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Alternative Homes

Boomer couple escapes harsh winters with minimalist van conversion (Video)

This tasteful van home features a comfortable interior, and includes a removable bed to allow for transporting larger cargo.

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok in Tiny Houses March 22, 2019

Transition Interior Design

Parisian micro-apartment incorporates space-dividing 'library wall'

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 25, 2019

Mpp lounge

Coming soon: Plyscrapers made from Mass Plywood Panels

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 25, 2019

Green Building Learning Zone

Architects, designers, suppliers and builders create the Green Building Learning Zone

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 25, 2019

Mark Menjivar

Eye-popping 'maximalist' tiny house suggests that 'more is more'

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 21, 2019

Shellworks

Shellworks creates sustainable packaging with seafood shells (Video)

Sustainable Product Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 20, 2019

Sonic X

The Sonic-X is the first “self-sustainable” RV

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 20, 2019

Leonas Garbačauskas

Modern 226 sq. ft. micro-home is hidden in converted garage

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 19, 2019

Passive House Plus cover

Passivhaus in the woods is totally TreeHugger

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 19, 2019

Canned beer

Beer and pop cans are not being recycled because car and airplane makers don't like recycled aluminum

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 18, 2019

Strands of History

Elegant furniture made with discarded cables from Golden Gate Bridge

Eco-Friendly Furniture

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 15, 2019

Stabbed in the Rotunda

It's the Ides of March, a good day for a bath

Bathroom Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 15, 2019

Rob Greenfield / YouTube

Man builds $1,500 tiny house, forages & grows his own food (Video)

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 13, 2019

le jardiner exteiror

Le Jardinier by ADHOC architects is a great example of "missing middle" housing

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 13, 2019

A kiss for a gas cook

UK Committee on Climate Change calls for ban on gas stoves, furnaces by 2025

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 13, 2019

Iuri Niccolai

Stair of the week floats in modernized 538 sq. ft. apartment

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 12, 2019

rooftop view

Tallest modular hotel is built in New York City

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 12, 2019

Abigail Lynn on Unsplash

This company is turning avocado pits into biodegradable cutlery (Video)

Sustainable Product Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 12, 2019

Michael Wee

Yardstix delivers modern, compact "backyard architecture" made from cross-laminated timber

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 11, 2019

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Mpp lounge

Coming soon: Plyscrapers made from Mass Plywood Panels

log cabin in Finland

Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons

therapy horse

PTSD plummets for veterans who try horseback riding

Transition Interior Design

Parisian micro-apartment incorporates space-dividing 'library wall'

yellow aphids

8 natural & homemade insecticides: Save your garden without killing the Earth

log cabin in Finland

Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons

Canned beer

Beer and pop cans are not being recycled because car and airplane makers don't like recycled aluminum

thredUP report cover 2019

Secondhand clothing market is growing faster than apparel retail

mount everest

Dead bodies are emerging from Mount Everest's melting glaciers

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