Results tagged “sustainable”

I love love love this house presented in an exhibition alongside 5 other homes called "House of the Future" presented by Xenian Livinglight. Each home showcases sustainable design using clay, concrete, cardboard, glass, and steel. Even the gardens work as organic purification systems.

I chose this house in particular because I love how the roof drops to become a deck connecting the two wings of the home together. It almost makes the roof climbable; would make the perfect practice rock climbing wall.

More pics after the jump.

Dean Kamen may not be a household name but his Segway invention certainly is. The inventor turned his 3 acre property home into a net zero energy island. He lives totally off the grid. The entire island uses nothing but solar power. Every single light is LED based with mood enhancing schemes thanks to Philips Color Kinetics. All the appliances are energy efficient and water passes thru his own purification system.

As awesome as I think this is, there are a couple other things about this man I love. His backyard has a replica of Stonehenge. He calls his island North Dumping and at one time attempted to establish it as an independent country with its own "green" constitution and national anthem. Hey, I'm sure the economy there couldn't be any worse and for that view, I'd totally move if invited.

More pics after the jump.

via Slashgear

If it weren't for the massive oil reserves in the middle east, many of those countries would have never modernized the way they have today. As the world slowly turns its attention to alternative fuels, with them are the resources to drive that new economy. One part of the equation are lithium batteries. Electric vehicles of all sorts could be powered from a multitude of fuels but they all charge lithium ions and as it stands now, Bolivia - one of the poorest countries in South America - holds over half the world's lithium reserves.

The country's massive alkaline flats could see a flurry of foreign investors rapidly changing Bolivia's economy and world power just as the middle east oil boon did for Arabian peninsula. Will our children see future conflicts set in South America or will they be smart enough to learn from the mistakes we've made?

via Treehugger

Iceland made a promise in 1998 to become totally fossil fuel free by 2050. Of course being an island that's literally a geothermal hot bed helps, but they're running into a problem. All their vehicles still use gas. That's where Mitsubishi comes in.

The press seems fixated on Chevy's Volt which technically is just a super efficient hybrid. The Mitsubishi iMiEV is all electric and on track for production by 2010, the same time the Volt and the new Prius hits. Its only limitation is range since even the most advance lithium ion batteries only provide enough power for 100 miles. But that's more than enough for Iceland since 75% of the population lives within 37 miles of the capital, Reykjavik.

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