Tag: Italy - Page 10
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Milan Furniture Fair Day 2: Glowing Inflatable Furniture Made of Recycled Materials
Photo: via MeritaliaInflatable furniture, venues, and decorative elements--leagues ahead of that blow-up bed you once spent a terrible night sleep on--seem to be a hot trend for 2009 in Milan, and thanks to how light and easy to ship it is, it comes
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Milan Furniture Fair Day 1: Veuve Cliquot Champagne Box Sofa and More
Is this couch made out of recycled Veuve Cliquot champagne boxes comfortable? Here in Milan the 2009 Salone Internazionale del Mobile is now in
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CircuitBox: Transformer Furniture in a Shipping Container
There isn't a lot of room inside a shipping container to accommodate different functions, so Italian designers Studio X Design Group came up with a way of sliding elements in and out according to the needs of the moment.
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Guns? In Naples, the Mafia Kills With Toxic Waste
"See Naples and Die" In the new Italian film Gomorrah -- an arresting, documentary-like portrait of Italy's most powerful mafia element, the Camorra -- mobsters wreak havoc on Naples, leaving behind a trail of bodies in their quest to protect a 15
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Green Cross Founder Mikhail Gorbachev Tells Oilmen Solar Power Investment Means Economic Recovery
In a move which seems a bit like talking to cattle ranchers about the need to cut down on beef consumption, Mikhail Gorbachev, founder of Green Cross International (among other things...), addressed the 33rd NRPA International
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Venice to Get Half of Its Electricity From Algae
Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generate electricity and allow the city take one large step towards being
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Bishop Refuses To Bless New Incinerator In Naples Italy
According the report published in TerraDaily,it is traditional in Italy for a Bishop to bless a new building as part of the commissioning ceremony. Italian Prime Minister Silvio
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The Googleverse According to Filippo Minelli
One hopes that Google will remember their motto, "don't be evil" as they take over the world, that their energy will be green, their travel and transport eco-friendly, their landscapes natural. Italian conceptual artist Filippo Minelli imagines what
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Casa 100K Euro by Mario Cucinella
The guys building the 100K House in Philadelphia are not having an easy time keeping within budget, so does Mario Cucinella have a hope of building a carbon-neutral home for 100,000 euros?
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Jargon Watch: "Recyclable"
When Collin and I covered the stunning new Valcucine Invitrum kitchen at ICFF last year, the distributor said in the video that it would last forever: "this is a kitchen that your grandchildren will be using."
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JDS Architects' Rimini Seascape :Green Roofs are Changing Architecture
It is interesting to see how the development of green roofs is actually changing architecture and design. TreeHugger previously showed Daniel Andersson's proposal in Green Roofs Meet the Ground in New Heden; now Julien de Smedt Architects do a proposal
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Nudo Adopt an Olive Tree Offers a Valentine Special
A "Grovey" Kind of Love Today's TreeHugger Deal comes to you from Nudo — adopt an olive tree. Aphrodite, who knew a thing or two about lovin', used olive oil as an aphrodisiac. And Cupid carved his bow from olive wood. And now, to oil the wheels
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Big Apple is Big Winner for Its Transit Improvements
New York City's sustainability efforts under its comprehensive PlaNYC 2030 boosted it above Beijing, which scrambled to clean up its air before hosting the Olympics, and three other international
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Stair of the Week: Loft Reno in Florence by B-arch
With Stair P*rn on hiatus I have to work for a living and find lovely renovations like this one, designed by b-arch in Florence. While I cannot tell if the stair is made from recycled material, just about everything else in the
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Green Your Workouts, The City of Milan, and Feed 8 Friends for Under $100
:: Our newest How to Go Green guide gives you tons of tips on how to make your workouts not only good for your health, but also for nature.
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How Green was my Balcony
It seems to be all the rage these days: Every building proposal has lush green balconies. It is hard to tell how it is done; when you look closely at the renderings of this proposal for Milano Santa Monica, via homedesignfind, one really cannot tell
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Earth Hour 2009: Will Your City Take Action?
Way back in 2007, 2.2 million people took part in the world's first Earth Hour in Sydney Australia. And just one year later, 50 million people in 370 cities and towns, in more than 35 countries worldwide switched off their lights in a massive display
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Solar-Powered & 80 MPH: Phylla Electric Concept Car Driven
OK, so it won’t be winning any speed records, and frankly I think aesthetically design is a bit wonky (I know, I know, it’ll probably change in production, but it still looks far too Hello Kitty happy bubbly computer icon for me) but the
