Tag: Ireland

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  House Made of a Billion Euro Notes Opens to the Public

  It's a house made out of a billion euro notes, but you can't spend any of them.

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  Jobless Man Builds House That's Literally Made of Money

  When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a global economic crisis, a gloomy real estate market, and an uncertain currency future, make a house out of shredded-up money.

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  Movable Green Walls Create a Transformer Garden (Video)

  We've heard of transformer apartments, but what about a transformer garden. These movable green walls create flexible outdoor spaces.

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  Exploring Community Resilience in Times of Rapid Change: Inspiring Animation (Video)

  We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

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  Give Your Phone a "Bee Beard", Help Save Bees (Video)

  I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is

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  Community Supported Chicken Keeping for Backyard Coops (Video)

  I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's

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  Harder to Find than a Four-Leaf Clover: 9 of Ireland's Most Threatened Species (Slideshow)

  In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

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  Harder to Find than a Four-Leaf Clover: 9 of Ireland's Most Threatened Species

  In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad

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  What Left 33 Whales Dead on the Shores of Ireland?

  Last Saturday, 33 pilot whales were found dead, beached on the northwest coast of Ireland. Mostly

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  'Comfortable Contemporary': Upcycled Furniture from Think Contemporary

  Surely you've gotten the urge at least once -- passing by an anonymous pile of discarded furniture pieces curbside, you feel a compulsion to rescue some forlorn credenza from landfill purgatory and to make it something 'new'

• Ryanair Boss: Scientists Have "Nearly Always Been Wrong"

  Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary may come close to rivaling arch-climate skeptic Lord Monckton when it comes to craziness. Having ranted and raved about eco-loonies in the past, he's now laying firmly into the scientific

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  Andy Warhol Gets Recycled with Fuse Soup Can Lights

  There is something so iconic about a Campbell soup can, particularly after Andy Warhol got hold of them. Now William Heefer of Fuse has recycled pop art into light fixtures. He collects the industrial sized cans from restaurants and cafés in Dublin

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  Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time Ever

  One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it's never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale,

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  Ireland Hosts 3rd Ethical Fashion Week with Katharine Hamnett (Dublin Event)

  Katharine Hamnett slogan t-shirt. Credit: Katharine Hamnett Re-Dress, a Dublin-based organization campaigning for ethical fashion, has announced the 3rd annual Ethical Fashion Week in Ireland, Fashion Evolution 2010 slated for May 26 (rescheduled from

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  Smart Cities Getting Big-Picture Treatment for Energy, Water in Ireland and Germany

  Photo by tallkev via Flickr CC

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  There Could Be Libraries For Everything

  TreeHugger loves Product Service Systems, where you borrow and share instead of own. They are also called libraries, and Kris De Decker of No-Tech Magazine points us to a lovely post by Brian Kaller, a former newspaper reporter

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  Common Disinfectants Create Mutant Superbugs

  The manufacturers of cleaning products have made a lot of money convincing people that they are under constant assault from harmful bacteria. We've

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  GMO Bans, Laws, and Labels from Around the World

  Prince Charles has called them the "biggest environmental disaster of all time," while agriculture industrialists like Monsanto swear they're safe for human consumption and a boon for the environment.