Canada Gardens is a 743-unit apartment complex in Wembley Park, London, managed by Quintain Living. Fossey Arora, the firm in charge of interior design, centered the apartments around the theme of biophilia, our innate human need to connect to nature and living things around us. Aside from its connection to the natural world, biophilic design provides various benefits to one’s […]
Anybody who’s paying attention has probably noticed that lots of choices being made in the world don’t align with the US goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The good news is, a new study says it’s still possible. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The straightforwardly named “Actions for reducing US emissions at least 50% by […]
Recent data released by World Resources Institute and the Resource Management Institute (RMI) has found that local governments across the United States harvested significant amounts of energy from solar plants built in closed landfills last year. The report found a total of 21 landfills that had been utilized to generate 207 megawatts of solar power. This shows a 10-fold increase in energy […]
The PEAK Resort and Spa by Studio Symbiosis will be located in the natural desert landscape of Udaipur, Rajasthan in India. The villas will be dug into the landscape on a slope, drawing in southern cooling winds to combat the heat. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The design concept combines the inspiration of the regional architecture of Rajasthan with a modern take […]
Even if you’re an avid hiker, you might take trails for granted. It’s just the mundane surface you walk on, right? The point of the hike is more transcendent — the view of a far peak, an eagle flying by, an unusual plant growing in the wild. But wait — those lowly trails are what makes it possible to see […]
The retreat of Chile’s Tyndall Glacier has revealed a graveyard of ichthyosaurs, dolphin-like reptiles that roamed the oceans more than 90 million years ago. The Tyndall Glacier is melting, with parts retreating by as much as 2 kilometers in recent decades, exposing long-hidden fossils. So far, paleontologists have uncovered the remains of 76 ichthyosaurs in bedrock left bare by melting, […]
Part-artist and part-activist, Canadian Benjamin Von Wong launched a campaign to bring attention to the plastic pollution problem. The result is a three-story installation of plastic pouring from a spout, with a message of #TurnOffThePlasticTap. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Von Wong highlighted plastic pollution before, taking on different individual projects with materials including 168,000 plastic straws, 18,000 plastic […]
In the mind-blowing science department, a new 3D printing technology will use soundwaves to produce new objects. Scientists at Concordia University in Montreal describe what they’re calling direct sound printing (DSP) in a paper published in April in Nature Communications. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The usual 3D printing techniques rely on light or heat to precisely manipulate polymers. […]
Scientists have discovered the world’s largest plant in shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia. At 20,000 hectares, the sprawling seagrass (Posidonia australis) is larger than the quaking Aspen trees in Utah, which have been referred to as the largest living plant on earth, covering 43 hectares. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Also known as the ribbon weed, the species […]
On a Thursday night in late April, vegan glitterati and local Portland food influencers descended upon Oregon’s newest Next Level Burger location for a special preview. Coconut-based milkshakes flowed and phones snapped endless photos of high-stacked burgers and chik’n sandwiches still steaming from the kitchen. Crinkle fries, sweet potato fries and Yukon gold tater tots shimmered under bright lights. It […]