Read the rest of Jonathan Fuller’s Beautiful Sea Glass Mosaics Pay Tribute to the Power of the Ocean Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: cornish, detail, eco-art, glass beach, jonathan fuller,...
Read the rest of CitizenM Prefab Hotels Now Provide Affordable Luxury in London and Glasgow Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", citizen m, citizenm, citizenm hotel, concrete,...
Inhabitat has covered Summit Soap‘s brilliant recycled cooking oil soaps before, and we were excited to hear that the company has launched a Kickstarter to raises funds to scale up their operation...
Almost five years ago, San Francisco became the first American city to ban plastic shopping bags from supermarkets and chain pharmacies. Now the city is poised to expand that ban to all retail stores and restaurants within...
Want to get a P.H.D. in what to do with your P.H.W.? That’s short for post holiday waste in case you didn’t know. While you may not have heard of the term (we kind of just made it up), we’re pretty sure...
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only about half of cardboard that Americans discard actually gets recycled. But if you’re moving, what choice do you really have but to use cardboard boxes, right?...
Read the rest of Egregious Packaging Hall of Fame: Why Toilet Paper Needs a Redesign Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: consumer products, eco design, green design, green packaging, packaging the future,...
426,000 cell phones are retired in the USA every single day — and many of them wind up in the trash, where they contribute to the environmentally and socially devastating e-waste epidemic...
Over the past couple of years, the U.S. Army has announced several initiatives ranging from solar-powered tents for troops to hydrogen-powered tanks, however this is their most ambitious program yet. With the help of the...
Right now, 8% of the world’s oil is used to make plastics — and oil has to be extracted from the belly of the earth using extremely energy and cost-intensive processes...
When it comes to gardening, the thought of using organic fertilizers that are free from harsh chemicals seems… well, natural! But did you know that urine is a fantastic source for natural nitrogen-rich food for your...
So far in our Packaging the Future series we’ve explored how nature solves the packaging problems of strength, buoyancy and moisture-retention (coconut shells), tough-but-flexible protection (wombat butts) and light...
With all the scary news floating around about Bisphenol-A, a dangerous chemical that’s been linked to everything from low sperm counts to early puberty to DNA damage, it’s easy to see why smart sport bottle makers...
Have a lot of old stuff to get rid of? Well you could give it away and get a lot of awesome stuff for yourself at the same time on Give Your Stuff Away Day! Slated to sweep the nation on September 25th, the event, which is...
Today we’re thrilled to announce a brand new editorial series on Inhabitat that explores the past, present, and future of packaging design, hosted by Eco Chick founder and green journalist Starre Vartan! Each year households...
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