AIR - 10 NASA scientists speak on 400 ppm CO2 milestone
Earlier this month, our atmosphere crossed an important - and potentially dangerous - milestone. Here's some context provided by some of NASA's climate scientists ...
ANIMALS - Florida man under investigation for jumping on manatees (Video)
"Here you have a manatee just swimming down a canal not hurting anyone. To actually go out of your way to harm them, what would make you want to do that? ...
ANIMALS - India bans captive dolphin shows, says dolphins should be seen as 'non-human persons'
In a bold move to protect the well-being of dolphins, India has moved to ban dolphin shows -- a push that helps elevate their status from creatures of mere curiosity to one that borders more closely to the personhood we seem to share ...
ANIMALS - Researchers analyse hunting behaviour of fish larvae in virtual reality
Moving objects attract greater attention - a fact exploited by video screens in public spaces and animated advertising banners on the Internet. For most animal species, moving objects also play a major role in the processing of sensory impressions in the brain, as they often signal the presence of a welcome prey or an imminent threat. This is also true of the zebrafish larva, which has to react to the movements of its prey. Scientists at the Max ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-analyse-behaviour-fish
CLIMATE - Survey shows 70% of Americans think global warming should be a priority, but...
Let's pretend that there's someone with a gun to your head, and he gives you a hard quantum mechanics problem with two answers, only one of which is correct ...
EARTH - What you need to know about the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Links, pictures and videos of the tornado that destroyed parts of Moore, Oklahom ...
EDUCATION - American, Nepalese kids a world apart on social duties
(Medical Xpress)-Preschoolers universally recognize that one's choices are not always free - that our decisions may be constrained by social obligations to be nice to others or follow rules set by parents or elders, even when wanting to do otherwise ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-american-nepalese-kids
ENERGY - 30 Under 30: Energy
These young stars will transform our energy future ...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45kkfe/leslie-dewan-27-5
ENERGY - A Fifteen Minute Chat With Governor Patrick On Massachusetts Energy Policy
Last week, the two-day VERGE Boston conference (produced by GreenBiz Group) kicked off with opening remarks from Governor Deval Patrick. VERGE conferences are held in cities worldwide, and they focus on exploring the nexus where technology meets sustainability - specifically the convergence of energy, information, building, and transportation technologies. Governor Patrick was an appropriate luminary to inaugurate the event, since Massachusetts h ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/05/22/a-fifte
ENERGY - Tesla to repay $465m Department of Energy loan 9 years ahead of schedule
Tesla Motors, famously called a "loser" by Mitt Romney, is on quite the winning streak these days ...
ENERGY - The Perplexing Debate Over LNG Exports
The headline of a May 21 report in the Oil and Gas Journal reads "Barclays: US gas exports to Mexico will accelerate". That's right - natural gas being exported to Mexico, via pipelines, has been a feature of our export picture for many years, since at least the 1930s, per the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/05/22/the-per
HOMES - Skinny house in Tokyo is barely wider than a parking space (Video)
This video takes us inside an ultra-narrow house in Tokyo, showing how the use of a few clever design tricks to make it feel more spacious ...
PERMACULTURE - Biomimicry: Ant movements inspire tunnel-digging robots
Biomimicry is a great tool to solve problems. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we can often look at the solutions that nature has come up with over millions of years of trials & errors ...
URBAN - 100-Year-Old Utah Church Lifted 40 Feet Above Ground Without Moving an Inch
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URBAN - Alaksan Home Awarded Title of World's Tightest Residential Building
Read the rest of Alaksan Home Awarded Title of World's Tightest Residential BuildingPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", air tightness, alaska, dillingham, eco design, energy efficient house, green architecture, Green Building, green design, high performance insulation, kristin donalson, passive house, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, tight house, tight thermal envelope, tom marsik, world's tightest h ...
URBAN - David Baker's Station Center Affordable Housing Development Transforms a Brownfield Site in Union City, CA
Read the rest of David Baker's Station Center Affordable Housing Development Transforms a Brownfield Site in Union City, CAPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", affordable housing, bay area, David Baker + Partners, david baker and partners, eco design, eco house, eco housing, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green housing, low income housing, San Francisco, station center, station center afford ...
URBAN - Designing for Disaster: Which is better, modular or shipping container?
Another look at the question of what is the best way to build good housing in a hurry ...
URBAN - Geodesic DOM(E) is a Self-Sufficient Prefab Home for All Seasons
Read the rest of Geodesic DOM(E) is a Self-Sufficient Prefab Home for All SeasonsPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: DOM(E) NRJA, geodesic dome, low-cost housing, mobile housing, natural ventilation, naturally cooled homes, nrja architects, Prefab Houses, rainwater collectors, residential geodesic dome, self-sufficient home, solar panel .. ...
URBAN - Hairy skyscraper to collect energy through piezo-electric straws
It's true those teeny wind turbines attached to big buildings always look...useless. So Stockholm architects tried to come up with better energy collectors for skyscrapers ...
URBAN - Hollywood Park Racetrack to Be Redeveloped into an Eco Community
Read the rest of Hollywood Park Racetrack to Be Redeveloped into an Eco CommunityPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable development", agrestic, California, eco community, hollywood park, hollywood park racetrack, hollywood park tomorrow, inglewood, Los Angeles, master planned community, racetrack, racetrack redevelopment, sustainable communit .. ...
URBAN - Insane $1.93 Billion Artificial Island With Space Hotel and Zero-Gravity Spa Proposed for Barcelona
A soaring zero-gravity space hotel set atop a man-made island might sound like the latest project proposed for Dubai, but Mobilona and designer Erik Morvan plan to construct just such a resort off the coast of Barcelona. Barcelona Island would bring Europe's tallest hotel to the Catalan city - complete with a zero gravity spa, a vertical wind tunnel, and a totally spacey theme. Already met with disdain by local officials, the space island would c ...
URBAN - London's Clerkenwell Design Week has some hidden treasures in the parks
Clerkenwell Design Week is a smaller and more corporate event this year but there are still some great finds ...
URBAN - Low-budget School in Africa is Made from Earth Bricks Fabricated On Site
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URBAN - Off-Grid Nomad Shelters Provide Relief from the Sun for Tourists in Italy
Read the rest of Off-Grid Nomad Shelters Provide Relief from the Sun for Tourists in ItalyPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", beach architecture, coastal architecture, eco design, Filippo Taidelli Architetto, green architecture, Green Building, green design, italy, nomad shelter, nomad structure, off grid nomad structure, off grid structure, pop-up shelter, sardinia, shelter, solar powered shelter, solar powe ...
URBAN - Schmidt Hammer Lassen's Ny Anstalt Prison Heals With a Connection to Light & Nature
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URBAN - Skinny house in Tokyo is barely wider than a parking space (Video)
This video takes us inside an ultra-narrow house in Tokyo, showing how the use of a few clever design tricks to make it feel more spacious ...
URBAN - Two-Story Green Wall Freshens up Renovated Hotel SevenFourOne in California
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