Masdar City is an incongruous development: a six million square metre, £14 billion, carbon-neutral, zero-waste city in tiny Abu Dhabi, one of the world’s smallest nations, yet one of its largest oil producers.
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A few days ago the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, was closed “indefinitely” due to ” electrical problems.” May thought that it was more than just that, and the speculation was rampant that the Dubai meltdown had affected even this iconic building. The owners didn’t help the situation; as theGuardianputs it:
“Despite repeated requests, a spokeswoman for Emaar was unable to provide further details or rule out the possibility of foul play. Greg Sang, Emaar’s director of projects and the man charged with coordinating the tower’s con…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ponoko CEO David Ten Have by Williams + Hirakawa, viaIncWe have written so much aboutdownloadable designs, about shipping ideas all over the world instead of stuff. It just keeps getting better, with more products and more options. That is why I lovePonokoso much; it is the first real demonstration of the concept. Now that they have added a hub in Europe, you can see the fir…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Megatrends 2020If there is one lesson to be learned from the designers, thinkers and curators presenting atConversations in Design: A World Without Oil, it is the fact that we need the stuff for a lot of uses far more important than pushing boxes of steel around on roads.
When one realizes that we are using a cubic mile of the stuff every year (that is the Eiffel Tower on the right for scale), it becomes pretty obvious that this isn’t going to continue forever, and we have to begin to think about what we are going to use it for….Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In a few weeks, it’s out with the old and in with the new, but what about that old? Now’s the time to reflect on the big events, the changes to the world as we know it. Over the next two weeks, we will dish up a total of 14 slideshows, focusing on subjects including wild and weird new species that first showed their scaly, slimy, and sometime furry heads in 2009; some unbelievable green tech concepts (solar powered headphones, anyone?); the good, the bad, the ugly, and the downright crazy lobbying efforts (yes, that forged letter incident made the cut); the year in cars, the year in Digg and Stumble Upon stories, and much more.
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Some of the more apocalyptic websites I follow wrote headlines likeDubai Brings Down the World; Others are a lot more sanguine.David Frumwas never too impressed by the tall buildings, writing “Tower boasting especially reminded one of that old Soviet-era joke: “Our Russian computers are the biggest in the world!” When the world’s t…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Affordable and sustainable housing for urban, low-income areas is much needed all around the world. In order to improve the overall quality of life in these places, architect Vincent van der Meulen together withEnviu, the Dutch organisation behind the<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/f…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TreeHugger lovesgreen walls–they are beautiful, environmental and good for nature and the world. Suddenly they are popping out all over in London.
The American storeAnthropologiejust opened and they have installed a 3 storey high, 1500 sq. ft. living wall made of 14,000 plants and 15 varieties. Designed byBioTecture, it is meant to represent a piece of plaid woven fabric.
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Residents of the world’s largest cities are ideally positioned to achieve the twin goals of clean air and lower carbon emissions, according to scientists in China and the US.
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