For too long, urban environments have cut people off from nature. For too long, urban landscapes destroyed nature and replaced it with concrete, steel and glass. Ample found a way to add nature into urban environments with their Plant Light Nº1. Urban living “creates a very barren environment; access to nature is limited, and this has really come to the […]
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, located in Hubei province, is the first Chinese vertical forest apartment building designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti China. It just opened and is now home to its first residents. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Huanggang Vertical Forest combines open and closed balconies. The design interrupts the smooth façade of the building to create […]
Hiking through the emerald green canopy of the bosque, or riverside cottonwood forest, near downtown Albuquerque, Tricia Snyder, an advocate for WildEarth Guardians, believes zero hour has arrived for the Rio Grande. Though the river this day is high and a rich chocolatey-red color, water levels are historically low and dropping precipitously. Experts predict the Rio Grande will dry up […]
Ikea shoppers will be able to buy solar panels at US stores starting this fall. In a press statement, Ikea said that the new product comes under their partnership with SunPower, a California-based company that sells and installs solar power. Through this partnership, Ikea will be able to extend its green footprint. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Among the product […]
While most people are comfortable buying skinned and plucked flesh wrapped in plastic from a grocery store meat department, the sight of a person standing around in public holding an intact dead chicken or goat is much more startling. That’s the strategy for the twelfth annual National Animal Rights Day (NARD), which will be commemorated this Sunday, June 5. More […]
What’s the air quality of the building you’re sitting in right this very moment? With ATMO you will be able to know exactly what kind of air you’re breathing in. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The Atmocube monitors air quality to allow everyone to see what the air quality is like in their environment at any moment any time. […]
Trust for Public Land released the annual park system ratings and the best-rated system in the U.S. lands lands in the District of Washington, D.C. St. Paul, MN came in second, slightly above Arlington, VA and Cincinnati, OH. The ParkScore Index measures parks in the nation’s most populous areas and rates them within five criteria. Park equity is the newest […]
More than 90 percent of Britain’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being bottom-trawled and dredged, two years after an analysis of the extent of destructive fishing exposed them as “paper parks,” according to data shared with the Guardian. The UK’s network of marine parks, set up to safeguard vulnerable areas of the seabed and marine life, is a […]
Designer Alessandro Luciani designed a new model for retail stores called the Huawei Experience Store. It’s vision oriented toward the involvement of emotions and the creation of new experiences. Luciani defined himself as the Designer of Human Experiences. His anthropocentric model of design inspires a focus on the creation of experiential spaces. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Luciani creates […]
San Diego-based GreenChoice is a unique and empowering online food shopping experience. In addition to being a marketplace for grocery shopping, they offer several benefits for the health and sustainability-minded consumer, and caters specifically to those with dietary restrictions. GreenChoice’s mission is to make grocery shopping quick and easy while providing reliable product information. The expansive offerings can be sorted […]