Alex Davies
Alex first came to TreeHugger as an intern in 2009, and has since then refused to leave. After four years at Macalester College in Minnesota and some time abroad, he is back in his native New York. He covers design, urban issues, and anything that catches his eye. Alex also writes for Discovery.com.
Latest Stories from Alex Davies - Page 2
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Stretching Fruit Bowl Changes Size to Keep Fruit Fresh
This bowl takes up only as much space as necessary, and keeps fruit fresh.
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Standing Desk Add-On Is a Low-Cost Way to Stand at Work
An adjustable height desk add-on can give you a standing desk in no time.
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Fluoride-Baked T-Shirt Is a Power Pack for Your Gadgets
Researchers at USC have found a low-impact method to make cotton store an electric charge.
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Smart Wall Uses Nanotechnology to Control Indoor Temperatures
The wall can be programmed at the time of manufacture to allow heat into a building up to a set point, say 70 degrees, and then reject heat if the temperature rises above that point.
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How to Make Your Own Soil Blocker
Put some extra DIY in your gardening by making your own soil blocker.
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My French Love Affair with the Tram, and the Ensuing Heartache
More and more cities in France are installing tramways to replace bus lines. Here's why.
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Tiny, Rotating "House" Is Only One Square Meter, and You Can Build Your Own
Perhaps the tiniest home we've ever featured.
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Recycled Bowling Alleys Make Awesome Wood Furniture
A furniture company in Brooklyn makes gorgeous tables, chairs, clocks and more from old bowling alley wood.
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Reborn as a Restaurant, a Berlin Building Overcomes its Dark History
A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.
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Simple Electronic Fruit Squeezer Is Repairable, Looks Real Classy
A simple fruit squeezer is designed to be fully repairable.
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Open Source Robot Lets Anyone Explore the Oceans
A Kickstarter-funded open source robot can dive up to 100m and send live images to the surface.
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Solar Powered ATM Is Beautiful in Bali
Green School in Bali has installed a solar powered ATM, cased in bamboo and set in stone.
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Clever Design Uses Newspaper to Make a Real Umbrella
The Eco-Brolly is a handle and a frame, add some newspaper and you've got an umbrella.
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Staircase Cinema Brings People Together in New Zealand
A design studio set up a little movie theater in an outdoor staircase to get residents together.
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Students Build a School from Waste Products in the Dominican Republic
Students from Humboldt State University went to the Dominican Republic to help locals build a school from newspaper, sawdust, dirt and plastic bottles.
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Simple Cutter Gives Glass Bottles New Life
A low-tech bottle cutter lets you convert glass bottles into useful items.
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Razor Thin Speaker Is Made from .5mm Stainless Steel
A super sleek speaker is actually a flat pack design.
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Crowdsourced Measurements Create a Global Map of Radiation Levels
The Safecast geiger counter is about the size of a phone, and enables a global network for measuring radiation.
