Tag: Finland - Page 2
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The Dark Threat of Ecofascism
I confess I've always been bemused when angry skeptics denounce climate activists as "Hitler Youth", or label fellow TreeHugger Lloyd as either an eco-fascist or an eco-commie. While environmentalism, like any
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Massive Algae Bloom Spreading Across Baltic Sea
The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in
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The Lace Collection, Matteria shows off the romantic side of eco-design
Lace is back! A while ago Lloyd wrote about the California-based Eurolaces, believed to be the first company to offer 100% certified machine-made macramé style organic cotton lace trim for apparel or curtains. Now lace has become a theme amongst the
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RaceAbout Electric Car From Finland Ready to Compete in X-Prize
Photo: ERA One More Electric Two-Seater The Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences has recently unveiled the Electric RaceAbout (ERA), an electric car designed and built in Finland that will compete in the Automotive X-Prize (which we wrote
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Think City Electric Car Restarts Production
Just as the Vectrix electric scooter may be resurrected from bankruptcy, so too another troubled electric vehicle may be on its way to a prosperous and successful 2010. Having teetered on the verge of bankruptcy, only to
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RIP: Saab
GM bought Saab about 20 years back and gradually made them increasingly Chevy-like. Platform synergy blah blah. Unsurprisingly, no other companies want to buy it from GM. So now, they are are going to close
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Angels, Reindeers, Pigs and Christmas Trees; sustainable wood decoration by Lovi
more images below Matteria, good design+smart materials online store, suggest a spicy Christmas this year, without forgetting the environment. Apart from the gorgeous cork advent candle holder, the cosy Finnish red felt slippers, and giftbags to spoil
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COP15 Is Here, Ford Re-Training for Electric Cars & Finland Ho!
A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.
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Maja: Prefab from Finland Treads Lightly
These are tough times to be introducing a new prefab, but Finnish-Japanese designer Naoto Niidome and furniture manufacturer Aamon are launching a new three-season cottage at the Finnish design fair Habitare09.
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Powerkiss: Furniture that Charges Without Wires
Photo Credit Emma Alter
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Fun with Finns: Shipping Containers Full of Playful Finnish Design (video)
All photos and videos by Emma Alter
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Forest Research Center is Built, Logically, of Wood
Wood is a wonderful building material; It is lovely to work with, warm in appearance and if sustainably harvested, sequesters Carbon Dioxide for the life of the timber. Its only big drawback is that it burns, which has limited its use in bigger
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Green Smoke Starts People Thinking About Energy
The artists Helen Evans and Heike Hanson, who work together under the alias HeHe, give new meaning to the term "chemical sensitivity" by lighting up the smoke trailing from a tall smokestack which looms over the city of Helsinki. The
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Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the World
From 1888 in Montreal, Quebec to 2009 in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, buildings made of ice have been the rage. We take a slideshow tour of some of the most interesting ones at Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the
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The Mill: A Boater's Rest Stop by Rintala Eggertsson Architects
If you have ever taken a long canoe or kayak trip you will recognize this as a lovely idea- a beautiful, covered rest stop, perhaps with a little electricity to charge up the camera. And of course in Finland they take design seriously and have not
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Fish Waste Biodiesel Project Launched in Vietnam
What to do when your corner of the world consumes 5 million liters of diesel fuel a day and you have a fish processing industry which can produce 120,000 kilograms of processed fish waste daily from just one factory? Turn that waste into biodiesel,
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Nokia Wood Cellphone from Sustainably Harvested Wood? Not
Earthfirst titles a post " Nokia Cell Phone Made of Sustainably Harvested Wood", thinks it a lovely idea and quotes Cellphone Beat, which writes in Nokia goes green with wooden body phone " This Nokia eco-friendly concept flaunts a wooden body made
