Tag: Germany - Page 4
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Hausboot, The Stunning Houseboat From Confused Direction, Is Back In Wood
I loved this design three years ago in silver; now it is back, looking as trim as ever.
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FAIL: BMW Brands Freezing Weather Front in Europe "Cooper"
A freezing front named "Cooper" creates chaos across Europe. Photos from Italy where unusually heavy snow damages olive trees.
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Most Popular Articles of January: Astounding 3D Sculptures from Books, Indigenous Amazonian Child Burned to Death, and More
The best of January includes amazing landscape sculptures carved from old books, a logging horror in the Amazon, a cycling superhighway, and more.
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Dancing Bottle Cap Sculpture Shows Exactly What Happens With Too Much Ocean Trash
Artist Fred George's 'Plastic Ocean' installation in Saarbrücken, Germany is a playful statement about a serious environmental threat.
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Transformer Furniture For The 1%: Amazing Cantilevered Bed Drops Down From Ceiling
We have seen versions of this before, but here is a new moveable feast of a bed that hangs off the wall and frees up very expensive floor space
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Can We All Join Grandmother Heidemarie Schwermer in Living Without Money?
In a documentary by Line Halvorsen, Schwermer invites everyone to join her cash-free lifestyle. What would happen if we all did that?
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Germany Installs More Solar Panels in December 2011 Than US Did All Year
Some more astonishing stats on the progress Germany is making on solar power thanks to predictable energy policy.
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Over Half of Germany's Renewable Energy Owned By Citizens & Farmers, Not Utility Companies
A democratic shift in control of energy production is well underway in Germany.
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Knut Memorial Planned -- Which is Your Favorite Knut Sculpture?
Knut's short life brought smiles to many. Which of the 42 models and sketches for a Knut memorial is your favorite?
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Germany's Solar Power Output Up 60% in 2011
As for renewable energy in general, roughly 20% of all energy produced in Germany now comes from renewable sources.
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Cruise Ship Lines Win 2011 "Dino of the Year" Anti-environmental Prize
NABU slams AIDA and TUI cruise lines for ships that pollute as much as 5 million cars driving the same route
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Will California Lose Race for World's Largest Solar Plant as Solar Millennium Declares Bankruptcy?
Will California lose the race with South Africa for the world's biggest solar power plant? And what will become of Desertec?
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Expiring US Wind Power Tax Credits Threaten 37,000 Jobs - As German Renewables Overtake Nuclear, Gas
Two graphic examples in renewable energy policy: One from Germany on how to do things properly and reap the clean energy results, and one from the US on how exactly not to do things.
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Remodelled Energy-Efficient "Boutique Hostel" Lets You Save Money, In Comfort
Using energy-reducing features, local materials and craftsmanship, this German hostel aims to create an "authentic concept" for a new kind of hostel, aimed at budget- and design-conscious guests and (yes!) families.
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Controversial German Rail Project Approved Over Green Party Opposition
Many environmentalists in southwest Germany aren't cheering the approval of a massive rail project, which they say is unnecessary, overly costly, and environmentally disruptive.
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Sea Levels Will Rise Much Faster Than Previously Predicted, Says New Report on Antarctic Polar Ice Melt
Low-lying land could disappear beneath the sea even faster than currently predicted. Scientists credit high quality databases in breakthrough discovery.
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Solar Charging Meets Social Networking With Changers
Charge electronic gadgets from the sun, share with the world, ... and earn credits
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Organic Beef Company Lets Customers Choose Method of Slaughter Online
A sustainable meat website based in Germany gives customers a choice in how their meat is killed, saying that humane methods of killing mean "happier" cows and better-tasting beef.
