Green news and more V9.16

Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles. Been a crazy weather week here: snow, rain., wind, ice, warm, cold, etc. Happy Earth Day!!!

6 Fun, Meaningful Ways To Celebrate Earth Day! | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The Ocean Cleanup prepares to launch their first cleaning system for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Apple's new Daisy recycling robot can disassemble 200 iPhones in a single hour | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Bottlenose dolphins spotted in Canadian Pacific waters for the first time | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

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The problems with Amsterdam's plastic-free grocery aisle | TreeHugger

This is what a year's worth of plastic looks like | TreeHugger

On this Earth Day, take personal responsibility to end plastic pollution | TreeHugger

Why working forests are the answer: five benefits of well-managed forests to appreciate this Earth Day | TreeHugger

 

Part 2

Mel Chin's clothing made from recycled water bottles highlights ongoing crisis in Flint | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

This fine-dining chef transforms food waste into creative gourmet dishes | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Evaporative off-grid toilets don’t need plumbing, water or electricity | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

These tiny and adorable vintage campers are made for birds | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Practical And Easy Earth Day Party Ideas 

Should Vertical Gardening Be Considered By Beginners?

The first 200-kW wireless charging system for electric buses is deployed | Electrek

Tesla Powerwalls and Powerpacks keep the lights on at 662 locations in Puerto Rico during island-wide blackout, says Elon Musk | Electrek

Photo: Allen's hummingbird nips on nectar | TreeHugger

Dolphins pre-plan their grocery shopping | TreeHugger

Picking up litter is the new sexy | TreeHugger

Mobile greenhouse office and garden aims for urban regeneration | TreeHugger

 

Part 3

Earth Day: How it began, and how it helps the planet | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Lyft is making all their rides carbon neutral | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Sleep in this amazing underwater hotel room at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

The United Kingdom just went for a record 55 hours without using coal | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

VW’s Electrify America partners with Walmart for the deployment of its ‘ultra-fast’ charging stations | Electrek

A fleet of new all-electric Nissan Leafs has been turned into police vehicles in Japan | Electrek

Spring blossoms - The Boston Globe

A Survey of the Milky Way Is Searching for the Sun's Stray Siblings - Seeker

How to clean a beautiful wool rug | TreeHugger

Here's the first office building certified under Canada's Zero Carbon Building Standard | TreeHugger

Intrepid Travel can take you on an exotic 'human-powered' adventure | TreeHugger

13 crazy things to know about planet Earth | TreeHugger

 

Part 4

These robots assembled an IKEA chair in 20 minutes without having a meltdown | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Solar outshined all fossil-fuels sources combined in 2017 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

UK plans to ban the sales of plastic straws to tackle ocean plastic pollution | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists use new technology to figure out what makes Yellowstone's supervolcano blow | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

How NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, Finds Exoplanets - Seeker

Send your fresh fruits and veggies to VeggiDome! - The Gadgeteer

UK goes 55 hours without coal power, breaks historical record - CNET

Hubble, NASA deliver dazzling Lagoon Nebula for telescope's 28th anniversary - CNET

Photo: Jumping spider is as cute as a kitten | TreeHugger

UK could ban single-use plastics as early as next year | TreeHugger

The 10 eco-friendliest states in the US | TreeHugger

The North Face introduces T-shirts made from plastic bottles | TreeHugger

 

Part 5

6 fun DIY projects to make for Earth Day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

MIT just discovered a way to mass-produce graphene in long rolls | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Panasonic reveals air-purifying "cloud" at Milan Design Week 2018 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Hyperloop TT just announced plans to build a working line in the UAE next year | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

This Scientist's Robots Might One Day Perform Surgery in Space | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Meet Daisy, Apple's Latest Recycling Robot | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Meet Daisy, Apple's new iPhone recycling robot - CNET

Earth Day: Apple unveils 'Daisy' iPhone recycling robot - CNET

Photo: Great blue heron puts aeronautical engineers to shame | TreeHugger

Honeybees make a cute 'whoop' when they're surprised | TreeHugger

I tried riding an e-bike, and it was nothing like I expected | TreeHugger

UK energy company offering 'poop gas' for heating/cooking | TreeHugger

 

Part 6

MAPA's eco hotel in Uruguay blends into nature with mirrored walls and green roofs | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

These diamonds from outer space hint at a long-lost planet | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

This moss can naturally eliminate arsenic from water | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic waste | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Bill Gates Backs Plan for Earth-Monitoring Cameras | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

100 More Walmart Stores Getting EV Charging Stations | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

SpaceX Falcon 9 just sent TESS, NASA's new planet hunter, into space - CNET

Mystery fossil turns out to be super fishy - CNET

UK to enshrine net zero emissions target into law? | TreeHugger

Scientists accidentally create plastic-eating mutant enzyme | TreeHugger

Artists to build modern world's largest hanging gardens since Babylon (Video) | TreeHugger

Miracle moss removes arsenic from drinking water | TreeHugger

 

Part 7

France is building the world's third Hyperloop test track | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

10 awesome eco-activities to do this Earth Day | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

For 16 years, this stork has flown 8,700 miles to return to his one true love | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

UMD scientists invent new, nonflammable zinc battery | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Scientists create mutant enzymes that eat plastic bottles - CNET

Renewable energy deals lure mainstream businesses, not just Google and Apple - CNET

Meteor Diamonds Confirm Protoplanets Once Existed in Our Solar System - ExtremeTech

New Lego Education Sets Send You Rocketing Into Space - ExtremeTech

Photo: It's official, porcupines have the cutest faces | TreeHugger

UK commits £60m (US$86m) to fight plastic pollution | TreeHugger

Sweden opens road with slot-car style rail for electric vehicles (Video) | TreeHugger

See the soothing waterfalls of NYC's subway system | TreeHugger

 

Part 8

6 solar roads shaking up infrastructure around the world | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Toyota to launch V2V, V2I communication tech in 2021 - Roadshow

How to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets

Advanced microscope shows cells at work in incredible 3D detail

Astronomers Sample the 'DNA' of 340,000 Stars - ExtremeTech

Google Open Heritage Lets You Explore Endangered Historic Sites in VR - ExtremeTech

Apple unveils its newest recycling robot ahead of Earth Day

VW's fast EV charging network is headed to Walmart parking lots

Photo: Western grebes walk on water | TreeHugger

10 extraordinary facts about elephant trunks | TreeHugger

Why buy baby clothes if you can rent them? | TreeHugger

5 foods to eat daily, according to a Harvard nutritionist | TreeHugger