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Sebastopol is second Californian city requiring solar on new homes
Following in the Republican-led footsteps of Lancaster, the super-liberal town of Sebastopol becomes the second city in California requiring all newly built homes to be photovoltaic-ready.
WakaWaka Power: A solar charger with a humanitarian bent
A compact, powerful and do-gooding solar charger/lamp dubbed the WakaWaka Power (best pronounced in a thick Dutch accent) launches just in time for the high season of outdoor expeditions.
Glad looks beyond the kitchen with trash bag tents
In an effort to encourage outdoor music festival clean-up, Glad, the venerable purveyor of plastic wrap and trash disposal accoutrement, introduces a camping tent that doubles as a giant garbage bag.
NY Design Week teaser: Stylish LED lamps powered by falling sand
Brooklyn-based sustainable designer Danielle Trofe returns to WantedDesign with a duo of LED lamp-hourglass hybrids that stay illuminated via the kinetic energy produced by slowly trickling sand.
LG hints at development of waterless washing machine
From the 'holy disbelief, Batman' file: Korean electronics giant LG is rumored to be developing a washing machine that doesn't use water. Although details are scant, Mashable has more on the chatter.
Micro-apartments met with NIMBYist sentiment in Seattle
The micro-apartment craze begins to generate backlash in Seattle, with opponents calling for a building moratorium or a revised review process to ensure harmony between neighbors.
reCOVER coat stand doubles as drip irrigation system for plants
With the reCOVER coat rack there's no need to break out the watering can ... just let your soggy, dripping outerwear and umbrellas provide liquid nourishment to large potted plants.
'Eels Nest' is a skinny, smartly designed Echo Park abode [Video]
Architect Simon Storey breaks out a bag of space-maximizing design tricks in the expansion/renovation of a Los Angeles home located on a super-narrow hillside lot.
Nesting materials: 13 useful pad-centric gifts for the class of '13
Although he or she might be aching for cold hard cash, give the real estate-fixated college graduate in your life a well-designed, practical gift that will be put to good use in their first post-grad abode.
Titillating passive houses and TV-ready tree escapes [Friday link clump]
This week: Risque Passivehaus-promoting adverts from Belgium, excitement over Animal Planet's 'Treehouse Masters' and why conservatives tend to hate on energy-saving products.

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