Tag: Germany - Page 5
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Berlin: the City is Wild
Tourists and natives alike know that Berlin is a wild city. But do they know just how wild?
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20,000 Gather to Protest "Chernobyl on Wheels" Nuclear Shipment in Germany
Tens of thousands protested a shipment of radioactive waste in Germany today.
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A Walkable Roller Coaster For Those Afraid Of The Usual Kind
We have shown a pedal powered coaster, why not a walking one too?
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Unacceptable Chemical Levels Detected in Tests of Leather Gloves
If you think leather is "natural", think again. 15 of 17 gloves tested socred unsatisfactory or inadequate in tests for harmful chemicals.
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24V Invisible Radiant Heating System Spotted at Casa Decor '11
M-Therm Comfort-Heating is a new energy- and material-efficient way to heat our homes. I spotted these two rolls of heating foil in one of the rooms at this year's Casa Decor in Barcelona. You simply apply the foil like wallpaper to the walls or place it
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The Minimalist Hotel: Spend The Night In A Portaledge
There is something wonderful about sleeping in the trees, but perhaps this is just a bit too minimal.
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Nazi Bunker to Become Europe's Largest Solar Power Plant
A former Nazi bunker located in Hamburg, Germany is about to get a full-scale makeover. The building, which looks like a giant LEGO, will supply 3,000 homes with heating and 1,000 of those with electricity, cutting 6,600 tons of CO2 per year.
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Germany Announces 15% Lower Feed-In Tariff Support For Solar Power
Since 2004, German support for solar power under its feed-in tariff program has declined 57%...And this is doing things correctly.
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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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Europe's Largest (?) Solar Park Under Construction in Germany
A 91MW solar park is under construction in Germany, but is it really Europe's largest?
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Furniture Companies See The Forest For The Trees (Photos)
Timeless responsible furniture design on show at Qubique Berlin this week
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Protesters Occupy Berlin Until Evicted by Police (Photos and Video)
As the Occupy Wall Street Protests spread around the globe, masses marched on the parliament in Berlin and the banks in Frankfurt, as well as in capitals across Europe. But at the end of the day in Berlin, police moved
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German Trains To Run on 100% Renewables
During our live chat with Solarcentury's Jeremy Leggett yesterday, we started out by discussing the high profile solar railway bridge his company is helping install in central London as
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German Solar Outlook Sunnier as Government Cancels Cuts
Despite the launch of the World's largest solar park on a former open-pit mine, it's been a little hard to track the health of Germany's solar sector of late. Given its status as a world leader in solar capacity due to generous feed-in tariff
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World's Largest Solar Park (166MW) Built on Former Mine
There was a time when the title of the world's largest solar park was being measured in tens of MW. But that is rapidly changing. There are plans currently in the pipeline for plants as big as 400MW, and officials in Germany have
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Europe's Largest Engineering Company Quits Nuclear, Will Focus on Renewables
Siemens, Europe's largest engineering conglomerate, is severing its ties to nuclear power. CEO Peter Löscher has announced that effective immediately, the company will no longer make any investments in nuclear power. A
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Debunking The Hot Water Laundry Myth - Why Are Consumers So Superstitious & Stubborn?
New York Times has a great piece titled A Dash of Cold Water in which they explain that most consumers still do their laundry in hot water - even in socialist countries like
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The Week in Pictures: Greenland Disappearing, Floating Pod Hotels, and More (Slideshow)
Despite protests from climate change deniers, proof that the world's glaciers are melting keeps piling up. In just two years, large stretches of Greenland have disappeared into the ocean, and the comparison of photos from 2009 and
