

 

Part 4

Artist uses materials found in nature to create elaborate cairns and mandalas | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Paris hopes to create a forest 5 times bigger than NYC's Central Park | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Ekoplaza opens first plastic-free supermarket aisle opens in Amsterdam | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Daan Roosegaarde reveals vision for air-purifying Smog Free Drones | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Powerful New Satellite Will Track Extreme Weather Over the Eastern Pacific - Seeker

Chimps and Bonobos Use the Same Body Language to Communicate - Seeker

Methane on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Could Be Sign of Life - Seeker

Dark Matter May Have Kept the Early Universe Cool - Seeker

Photo: The unremitting gaze of a great horned owl : TreeHugger

Complex geometric tessellations are folded from a single sheet of paper (Video) : TreeHugger

A sense of community may be the best medicine : TreeHugger

Rocks give their hidden moisture to trees in times of drought : TreeHugger

 

Part 5

Solar and wind energy could meet 80% of US electricity demand | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Colorful bamboo pavilion champions sustainable design in Kuala Lumpur | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Over 100 cities around the globe run mostly on renewable energy | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Virgin Hyperloop One and Dubai RTA unveil their first commuter pod | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Brightly Colored Bacteria Engineered Into Living Paint - Seeker

Terrestrial Plants Emerged 100 Million Years Earlier Than Thought - Seeker

Farming With Rocks Could Help Pull Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere - Seeker

ACME Studios Eco Pen doesn’t add to the landfill – The Gadgeteer

How Mastercard Is Powering Solar Payments in Africa | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

New study shows that good bike infrastructure encourages winter cycling : TreeHugger

Taiwan promises to ban all single-use plastics by 2030 : TreeHugger

20,000 people join beach clean-ups in Bali : TreeHugger

 

Part 6

MIT's thermal resonator generates power "out of what seems like nothing" | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Amazing new biodegradable insulation only burns after one hour of fire exposure | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Wave-inspired Rainbow Bridge in Long Beach is covered in mini gardens and twinkling LED lights | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

NYC's Farm One delivers rare, ultra-fresh produce in just 30 minutes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Lego will soon make bricks out of sugarcane bioplastics

Toyota is forming a $2.8-billion company for self-driving research

Researchers may have detected signals from the universe’s first stars

The moon may have formed inside the early Earth

NASA sees Jupiter looking blue and Earth-y in new Juno image - CNET

NASA Mars Curiosity rover overcomes glitch to drill again - CNET

Asteroid DV1 was seen as it passed very close to Earth - CNET

Tesla Semi spotted again, this time on a Sacramento highway - Roadshow

 

Part 7

Playful guerrilla group unleashes 50 swings across San Francisco | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

3 stacked shipping containers create a diving tower in Denmark | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

"Butt Lady” picks up 1,000,000 littered cigarette butts in 3.5 years | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Industrial gasholders transformed into luxury modern residences in London | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Researchers improve spinach-based solar cells by adding blackberry dye

Tesla Powerwall systems help some Hawaii schools beat the heat

Tesla's electric trucks may be more cost-effective than expected

Lego goes sustainable with first pieces made from sugarcane - CNET

Toyota claims record-setting efficiency for new engine - Roadshow

Toyota's ad agency builds paper Camry interior, stuffs it in a magazine - Roadshow

Rome wants to ban diesels by 2024 to help reduce congestion, pollution - Roadshow

LED 101: Your cheat sheet for the light bulb aisle - CNET