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Since 1974, Taylor Guitars has been a champion guitar brand, renowned for its signature sound and instrument-manufacturing innovations. In this feature, Inhabitat goes behind-the-scenes at the company’s headquarters and...

Once billed as an environmentally-friendly and enterprising venture, the electric scooter-sharing micromobility business has not lived up to the promising hype but is now looking dismal...

The next time you are craving tea, choose the paper teabag or loose-leaf tea in a reusable infuser — just steer clear of the plastic teabag. Why? A recent McGill University study found that just one plastic teabag can leach...

Scientists from Iowa State University (ISU) recently unveiled a natural alternative to synthetic clothing pigment. This natural alternative is sourced from brewed coffee grounds.[...]

The human race has caused irreversible devastation this planet, but perhaps one of the most immediately visible is deforestation. Deforestation threatens countless animals and plants every year, both inside and outside of...

You want your big day to be perfect, that's why weddings often turn into an event that swallows up most of your savings, now with a new service from UK based firm Oliver's Travels, if you really want to blow the budget for...

MIT researchers may have found a way to produce “greener” cement, the emissions of which, compared to the commonly used mixture, would be reduced by more than half! Through detailed molecular analysis of the structure...

Earth Day is just a few weeks away - and our inboxes are already filled to the brim with marketing gimmicks and greenwashed products. In a sad turn of affairs, the environmental message behind Earth Day has been drowned out...

A new amazing water and oil proofing agent called UltraTech Ultra-Ever Dry is taking the internet by storm. But the miracle product, which causes goo of all kinds to slip off everything from treated boots to treated bricks,...

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams’ plans to build a state-of-the-art net zero energy house in San Francisco has the neighbors up in arms. Why? His green dream home involves tearing down a 1911 $3 million dollar beauty. Before...

The designers behind Ski Dubai’s artificial ski slope, Snow World and B01 Arquitectos, have teamed up to improve on their original design with the world’s very first carbon-neutral indoor ski slope in Barcelona...

Read the rest of Is Rafael Viñoly’s $44.3 Million Firstsite Arts Center Green? Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", BREEAM, Colchester, Daylighting, eco design, Firstsite...

Vegans and vegetarians have been in their kitchen laboratories for years attempting (and sometimes succeeding) to find a suitable substitute for gelatin...

Read the rest of IS IT GREEN?: The Biodegradable Soft Drink Can Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: aluminium, aluminum can, beverage, Biodegradable, biodegradable can, can, cans, container, eco design,...

If you’ve been looking for an alternative to eco-unfriendly plastic bags, then the Fabriano waste paper bin is the green solution you’ve been looking for...