Category Archives: Design

Arsty farsty fun

Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by

By now, you may have heard about the new exhibit at the New Museum. If you haven’t, I have two words for you: Big. Slide. On October 26th, the New Museum opened German artist Carsten Holler’s “Experience,” a compilation of … Continue reading →

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Can 3-D Printing Help the Crab Housing Shortage?

Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 by

Hermit crabs are having trouble finding housing in todays’ market.  One 3-D printing company is hoping to help out the housing shortage for homeless crabs. MakerBot Industries wants to design and produces plastic shells that can be used as shells … Continue reading →

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Coca-Cola Goes Green…. Well…WHITE!

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by

The Coca-Cola Company has always had a very tight relationship with polar bears … For this reason, as en effort to promote environmental consciousness and as a dedication to one of the animal species that is most suffering from climate … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Bridge Park Goes Sustainable

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by

Beautiful Earth Group is bringing sustainability to Brooklyn Bridge Park. The organization is responsible for the opening of the New York Center for Sustainable Energy (NYCSE) at Pier 1 in the park. NYCSE is the first net zero educational center … Continue reading →

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A living, breathing metropolis

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by

Scientists in England are hard at work developing building materials that could not only reduce harmful carbon emissions, but actually use chemicals to convert CO2 in the surrounding air into benign substances, keeping them out of the Earth’s atmosphere. The … Continue reading →

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Join the Naming Contest for a New Park in Long Island City

Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 by

A former parking lot at the eastern end of Queens Plaza in Long Island City is being repurposed and transformed into a sustainable “1.5-acre oasis with wetlands, plantings, millstones and artist-designed benches,” the Times reports. Last Thursday, Mayor Bloomberg charged … Continue reading →

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Your New House Straight From the Recycling Bin

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by

Did you know that the recycling bin beside your desk could one day become your next house? Well, not quite yet.  But the future for plastic lumber is endless and could one day be included in the production of homes. … Continue reading →

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Birdbath Bakery

Posted on Sunday, December 5, 2010 by

Imagine a bakery with walls made of wheat and cups made from corn. Treats are made from organic ingredients and the staff wears recycled clothing. Sounds like a modern day Hansel-and-Gretel like treat house, right? Actually, it’s really not far … Continue reading →

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NYPL Sponsors Green Programs

Posted on Sunday, December 5, 2010 by

I took the kids that I babysit to the Seward Park library on the Lower East Side yesterday. As we were checking out our books, I saw a flier for upcoming community programs sponsored by the New York Public Library … Continue reading →

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Zero Footprint Shirt

Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010 by

In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint, one man has designed the Zero Footprint Shirt. Dave Rittinger, an architect from Brooklyn, has created a shirt made entirely out of leaves and glue. According to his biography, Rittinger discovered that … Continue reading →

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