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New York City Soon to Be Home to World’s First Underground Park

New York City Soon to Be Home to World’s First Underground Park

An abandoned trolley terminal in New York City will soon be home to the world’s first underground park. The Lowline, a lush underground forest powered by advanced solar technology, is “one step closer to becoming a reality,” The Verge reported. The ambitious project sits one story below Delancey St. and directly adjacent to the existing JMZ subway track […]

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    6 Super Cool Tiny Houses Made From Shipping Containers

    6 Super Cool Tiny Houses Made From Shipping Containers

    Micro-living, or choosing to live in a tiny house, has recently gained popularity. Many popular TV shows captivate viewers by exposing life inside a tiny home. In August, a tiny house festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado drew 10,000 participants. Everyone from college students to single moms are building tiny homes. Tiny houses have even been suggested as an affordable […]

    World’s First Robotic Farm to Produce 30,000 Heads of Lettuce Per Day

    World’s First Robotic Farm to Produce 30,000 Heads of Lettuce Per Day

    A new vegetable factory in Japan will be the world’s first indoor farm without any farmers. Spread, a food technology company focused on sustainable growing, will open its robot-run, 4,800-square-meter facility in Kyoto in the summer of 2017, and will produce 30,000 heads of lettuce per day, or about 10 million heads per year, Mashable reported. How […]

    Tesla’s Massive Gigafactory Will Be Net Zero Energy, Powered by 100% Renewables

    Tesla’s Massive Gigafactory Will Be Net Zero Energy, Powered by 100% Renewables

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t just building the biggest battery factory in the world. When construction of his $5 billion Tesla Gigafactory is complete, the facility will be astoundingly clean and energy efficient. Tesla’s Gigafactory, currently under construction in Nevada, aims to produce more lithium ion batteries annually than were produced worldwide in 2013. Photo […]

    21 of the Most Outrageously Cool Chicken Coops (Which Is Your Favorite?)

    21 of the Most Outrageously Cool Chicken Coops (Which Is Your Favorite?)

    A chicken coop is a place where a chicken spends much of its time. It’s a place of protection and housing but for proud humans, it’s also a place to show off their love and character as caretakers of the traditional bird. 1. New Orleans Style Photo credit: Kootation.com Bright colors and southern charm. 2. […]

    10 Greenest Cities in America (and the Worst)

    10 Greenest Cities in America (and the Worst)

    WalletHub has put together its annual list of cities “that most encourage an environmentally friendly lifestyle.” WalletHub analysts compared 100 cities using 13 key metrics “from greenhouse-gas emissions per capita to the number of smart-energy policies and initiatives.” Source: WalletHub WalletHub finds that going green is a great way to promote job growth. They cite statistics […]

    JetBlue Opens Urban Farm at JFK Airport to Feed Passengers and Local Food Banks

    JetBlue Opens Urban Farm at JFK Airport to Feed Passengers and Local Food Banks

    You might know of farm-to-table, but JetBlue could one day take this concept into cruising altitude. Call it farm-to-tray-table, if you will. Farm-to-tray-table concept? @JetBlue opens JFK farm @NY_NJairports #AvGeek http://t.co/RFHqveEKmJ pic.twitter.com/luzEIy28zg — Scott Mayerowitz (@GlobeTrotScott) October 7, 2015 JetBlue’s Terminal 5 (T5) at New York’s John F. Kennedy is now home to a 24,000 square-foot farm that will provide a […]

    10 Greenest Cities in the World

    10 Greenest Cities in the World

    Australian home improvement company, Halfprice.com.au, has put together a list of the top 10 most energy efficient cities in the world. At EcoWatch, we have featured several greenest cities and countries rankings in the past—from the 10 greenest cities in North America to the top 10 greenest countries in the world and even the more exhaustive top 25 greenest […]

    World’s Largest Green Roof to Sit on Top of Dying California Mall

    World’s Largest Green Roof to Sit on Top of Dying California Mall

    “It’s not easy to be a shopping mall these days,” Reed Moulds, managing director at Sand Hill, tells FastCo.Exist. “We’ve done some research and we haven’t found a single shopping mall that’s started construction since 2006. This is clearly a dying model. That’s on display at Vallco.” Developers at Sand Hill plan to turn a […]