Algae-Fueled Building: World's First Bio-Adaptive Facade
Bio-reactors and micro-algae sound like the stuff of science fiction, but this is the real deal: biomass built into panel glass on an actual working structure.
Intelligent Interstates: 5 High-Tech 'Smart Highway' Systems
Color-changing and glow-in-the-dark paint, mini windmill-powered lights, a lane that charges your car for you magnetically while you drive and more.
Urban Green: 8 Ingenious Small-Space Window Garden Ideas
There are box and kit solutions, sure, but these creative alternatives preserve your views and limited sill space while providing green growth and unique outdoor connections.
11 Tiny Houses With Huge Style
Tiny houses are growing in popularity because of increasing environmental consciousness and a desire to reject unnecessary material goods.
Single-Step Slippers Made of One Shoelace & Strip of Felt
When you strip it down, what more does a foot enclosure really need aside from a single stretch of material and thread to tie it all together.
Towers of Trash: Skyscrapers from Urban Garbage to Fuel Cities
Instead of burying our legacy under the Earth's surface, these structures showcase the impact of the millions of tons of trash major cities produce on an annual basis.
Painting Reality: Surprised Motorists Make Sudden Street Art
Ingredients: 500 liters of brightly-colored, eco-friendly, wash-away water-based paint, one elevated location with video camera and 2000 cars of unwitting participants.
Liquid Street Art: Tricycle Deploys Calligraphic Water Poetry
Nicholas Hanna is a Canadian artist who has poured new life into a traditional art form, turning a tricycle into a means of rapidly deploying Chinese lettering in liquid form.
Stylish And Sustainable: 8 Modern Eco-Friendly Homes
Modernism and sustainability can coincide with one another.THese eight, beautiful, eco-friendly homes are the ultimate cross between style and sustainability.
To Go, Please: 12 Coolest Food Carts and Mobile Eateries
Lip-smackin' taste sensations are conveniently delivered right to your tongue thanks to the onset of wildly creative and cool mobile food carts.

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