Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Category Archives: Interview
Rise of Cooperatives and Credit Unions is Revolutionizing the US Economy
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Rise of Cooperatives and Credit Unions is Revolutionizing the US Economy
Share This: Recently I was listening to an engrossing radio interview with the visionary economist and author, Gar Alperovitz, as he was discussing his new book, What Then Must We Do?, which highlights the rise of cooperatives, worker ownership and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alperovitz, bottom up, Business, capital, Co-Op, collective, cooperative, credit union, distribution, economist, Economy, Evergreen, gap, Gar Alperovitz, income inequality, Laura Flanders, Matthew Rothschild, ownership, podcast, progressive, public, Revolution, The Progressive, Tolstoy, Wealth, What Then Must We Do?, worker, worker-owned
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Rashida Jones Shares Her Thoughts on Love
We have a major girl crush on Rashida Jones, who turns 37 today. Last night, Rashida got an early start to the celebrations at the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Last year, we spoke with the actress about her new movie … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Architect David Hertz Talks to Us About How To Build With Old Planes
Inhabitat: When did it first occur to you to use an old airplane to create parts of the house? David: I have been interested in what we Take, Make and Waste, from our society’s waste streams for almost 3 decades. … Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: NuClic Founder David Kim Shares His Green Flooring Tips with Inhabitat
Read the rest of INTERVIEW: NuClic Founder David Kim Shares His Green Flooring Tips with Inhabitat Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: david j. kim, david kim, eco design, eco floor, eco flooring, green design, green floor, … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: NuClic Founder David Kim Shares His Green Flooring Tips with Inhabitat
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Inhabitat Interviews Shiply Green Logistics Company Founder Robert Matthams
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Depp Helps Publish Woody Guthrie’s Long Lost Novel about Natural Building
Share This: In 1947 Woody Guthrie wrote House of Earth, a fictional story about struggling young sharecroppers, poverty and building sustainably with dirt and natural ingredients. The book was never published at the time, due in part to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1947, Adobe, banks, book review, build, building, cobb, construction, content, dirt, Dust Bowl, earth, farmers, fiction, Great Depression, Guthrie, house, House of Earth, Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp, long lost, Nora, novel, NPR, poor, published, sexually explicit, unpublished, visionary, woody guthrie
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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Waterstudio’s Koen Olthuis on FLOAT!
Photocredits: Architect Koen Olthuis – Waterstudio.NL and Pieter Kers FLOAT! is a beautiful volume that explores the world of floating architecture through historic, current, and future developments as well as the technologies behind them. Eye-catching images, bright neon typography and … Continue reading
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Tagged "sustainable architecture", Architecture, book review, FLOAT, floating cities, floating developments, floating homes, floating houses, green architecture, Green Building, green design, hydrocity, Interviews, koen olthuis, living on water, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, sustainaquality, Waterstudio
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Confessions of a Romance Novel Cover Girl
You’ve seen the steamy scenes in the supermarket checkout aisle, while perusing Barnes & Noble, or perhaps on your own bookshelf, but did you ever stop to think about the real people who pose for romance novels? Last night on … Continue reading