John Nichol, a professional horticulturist at the Rainforest Biome (Eden Project’s largest covered biome at 300ft wide, 600ft long and 165ft high), utilizes a special helium balloon for reaching the tops of towering balsa and kapok trees. As these.
Giant helium balloon enables horticulturist to prune rainforest plants Read More »
The U.S., Russia and China are the three big space powers that have polluted Earth’s orbit with 93 percent of all space debris. Now, cleaning up dead satellites and other correlated space junk has gone easier said than done. The US Defense Advanced.
DARPA to clean up space debris with a gigantic space net Read More »
Developed out of a recent London Fieldworks project called Super Kingdom, the Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven is a sculptural installation designed as a reflection of the ecology and biodiversity of two sites on opposite sides of London -…
Pixelated birdhouses create a paradise of biodiversity in London Read More »
NASA has recently announced 2010 Global Climate Change Education Awards that looked for proposals that exemplified innovative approaches to using NASA content in elementary, secondary and undergraduate teaching, and lifelong learning. In an attempt…
NASA grants $7.7 million to enhance learning on Earth system science Read More »
Most widely recognized as the windy city, Chicago is well on track to spread the sustainability envelope through architectural solutions. HOK recently dedicated a green parking garage to the city called the Greenway Self-Park. The 24 hour parking…
HOK unveils wind powered parking garage in Chicago Read More »
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill – an eco-disaster hurled by BP and Transocean Ltd – has polluted the Gulf of Mexico with an estimated 210,000–1,100,000 US gallon of crude. Accordingly, researchers and designers came up with various cleanup…
Linearly aligned recycled PET bottles to combat oil spill Read More »
The Richmond Municipal Natatorium, a historic community pool whose existence dates back in 1925 was just a step away from losing its identity due to a lack of funding for maintenance and seismic upgrades forced the Richmond City Council to close the..
Richmond Plunge revived as the greenest pool in US Read More »
Scrap glass pieces found at a glass blowers workshop in London became inspiration to an innovative piece of art. Dubbed the “Minarets”, this series of glass decanters is a result of joint effort by Turkish designer Ezgi Turksoy and British…
Artists show towering Minarets of Istanbul using found glass scraps Read More »
Two engineers at Stanford University have succeeded in utilizing rocket engines to defuse emissions from wastewater treatment plants and help them generate their own power. It’s very advantageous for the third-world countries that usually have…
Rocket thrusters to clean up wastewater and power treatment plants Read More »
Embassy of Drowned Nations is an artificial island concept proposed for Fort Denison in Sydney, Australia, which aims to provide a sustainable, temporary shelter to those displaced by rising sea levels. Created by the Australian firm Oculus for Sea…
Oculus proposes a floating city for rising tide victims Read More »
