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Eco-Ideas from Toronto's Green Living Show

April 15, 12:12 PM by Lloyd Alter in Culture

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.
12 most amazing time-lapse videos of stars, landscapes, and urban scenes

April 15, 7:45 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Natural Sciences

These videos will completely make your day, maybe even your whole week. For some of them, they might even make your whole year!
9 Products That Help Gardeners Create Healthy, Organic Soil

April 11, 8:59 AM by Sami Grover in Corporate Responsibility

A teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are humans on this planet. These products can help you maintain that diversity.
London's annual Design Museum Competition winners announced

April 11, 5:00 AM by Bonnie Alter in Sustainable Product Design

It's the Academy Awards of the design world, so let's see who's in the running.
Make an LED night light from a faucet valve

April 9, 7:00 AM by Megan Treacy in Gadgets

This easy DIY project uses easy to find materials, some you may already have around the house.
What if all subways in North-America were connected?

April 8, 3:05 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Public Transportation

Just for the heck of it, Randall Munroe, mastermind behind the geek-favorite webcomic XKCD, has created a map showing all of North-America's subways connected, from Canada to Mexico.
All solar efficiency breakthroughs since 1975 on a single chart

April 8, 1:55 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Energy Efficiency

The National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV), which is part of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), maintains a chart that shows efficiency records for all kinds of research solar technologies, from more vanilla to very exotic flavors.
The 2014 Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive is coming to the U.S.

April 8, 12:55 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Cars

How do you make the Mercedes B-Class better? You make it electric, of course.
The House on Limekiln Line

April 4, 1:45 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

An extraordinary off grid home built with local materials, that fits right into the rural Ontario landscape.
University of Toronto's new Instructional Centre is green inside and out

April 2, 9:10 AM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

Perkins + Will builds copper-clad classrooms at Mississauga campus of the University
10 cool NASA projects for studying the environment

April 2, 6:00 AM by Megan Treacy in Clean Technology

From unmanned drones to sensor-packed satellites, NASA has the best tools for studying Mother Nature.
Cell phone towers disguised as sad trees

April 1, 10:00 AM by Chris Tackett in Gadgets

South African photographer Dillon Marsh has a beautiful set of photographs of cell phone towers awkwardly disguised as sad trees.
10 Most Popular Tech Stories from March

March 29, 4:00 PM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Clean Technology

The most popular stories in technology from the last month. Catch up quick!
The Month In Design, from Googlelandia to Usonia

March 29, 12:00 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

Megaprojects from Facebook, Google and Apple are covered in solar panels and trees, but are they really green?
Photographer turns rusty fire hydrants into beautiful planets

March 29, 11:16 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Culture

With a little photography and a lot of Photoshop, artist Adam Kennedy creates entire worlds for us to ponder.
300,000 mirrors: World's largest thermal solar plant (377MW) under construction in the Mojave

March 27, 1:39 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Renewable Energy

The scale of this concentrating solar power plant is awe-inspiring. Hundreds of thousands of mirrors are used to focus solar energy unto giant towers, generating clean electricity via steam turbines.
Make a solar garden lamp out of a jam jar

March 26, 7:00 AM by Megan Treacy in Gadgets

This DIY project would be a great intro to green tech for kids or just a fun way to light up your garden with solar power.
Living With Less, Frank Lloyd Wright style in the Haynes House

March 25, 2:08 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

How the great architect (with a great client) squeezed so much into 1411 square feet.