This is just amazing. EcoTechDaily has just released annoyingly simple plans to make your own solar-powered heater. All you need is some aluminum cans, an old window, and a couple of tools.
The windowframe has holes on the bottom where air enters and one hole on top. You paint all the cans black, drill holes on [...]

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I really, really love the idea of vertical farms. What’s not to love about growing food without wasting horizontal land space?

Architect Laurie Chetwood came up with this winning design for a bridge across London’s Thames river. From Inhabitat:

Recently Chetwood Architects unveiled a stunning proposal for a futuristic London Bridge that sprouts a towering vertical farm [...]

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Well, well, well. Would you take a look at this Inhabitat article?

A human-powered energy-generating gym like Hong Kong’s is now taking shape in Seattle, turning human sweat into usable electric energy. By connecting spinning bikes to wind-generator motors, clients at Adam Boesel’s green microgym can generate enough electricity to power the gym’s music system or [...]

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What are earthships? Earthships are dwellings, mostly made out of old tires or other recycled waste, built on the earth for the purpose of living “off the grid.” It uses passive solar and geothermal energy which allows the home to be heated without gas. Its design allows for a comfortable year-round temperature. Many people who [...]

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