Tag: Sweden - Page 8

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  Ultimate DIY: Swedish Eco-Store Builds Posh "Passive" House

  Passive house combines eco-techniques and "modern" design Trosa is a bit

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  Naturhus Wraps A House In Its Own Private Greenhouse

  The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work

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  What Does Gasoline Actually Cost Where You Live?

  Yet, the way the oil has fluctuated in the past year

• Santa Cruz, Ithaca, Sweden Consider Pod-Car Transport Systems

  Sweden has already built a pod car pilot on an old football field on the outskirts of the university town of Uppsala, while in West Virginia a small pod-like transport system has

• Ericsson Crosses Mobile Phone Tower With Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

  The mainstream wind establishment has a hard time getting excited about vertical turbines - they've been around for too long without a major market breakthrough. But right now it's a bit of the big wind versus little wind question. Vertical wind turbines

• No Bag Ban in Sweden: Instead, More Plastic Recycling

  Swedes do love to be all things green. But amazingly, there's no city or municipality in Sweden that has followed the green trend of banning plastic bags.

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  Friggebod Fun: The Mini House by Jonas Wagell

  Friggebods are small swedish cottages; they don't need building permits for less than 150 square feet. This design by Jonas Wagell is available for purchase for 12,200 euros plus freight, with a solar power module for only 1,400 euros. A bath and

• From Kitchen Scraps to Biogas - Stockholm Embraces Garbage Disposals

  From the 'everything that goes around comes around' department: in Sweden it is a rare thing to find a kitchen equipped with a garbage disposal, those noisy finger hazards that are extremely commonplace in American kitchens. And while many TreeHuggers

• Swedes Battle Norwegians to Become Best Electric Car Mecca (Hint: Using Old Motor Warmers!)

  Finnish Fortum and the City of Stockholm have been feverishly working to design a pay-to-pump electric car infrastructure. Sweden took a baby step ahead this week

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  Hermit Cabin By Mats Theselius and Arvesund

  This distinctly retro garden shed is the Hermit' Cabin, designed by Mats Theselius has and Arvesund Tradesign. It is built from wood from old Swedish barns, and " recycles not only materials but also history and emotions."

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  Swedish Green Train Project Breaks Speed Barrier

  Swedes want their future trains to do a lot - go faster (at least up to 250 kilometers per hour, 50 Kph faster than the current X2000) using less energy; easily navigate stretches of bad tracks and sleety, snowy weather; be pretty and comfortable, AND

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  Friggebod by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

  A friggebod is a Swedish garden shed, a way of getting a little more space and a little more privacy. Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter have designed a lovely little 100 square foot cabin/ office/ guest room prefab that is lovely to look at. Built into the wall

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  From Garage to Great Outdoors, These Eco-Warriors Promote Self-Propelled Adventures

  Many people will agree that spending time in the natural environment helps us better appreciate the wonders of our unique little planet. The understanding thus gained often leads to positive action to clean

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  Creative Recycling: 747 Turned into Hostel

  Jumbo jets are magnificent machines, but when they go to die they bake in the desert, perhaps get converted into houses, or scrapped. At the same time, people are sleeping on airport floors as airlines go bankrupt, overbook or get caught in changing

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  Yes, It's a Hyper-Pimped Out Toyota Prius from Sweden

  Next Stop: Rap Video On the lighter side... This video from Street Extreme (embedded below in this post) must be seen to be believed. Who knew the quiet little Prius could be turned into a barely recognizable loud, eye-peeling orange mutant. Not exactly

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  Smart Cart Quiz Challenges Consumption

  So. You've been reading Treehugger for years. You know everything there is to know about green. You probably know what we're going to post even before we do. In that case, you're probably up for the Smart Cart Quiz

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  Vertical Wind Turbines May Get A Chance On Malmö City Rooftops

  Two neighborhoods in Sweden's third-largest city, Malmö, will try out a number of small-scale rooftop wind turbines this

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  IKEA Puts $U.S. 75 Million Toward Cheap Solar

  Johan Stenebo is chief of an IKEA susidiary called Greentech, and a man with a dream. Stenebo wants to invest in the "cheapest, best" PV roof panels available in order to sell them in IKEA stores in the next two to four years.