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- Green Earth Books and Environmental Books Tue, 27 Oct 09, 1:47amBooks we recommend about green and environmental issues. Great place to start learning how to be more green in your day to day life.
- Home of one of first Bibles printed in Welsh saved from flood risk Fri, 22 Nov 19, 5:00pmHydropower scheme at William Morgan’s 16th-century house to keep humidity levels in check
- Kids are hungry for books about eco-activists, in what publishers call 'the Greta effect' Thu, 15 Aug 19, 2:30amThe soaring popularity of the feisty, outspoken environmental advocate – who is only 16 – has caused a rise in young people seeking stories about saving the planet...
- Urban waste is upcycled into an adorable, beetle-shaped micro library on wheels Tue, 30 Apr 19, 12:30amBeijing-based firm LUO Studio has just unveiled an adorable mobile micro library crafted out of upcycled industrial parts. Made from an abandoned bicycle, discarded iron car sheets and reclaimed wood, the Shared Lady Beetle...
- Nuclear wasteland: inside Chernobyl's exclusion zone – in pictures Wed, 10 Apr 19, 4:00pmThe Chernobyl disaster in 1986 forced the evacuation of nearby Pripyat, home to 45,000 people. David McMillan has journeyed there 21 times since to record abandoned homes and buildings as they are reclaimed by nature
- A glowing river of books creates a traffic-free haven in Ann Arbor Fri, 7 Dec 18, 8:30amIn their latest installment of Literature vs Traffic, Spanish design collective luzinterruptus transformed a major street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, into a glowing river of 11,000 books...
- Serhii Plokhy: 'Chernobyl exposed Soviet secrecy' Sat, 17 Nov 18, 3:30am‘I remember the horror,’ says Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize-winner, who lived through the 1986 nuclear disaster
- 'A horror story': history of Chernobyl nuclear disaster wins Baillie Gifford prize Thu, 15 Nov 18, 9:15amUkrainian author Serhii Plokhy, who grew up downstream from the damaged reactor, wins £30,000 prize for Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
- UK must take lead on nuclear weapons | Letters Wed, 18 Jul 18, 2:43amThe tide towards annihilation can be turned if the political will is there, writes CND general secretary Kate HudsonAs your article on nuclear weapons states (All you wanted to know about nuclear war but were too afraid to...
- Let’s go with the grain of tidal power | Brief letters Thu, 14 Jun 18, 2:43amFictional Leros | Tidal power in the 18th century | Feast | AA salute | Interpreters v translatorsFurther to your travel feature on the Greek island of Leros (9 June), may I recommend to your readers Four’s Destiny: A Wartime...
- INTERVIEW: Inhabitat's own Greg Beach on telling global stories through the lens of a small town Sat, 18 Nov 17, 5:14amHow much do you know about your hometown? Author and Inhabitat writer Greg Beach, who moved to Watertown, Massachusetts at age nine, was inspired to dig more into his town's history after the Boston Marathon Bombing...
- Chinas new futuristic library is unlike any weve seen before Fri, 3 Nov 17, 7:44pmMVRDV just completed the Tianjin Binhai Public Library, a spectacular cultural center that’s unlike any library we’ve ever seen. Created in collaboration with local architects TUPDI, the 33,800-square-meter library features...
- Donkey-drawn mobile libraries bring books to people in Zimbabwe Thu, 5 Oct 17, 9:34pmIt's not always easy for people in rural Zimbabwe to visit a library, so Rural Libraries and Resources Development Program (RLRDP) brings the library to them...
- Worlds largest bookstore opens in Tehran, Iran Fri, 25 Aug 17, 3:54amBook lovers, we’ve found your dream destination - the world’s largest bookstore just opened in Tehran, Iran. The Book Garden is a gigantic green-roofed building measuring 154,000 square feet that has 12 miles of shelves...
- Artist creates life-sized replica of Parthenon using 100,000 banned books Sat, 8 Jul 17, 1:36amArgentine artist Marta Minujín has created a life-sized replica of the Parthenon using 100,000 banned books from around the world. The massive book art installation is a replica of the famous Greek temple where democracy...
- How former NYC mayor Bloomberg is filling Trump's climate change vacuum Wed, 7 Jun 17, 12:42amPresident Donald Trump last week announced America would be exiting the Paris Agreement, but now it looks like his administration might be the only ones to leave...