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    Persephone : A Wandering Botanical Shop

    Persephone’s is a seasonal plant shop that explores nature through the lens of mythology, the occult, femininity and the avant garde. This month they debuted a winter capsule collection in Los Angeles of purposeful wares, botanical assemblages, and sculptural objects ...
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    Eco Mushroom streetlight absorbs vehicle pollution

    According to the World Health Organisation, the transport sector is the largest contributor to air pollution and subsequently, climate change. As the reduction of CO2 emissions becomes a progressively urgent matter for many city councils and governments around the world, ...
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    Moss walls: the newest trend in biophilic interiors

    It’s been a long week, and here you are, still frantically thinking of all the things you need to do with the time you don’t have. But then, gentle rolling hills of moss beckon and soothe you, and all melts ...
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    10 Green design predictions for 2016

    What will 2016 hold for green design and the environment? It’s a brand new year filled with boundless potential – and we’ve called upon some of the world’s most prominent designers, makers, movers, and shakers to help separate the signal ...
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    16 major NYC hotels pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent or more by 2025

    It’s not quite a Christmas miracle, but we’ll take it. A number of big name hotels in the city have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent over the next 10 years. Over 80 percent of ...
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    INFOGRAPHIC: 14 edible plants that you can grow indoors

    Do you dream of your own vegetable patch, but lack the yard to make it happen? You don’t need a big yard – or even a big balcony – to produce your own food. Growing it inside is easy when you ...
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    OMA completes the Netherlands’ most sustainable mixed-use building in Rotterdam

    A glass-and-steel pixelated mountain has risen in the heart of Rotterdam. OMA just completed Timmerhuis, a modular mixed-use building that will house municipal office spaces, residential, retail, parking, and a museum. Designed to be the most sustainable building in the ...
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    Kid environmentalists have derailed a $900 million development in a popular Mexican resort town

    A group of kids in Cancún, one of Mexico’s hottest resort towns, has stopped the razing of dozens of hectares of mangrove forest for a massive development—for now. On Nov. 4, a judge granted the children’s request to permanently suspend the ...
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    Muji unveils a trio of tiny prefab houses

    For Tokyo Design Week, Japanese mega retailer Muji invited celebrated designers Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, and Naoto Fukasawa to envision cozy escapes from the city hustle. Holding true to Muji’s philosophy of “just enough” design, the three huts are modest, ...