Tag: Spain - Page 4
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GROW, the Bicycle that Grows with Your Kids (Video)
ORBEA has devolved the GROW system that lets kids' bikes be adjusted in size for better ergonomic, economic and ecologic performance. It just hot the Spanish market, see what you think!
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Abandoned Stable Becomes Luxury, Off-Grid Home
What looks like an old barn in the hills of Extremadura, Spain, turns out to be a stunning, luxury and entirely off-grid home.
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The Green Chair by Oscar-Nominated Design Studio Mariscal is Affordable and 100% Recyclable (Photos)
An affordable, long-lasting and attractive chair made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic, designed in Barcelona by Estudio Mariscal. Need it far away? Then just buy the seat and get local legs!
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Barcelona to Build First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope in 2015
Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or greenwashing?
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Twin 50 MW Solar Thermal Plants Go Online in Spain; Each Can Run 7.5 Hours After Nightfall
Torresol Energy has announced that the Valle I & II plants are fully operational, and are now powering over 40,000 homes each.
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Naked Protester on a Giant Plate Serves as Food for Thought to Meat Eaters (Photos)
A naked protester lies on a giant plate to campaign against animal cruelty. It's a live performance in the streets of Barcelona to raise awareness about meat consumption, especially around christmas.
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Zero Energy Christmas Decoration Lights Up Under Existing Streetlamps
How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!
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"Save Fish, Eat Chips" and More Quirky Christmas Gift Ideas from DesignMarketo (Photos)
Great gift ideas from DesignMarketo, a platform diffusing up-and-coming designers’ small and limited productions. Our favourite: "Save Fish, Eat Chips" t-shirts!
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Clever Flatpack Chair Held Together With Cable Ties
It doesn't get more minimalist than this.
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Third Time Lucky, the NeoRomántico Bench Goes Cradle to Cradle (Photos)
Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench
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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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01M OneMoment. A New Biodegradable Shoe Concept
A biodegradable show for (almost) all occasions. A cradle to cradle design inspired by ancient Amazon inhabitants. Lightweight, compact and multi-use- it's up to you what you do with it as long as you make sure you compost it at the end of its life.
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How a Medieval Spanish Ghost Town Became a Self Sufficient Ecovillage (Video)
Villages that were once abandoned to urbanization have become hidden, communal ecovillages. Here's how.
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Sugar or Glass? When Gastronomy Meets Glass, Positive Ideas Crystallise. (Photos)
Bored of conferences? Looking for inspiration? Then oh!BCN might just be your thing. It is a new kind of happening based around the unusual association of glass
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A Cork Floor for the Sagrada Familia, Visited by Millions Each Year. (Photos)
Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the
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Horchata, a Healthy Drink Made from the Local Tigernut in Valencia
If you ever find yourselves in Valencia, have an horchata (or watch some polystyrene sculptures burn!). We were served plenty at the Valencia Design Week and grew quite fond of this
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The Week in Animal News: Melting Zombie Caterpillars, Self-Cloning Jellyfish, and More (Slideshow)
Scientists have made some startling discoveries in the animal world this week -- from a virus that causes caterpillars to turn into melting zombies to a lonely jellyfish that has produced hundreds of clones of itself.
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The Valencians Have A Problem: The Falles, Culture vs. Environment
During the Valencia Design Week, the organisers of the FEED, the international bloggers meeting, took us to la Ciudad Fallera, the 'City of Falles'. This is an industrial area where they build the Falles all
