Called "Hydrogenase," the self-sufficient organic transport system is capable of generating hydrogen gas without consuming land needed for crops or forests.
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets is a fascinating project telling the global story of our relationship to food through portraits of 80 people from 30 countries and the food they eat in one day.
The Philadelphia Zoo will exhibit “Creatures of Habitat,” which brings endangered animals and their vanishing habitats to life through the art of LEGO. On display will be a “combination of birds and...
For those of us who would still like to catch a glimpse of the awe-inspiring northern lights, but would prefer to be relatively warm, there is a place out in northern Finland, amongst the reindeer, where...
The BP oil spill started 44 days ago and is now considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. As we become increasingly irate, we take a look at a collection of new logos that seem to fit the...
If you launch a clean energy business in Manhattan it’s almost a given you’ll be inspired to start designing products specifically for the urban environment. Urban Green Energy has just launched a new,...
If you’ve been dreaming of an indoor garden, but simply don’t have the space or the sunlight to manage growing inside, then check out this kitchen island that doubles as a small hydroponic garden. Made...
Cornwall, England, on the island nation’s most southwestern edge, is home to the Eden Project and the world’s largest greenhouse. This amazing collection of bubble-style biodomes house a collection of...
It is projected that by the year 2030, 25% of the city of Mumbai will be covered by parked cars. That means less area for parks, housing and basic room to breathe.
PUMA and Yves Béhar developed over 21 months a more sustainable packaging and distribution system in keeping with PUMA’s ongoing commitment to sustainability.
The first in a series of 3 ski-travel episodes, skiers Chad Sayers and Tobin Seagel travel halfway around the world to Kashmir to ski the high altitude Gulmarg gondola, only to find the snow pack is a...
Wouldn't it be nice if dark streets were illuminated by these beautiful, photosynthetic leaves? That’s the concept behind Jongoh Lee’s "invisible streetlight." The flexible body of the...
The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SIAC) will be showcasing the new Leaf Concept Car at the Biejing Auto Show. The concept vehicle is one of the first to boast better than zero emissions,...
A company called Hydro Lance proposes to transform old, obsolete aircraft into high-speed ocean vessels by replacing their wings with narrow pontoons. An old 727-200 could be converted into a high-speed,...
Barcelona-based studio Pöko Design' new bulletin boards do double duty—as both a place to pin up notes or bits of inspiration and as an important reminder in the form of a creative design in and of...
Nele Azevedo has been setting up thousands of these Melting Men all around the world. The sculptures are made out of ice and set up in public city centers to generate maximum traffic and create awareness...
The ‘City Respiration Skyscraper’ might look malicious with its spiky exterior, but its intentions are 100% benevolent. Designed by Czech architects Pavlína Doležalová and Jan Smékal, the spiraling tower...
Design team Woods Bagot and Buro Happold are hoping to achieve a new level of sustainability with their striking new development model - Zero Emissions Design’ (ZERO-E). This new program is, as you might...
We cover a lot of solar panel technologies here at Inhabitat — some are pie in the sky, some are a few years down the road and some are exciting products that are actually available today. SoloPower’s new...
GE Ecomagination has teamed up with the fuseproject design studio to create the WattStation, a next-generation electric vehicle charging station. Shunning the model of the traditional gas station, the...
London recently saw the completion of the world's first skyscraper with wind turbines integrated directly within its building fabric -- the Strata tower. Nicknamed the Razor, the black and silver...
Forget about traditional tri-blade wind turbines — the ultra-efficient turbine of the future might look completely different if Kyushu University professor Yuji Ohya has anything to say about it. Ohya and...
