Tag: Berlin
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Art prints illustrate Europe's great cities
Russian artist, Xenia Bystrova has created a charming series of posters of some of Europe's great cities.
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What's new in bikes at VELO Berlin (Photos)
In spite of snow and freezing winds, the bicycle season officially opens and we check out the trends and innovations for 2013.
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Farewell TreeHugger Readers: Mairi Beautyman Shares Her Greatest Hits
From adorable baby sea turtles to lamps made of cow dung and 600-mile bike trips, it's been a wild ride.
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A Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City (Book Review)
This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.
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Another Way To Hang Your Bike on the Wall: The KAPPO from Mikili
Why hide your bike away when you can put it on display?
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Bamboo Bicycles from the Ozon Cyclery in Berlin (Photos)
Made from TigerBamboo and hand sculpted flax fiber composite joints, the bikes weigh around 1.75 kg, and, according to the designers, “have a ride quality similar to high end steel, but with better vibration absorption”. And they look funky!
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PLATOON Opens Cultural Center Built From Shipping Containers in Berlin
Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room
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How Car Sharing is Taking Over Berlin
Robert Llewellyn explores Berlin's high tech systems for car sharing in an urban environment. He thinks he may have seen the future of mobility.
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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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A Place For Everything In The Tiny Shrine By Sigurd Larsen
It's like a little house for all your little stuff. It even has a secret room.
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World's Largest Rooftop Fish and Vegetable Farm Planned For Berlin
"Honey, run up to the roof and grab a fish and some tomatoes for dinner." It could happen with Efficient City Farming Containerfarms.
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Car2go Launches Car Sharing in Berlin - Why are the Germans Chuckling?
Daimler brings the flexible short-term rental concept to Berlin with 1000 SmartCars, raising smiles for more than just the pleasure of car sharing.
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Berlin Holds World's First ShirtMob to Trade T-Shirts and Memories
"Clueless by-passers will be surprised when all those people will start swapping their shirts at the same time."
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Edible Garden Sprouts from Plastic Waste in Ethiopia
Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.
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The Week in Animal News: Ringling Bros. Animal Abuse, Canadians Put Price Tag on Polar Bears, and More
The "Greatest Show on Earth" has been fined for animal welfare violations -- about half the worth of a polar bear. We also have news on tracking Turkey's wolves, the case for invasive species, and more.
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Cloud Cities: An Interdependent Web of Inflatable Geodesics (Video)
Using inflatable forms suspended in a spiderweb network of ropes and plants, architect Tomás Saraceno proposes a different living environment.
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Cool Camping Hotel: Guests at Berlin's Hüttenpalast Sleep in Refurbished Caravans
Here's a great concept for a hotel: convert an old, unused vacuum factory space into a budget boutique hotel -- and even better, use refurbished mobile campers for rooms. That's what Berlin's new and attractive Hüttenpalast
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Extreme Container Gardening - Prinzessinengartens in Berlin (Video)
Emma has already shown us some beautiful edible container gardens, courtesy of our readers; we've seen a gorgeous urban orchard complete with a repurposed dumpster/ping pong table, not to mention an under-used train
