EcoTopia: New Concepts in Green Product Design

Opening Monday, March 15th in Long Beach , CA, EcoTopia is a competition and exhibition highlighting new concepts in green product design . The show will feature a variety of eco-products from designers that are all focused on fostering a healthy ecosystem and more sustainable society

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CCC: Outdoor Seating That Purifies the Air

Inhabitat reader deborah Sommers tells us how Alexandre Moronnoz’s new outdoor seating CCC (named after Champignon Carbone Capture, the material from which it is made) takes the concept of ‘green’ furniture a step further. This series of sculptural urban seating is made from  TX Active Cement . – a special kind of cement containing a photocatalyzer that expedites the natural oxidation process of pollutants found in both natural and artificial light and transforms them into less harmful compounds such as water, nitrates and carbon dioxide

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Cardboard Moving Boxes Transform Into Sturdy Eco-Furniture

Most of us have been re-purposing cardboard boxes since childhood, transforming them from containers for transporting objects into forts or secret hiding places. With her project entitled “ Move !” Janine Perkuhn has developed a more practical application for those used cardboard boxes — re-purpose them into furniture! Perfect for those who move often or lack the funds to furnish their living space, Perkuhn’s bio-degradable cardboard furnishings can be re-figured into a chair, stool or beside table.

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Hollywood Donates Big to Rescue an Icon, Stars Flaunt Green Fashion at the Oscars, and More

Photo via Sörn @ flickr On Thursday, the Trust for Public Land released a roster of Hollywood A-listers and companies–including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, the Walt Disney Company, the LucasFilm Foundation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros., Fox, Sony, NBC Universal, and Time Warner–who have collectively donated more than $3 million to save one iconic piece of land: Cahuenga Peak …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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5 Mistakes Businesses Make Trying to Go Green

If you’ve been shopping, watching TV or surfing the web at all, you’ve undoubtedly noticed all of the companies taking their products and services green . While this is generally a good thing, we can’t help but notice some brands  going about it in all the wrong ways : producing useless ‘eco’ wares that defeat the purpose of being made of sustainable materials or even blatantly  greenwashing

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White House Finalizes First Ever National Law to Limit Car Emissions

America’s vehicles are about to get a little greener.

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White House Finalizes First Ever National Law to Limit Car Emissions

America’s vehicles are about to get a little greener.

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Will London 2012 be ‘The Green Olympics’?

The Winter Olympics are over and amongst the medals and trouncing the US at hockey, Vancouver was praised for hosting the “greenest Olympics ever” with LEED certified buildings , the use of recaptured gas and the construction of a hydrogen highway. However, London looks set to raise the bar even higher with plans to blow Vancouver’s achievements out of the water in 2012. The London Olympic Authority have stated that they are aiming to make London 2012 the first sustainable Olympic Games, setting a precedent for future events

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Architects Tell Californians to Brace for the Next Big Earthquake

The US Geological Survey has said that California has a 99.7% chance of having a magnitude 6.7 earthquake — or bigger — in the next three decades. University of California , Berkeley Professor and former Architecture Department Chair Mary Comerio says that, “California is probably the best-prepared place in the world,” but there are still preventative measures to be taken.

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RecycleBank Pays Los Angeles Residents Cash for Their Trash

Starting April 5th, 15,000 single-family homes in Los Angeles will be able to earn cash for their trash through the city’s new RecycleBank program. Participating households simply sign up to have their recycling bins outfitted with special ID tags.

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