By Amanda Froelich From transforming shipping containers into homes to reassembling them into vivacious greenhouses, there is a lot one can do with the apparatuses. But construct a gorgeous hotel? Why not. Building a hotel with shipping containers is exactly what architects Sandro Ramishvili and Irakli Eristavi did and the outcome is extraordinary. Named Quadrum, […]
Who knew that the Windy City has become so green? As Co.Exist reported, Chicago is quietly becoming the country’s urban agriculture capital with 821 growing sites across the city, from small community gardens to multimillion dollar indoor farms, according to the Chicago Urban Agriculture Mapping Project. Even O’Hare’s Terminal 3 is home to the world’s first […]
Mark Z. Jacobson’s new digs is the perfect home for the prominent renewable energy advocate. This zero-net energy home took only a few weeks to build. Photo credit: Bone Structure The Stanford professor’s Solutions Project famously lays out roadmaps for 139 countries, including the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters, to switch to 100 percent clean, renewable energy generated from […]
Aquaponics is an emerging urban farming trend that’s ideal for big cities since it’s relatively low-maintenance and can be set up just about anywhere, from rooftops to formerly abandoned lots and buildings. And Brooklyn is now home to not one, but three aquaponic farms: Verticulture, Edenworks and OKO farms. [instagram https://instagram.com/p/BEQnYt5MFDB expand=1] Aquaponics, simply, is […]
Heinekens are now brewed with clean energy. The global beer company’s Göss Brewery in Austria is the first carbon-neutral brewery of its scale in the world. Heineken’s brewery in Austria has achieved its goal of becoming the first CO2 neutral brewery of its scale in the world. Photo credit: Heineken The facility, which kicked off […]
ReGen Villages, a completely self-sufficient village that can power and feed itself, is rising across Europe—and hopefully, one day, around the world. A sustainable development in The Netherlands generates its own energy and food. Photo credit: EFFEKT ReGen Villages Holding, B.V., a visionary real estate development company founded by entrepreneur and developer James Ehrlich, is […]
Students at one San Fransisco school will soon have the chance to learn about urban farming and the role it can play in the community in a unique setting. The Golden Bridges School‘s planned new campus will join indoor and outdoor learning spaces and will have several beneficial and environmentally friendly aspects. Photo credit: Golden […]
These new homes will have you living like a hobbit. Green Magic Homes, a company out of Mexico, has designed homes that will literally let you live underground. The basic structure of the homes is versatile, making them perfect for desert or snow conditions. Photo credit: Green Magic Homes The walls, which are durable and […]
A Dutch design firm has redefined living by creating a house that doesn’t need a foundation, can be built in one day and is three times more sustainable than a normal house. Photo credit: Wikkelhouse The Wikkelhouse, designed by Fiction Factory in Amsterdam, is built by snapping multiple 1.2 meter (4 feet) wide sections together. […]
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