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tiny homes

6 dreamy tiny homes created for Disney characters

Who needs a Disney castle when you could have one of these fairytale tiny homes instead?

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer in Tiny Houses January 24, 2020

Tulip from the air

Why we need a Carbon-cle Cup Award for Unsustainable Design

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 28, 2020

horse trailer conversion

Horse trailer transformed into maximalist tiny home

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer January 22, 2020

These really should come with a safety warning

Seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: More killer bathtubs

Bathroom Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 20, 2020

Design Milk Shop

Not seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: A whole lot of sustainable, green design

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 20, 2020

Penn Station before demolition

It's time to ban demolition and design for deconstruction

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 17, 2020

a beautiful place in the country

Wood architecture meets nature in new community in Copenhagen

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 16, 2020

Ikea store in vienna

IKEA is building a big new store in Vienna with no parking

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 15, 2020

Old city meets new tech near Chenzhou, China

The case for dumb cities

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 15, 2020

One World Trade Center

If we care about sustainability, should we still be building super-tall skyscrapers?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 13, 2020

vintage tractor

Farmers are buying old tractors and it is brilliant, here's why

Sustainable Product Design

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer January 13, 2020

passive vs grandma

It's time to put Passivhaus First

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 9, 2020

Paris

Why building density matters as much as building efficiency

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 9, 2020

Rendering of Woven City

Bjarke Ingels Group and Toyota are building a wild, woven and wooden city of the future

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 8, 2020

Materials palette

Embodied carbon is in the spotlight

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 6, 2020

Ghent from above

How Ghent got rid of cars and transformed the city in a decade

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 2, 2020

Different kinds of carbon

How our thinking changed in 2019: Upfront Carbon Emissions

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 30, 2019

Blaise Pascal

Three tweets that changed my decade

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 27, 2019

tiny homes

Top 10 tiny homes of the decade

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 23, 2019

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lettuce leaves in colander

9 tips to avoid illness from salad greens

driving helmet

New York's Governor Cuomo considers helmet mandates for car drivers

Weimaraner and French bulldog

What is selective breeding?

Kelly shopping

One less thing to worry about in your carbon footprint: whether your food is local

rehydrating food

These tasty backpacker meals are zero-waste

hedgerow

Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence

Dutch kids playing outside

Why are Dutch kids the happiest in the world?

mealworms eating polystyrene foam

Mealworms can safely consume polystyrene foam

epsom salt

8 uses for Epsom salt

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