Tag: Sweden - Page 3
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Hus.Ett: Lovely Wooden Swedish Microhome Challenges the Cube
It's the TreeHugger mantra of "less is more": we find the smaller but efficient spaces of microhouses fascinating and irresistable, especially when they're affordable, well-designed or even DIY-friendly. More often than
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Low Carbon Living Experiment Ends. Did The Lindell Family Achieve a One Tonne Life? (Video)
You may remember six months ago we travelled to Sweden to meet the lucky Lindell family who had just moved in a beautiful new home in the suburbs of Stockholm. This wasn't any old designer house though, this was
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A Pack Full of Tools for Urban Farmers On the Go
Since the last time I was in San Francisco, little community gardens seem to have multiplied dramatically, popping up in narrow spaces between buildings and formerly garbage-strewn lots. That pattern is being
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Three Birds Fly Over 3,700 Miles Without Stopping
In what seems like the storyline from an awesome buddy-film, researchers from Sweden have recorded one of the most remarkable road air-trips ever seen in nature -- three birds together on a non-stop, 3,728 mile, shotgun-style
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Best of Show: The Wästberg Durapulp Lamp
A few years ago, looking for new markets for its sustainably harvested wood, the Swedish forestry company Södra developed Durapulp, a mix of wood pulp and polylactide, or PLA, the thermoplastic made from corn or sugarcane. They
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Wolf Attacks Mother Walking with Child in Sweden
Sweden recently overturned a 45 year ban on wolf hunting as wolf populations have grown to more than 200 animals, and wolves impinge more frequently on areas occupied by humans. The clash between man and nature has claimed another
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Backfire! With Cleaner Cars, People Drive More
Sweden, that sustainability superstar, really prides itself on being "green." It is one of the few countries to decouple CO2 emissions from economic growth. It has switched a huge portion of its heating away from fossil fuels (district heating). It's
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One Tonne Life: Test Driving the Volvo C30 Electric Family Car (Interview)
Last month I was lucky enough to visit the One Tonne Life project in Stockholm to meet the Lindell family, who've embarked on a low carbon lifestyle experiment to radically reduce their carbon footprints from an average of
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The T-shirt Chair by Maria Westerberg Wins the 2011 Green Furniture Award in Sweden (Photos)
Swedish designer Maria Westerberg's T-shirt Chair won this year's Green Furniture Award. According to the jury, "the chair weaves together a meaningful story using worn textiles. This up-scaling of the classical
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One Tonne Life: Interview with Project Architect Gert Wingårdh on His Energy Efficient Building (Video)
Last week the One Tonne Life project began in Stockholm and TreeHugger was there to meet the key players in this fascinating low carbon lifestyle experiment. To recap, the Lindell family have moved
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50 Year Old Fjällräven Wins Sustainability Award
Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor gear and clothing company, has been celebrating its 50 year birthday of late, with a few prizes picked up for a new eco products. Most recently they scored a Sustainability Award
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Drunker, Fatter, Yet Also Greener
They are getting older, drunker, and they are also getting fatter, as this nation now drinks 70 to 80 percent more beer and wine than they did twenty years ago, while having far more
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One Tonne Life: A Swedish Family's Green Lifestyle Experiment Begins
This week in Sweden an unprecedented low carbon lifestyle experiment has begun. The Lindell family have moved into a solar powered prefab house in the suburbs of Stockholm that is specially designed to minimise energy
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Ice Hotel In Sweden is Homage to TRON
In the slideshow Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the World, I wrote that "Ice is perhaps the greenest building material; it is made by nature and at the end of its useful life just melts away." Another
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Brooks Organic Leather Bicycle Saddles Go the Distance
The 1880's were, arguably, the bicycle's golden era. From that time we derived the so-called 'Safety Bicycle', where, unlike the 'Penny Farthing,' riders could reach the ground with their feet. The same period also saw the
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Do Glass Tile Thermal Solar Roofs Make Sense?
Preston at Jetson Green and Frida at Inhabitat discuss these lovely looking glass roofing tiles from SolTech Energy in Sweden. It is a solar thermal system, that transfers heat from the air to water that can be used for heating. Frida describes it at
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Hövding Helmet Is An Airbag For Your Head
This woman is wearing a bicycle helmet. Studies have shown that helmets are an impediment to cycling for some, particularly women, who don't like what it does to their hair. Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin have spent six years on the problem, and have
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Swedish 'Thermos' House Offers Low-Emission Life
Swedes are greener...they recycle more, live in smaller apartments, drive less and bike more than the average American. And now Volvo, A-hus, and the (definitely not green) utility Vattenfall are offering a lucky
