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Barcelona Spain In Drought: To Import Water By Ship
Barcelona is planning to import water by ship from Marseilles, in southern France, as well as from other nearby coastal sources of fresh water. It is an emergency measure: area reservoirs are only 20% full as a consequence of an historic drought. The
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Barcelona Urbany: The First Eco-Friendly Hostel in Spain
Staying in hostels can sometimes be a grim experience, and a non eco-friendly one too. However, high quality and eco backpacking will soon be possible when Barcelona Urbany Hostel opens its doors in the Catalan capital in June this year. It promises
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New Designs from Barcelona's Damaris & Marc Design
Following their motto "Qui no s'arrisca no pisca" ("Who doesn't dare, doesn't win"), Barcelona-based Damaris & Marc Design have launched a new line of sustainable designs. They use sustainably-forested wood and non-toxic, water-based paints and
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Spain's New High-Speed Rail Service Challenges the Airlines
It’s not just Eurostar, the rail service between London and mainland Europe, that is challenging the aviation industry in terms of both emissions and convenience. In fact, high-speed rail networks are expanding all over Europe. Now we hear from The
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona's Bike Sharing System (Part 3: Clear Channel)
This week we interviewed Clear Channel Outdoor in Spain, the company behind the bike sharing system Bicing in Barcelona, whose success story you can read here. We previously interviewed Mayra Nieto from Barcelona’s City
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Matteriashop: Good Design + Smart Materials — a New Online Shop
Here's a new shop paradigm for you: Shop according to the revealed ingredients of every object. Because those ingredients sure look yummy with a range of products made from sustainable wood, cork, bamboo, organic and recycled materials. Monica Potvin
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Bread & Butter KING SIZE and the Latest from the Eco Fashion World
This week we visited the 18th edition of Bread & Butter, the leading international trade show for selected fashion brands, alongside more than 99,500 visitors in Barcelona. It definitely deserved the label King Size as it was the biggest one held so
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona's Bike Sharing System (Part 1: City Council)
For ten months now, Barcelona's citizens have been riding and sharing 3.000 cute white- and red-coloured bicycles throughout the city. There are over 100.000 subscribers now riding the bikes, from high-heeled women to guys in business-suit and trendy
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Nagore Footwear, Winter 2007 Collection
A while ago we wrote about Nagore footwear and their traditional Spanish sandals called Abarcas. Almost two years later, the Menorcian shoe company announces the opening of their first shop in Barcelona and their latest winter collection. Nagore are
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Plant 'O' Matic Puts Your Plants in the Sunlight
Do your plants not get enough sun during the day? Plant ‘O’ Matic is the solution! A flowerpot on wheels equipped with solar panels allows the plants to roll themselves into the sun. We found this object at Stereonoise, the inventor’s studio run by Pep
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Trees + Community = Tree-nation
If you can't get enough of your online social networks like Facebook or Linkedin and you'd also like to see more trees on this planet, then it's time for you to join Tree-nation. The goal of this ecological project is to plant 8 million trees in
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Josh Spear Interviews Our Own Federico Slivka
Designing a decent website is tough, particularly if, like TreeHugger, you need to include advertising. How do you make a clean, effective site among the clutter of the dancing lumps of coal and kids licking the walls? How do you keep the readers, the
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Timtimxtimtim- Step by Step Recycled & Educational Design
Timtimxtimtim (pronounced ‘tim tim por tim tim’) is a Portuguese expression which translates into something like ‘step by step’, just like their peculiar web site. These designers are all about recycling with a twist and a very social side to things.
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Kubik Barcelona: Djs & Funky Lights in a Recycled Pop-Up Club.
This summer Barcelona, along with Berlin and Lisbon, has yet again added a unique experience to its party scene, this time with a green touch. What happens when you stack 275 reused water tanks on top of each other, put a separate light in each one and
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How to Treat Your Computer: MareNostrum
The new TreeHugger Server Farm The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre is housed in the Torre Girona chapel. It may only be the ninth biggest supercomputer in the world, but it is certainly the most beautiful. What a great example of how buildings can adapt
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Damaris & Marc, Fun & Local Sustainable Design from Barcelona
Finally, fun & sexy eco design is available not just in New York and London but has made it to Barcelona. Damaris & Marc are the two local designers who create and produce their designs themselves, to make sure the materials they use are as sustainable
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Damaris & Marc Design: CNC Beauty from Barcelona
Combining high-tech CNC (that's computer-numerically controlled) routing with artisanal techniques and some sustainable materials, Barcelona studio Damaris & Marc Design have produced some pretty eye-catching wooden designs. Shishi Gami, above, a
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BikeShare for New York - You Can Make it Happen
Two years ago we reported on Lyon's city bike hire program. A user pays version of the garishly coloured schemes of similar ilk that have been available in Northern Europe for years. Then we observed London, Paris and Barcelona had rolled out similar
