Tag: Germany - Page 2
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Artists Build a 'Shanty Town' for Evicted Urban Birds
The 'Spatzenfavela' ('favela' for sparrows) provides a home for birds that have lost their city nests and roosts due to urban renewal.
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Eco-sins of our Forefathers Revealed by Archeologists
Bronze age archeology belies the myth of an idyllic tryst between man and nature in pre-industrial eras
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Little Miniki Kitchen Hangs On The Wall
Almost everything you need when you don't have a lot of room
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The Truth Behind Organic Labels
In the wake of the debate about whether organic products are better, a German newspaper puts the "organic myth" to test.
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Germany Added 543 Megawatts of Solar Power Capacity in July
As of the end of July, Germany has almost 30GW of solar power capacity!
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Fox and Boar Aid in Captive Kangaroos' Brazen Escape
A group of kangaroos were able to slip through a wildlife park's dual-perimeters over the weekend thanks to a some unlikely interspecies collaboration
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Germany Installs Over 4 Gigawatts of Solar Power in First Half of 2012
Nearly 1.8 GW of that were installed in June alone. Even more remarkable is that's not even a record amount installed in one month.
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Win for Chemical Industry as Regulators Forced to Raise Safety Threshold for DDAC
Disinfectant suppliers declare the safety of DDAC as the threat of empty grocery shelves force revision of regulatory thesholds
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25 Years After First Solar Restaurant, Germany Breaks 25% Renewable Energy Barrier
As the Rappenecker Hütte celebrates 25 years as Europe's First Solar Restaurant, Germany sets a new record: more than 25% renewable energy in the first half of 2012.
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Berlin Superhome Generates More Energy Than It Consumes
Robert Llewellyn visits a massively high-tech experimental home in Berlin. He is duly impressed.
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Germany, Too, Considers Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels
The German environment minister has said that anti-dumping measures against Chinese-made solar panels are being considered.
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Erlebnest Is A Minimalist TreeHouse, More Wire Than Wood
Built by rope course riggers, there's not much to it at all, but enough to party.
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Kilppen Klappen is a Klever Minimalist Desk With A Place for Everything.
A nice way of putting everything away from designer Gregor Korolewicz
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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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Chair and Bookcase Combination is "An Escape in the Room"
An indoor version of the outdoor StrandKorb has everything you need
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When Typography Saves Paper and Ink. About Gulliver, Century Gothic & Ecofont
What saves more resources; condensed type faces or fonts with holes? I spoke to typography designer Gerard Unger about why the ecofont is a bluff and about how typography can really save paper and ink.
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Chair 23D by Gustav Düsing Is Based on A Skeleton
Clever design is a neat feat of engineering. But what happens to all the cutout pieces?
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Energy News: Germany's Solar Power is 10% of Demand; Michigan Oil Spill Larger Than Thought
Plus, the difficult path renewable energy faces after a record year, and, again how far the US lags behind Europe in renewable energy.
