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Architecture for Humanity announces Rebuild Moore campaign

Tue, May 21, 2013 7:30 PM
by Matt Hickman
With particulars of a long-term reconstruction plan to soon be released, Architecture for Humanity launches a campaign to aid post-tornado rebuilding efforts in the devastated city of Moore, Okla.

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Pre-teen tiny house builder finds joy in composting toilets, bubble insulation
Mon, Mar 11, 2013 3:08 PM by Matt Hickman
Having graduated from the pink playhouse stage, 12-year-old Sicily Kolbeck is building a 128-square-foot solar powered abode as a place to 'bake cupcakes, to read and to hang out with friends.'
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Home-powering trash incinerator ski slope breaks ground in Denmark
Mon, Mar 11, 2013 2:35 PM by Matt Hickman
Finally, something that combines trash incineration with puffy parkas! After a significant delay, work begins on Bjarke Ingels Group's waste-to-energy plant-cum-urban ski resort in Copenhagen.
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Man transforms dead wood into eco-furniture

Mon, Mar 11, 2013 1:41 PM by David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily

Corbin Clay found a sustainable use for wood destroyed by beetles, and his work won him $100,000 from Ketel One Vodka and GQ magazine.
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Hold your breath: A look inside Tokyo's coffin-sized 'share houses'
Mon, Mar 11, 2013 8:30 AM by Matt Hickman
I'd say move over Hong Kong, but I don’t think there's enough room. In Tokyo's Times Square-esque Shibuya district, a new breed of 'share houses' offer impossibly tiny accommodations for around $500 a month.
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A razing, a retrofit and a glam remodeling prospect [Friday news clump]
Fri, Mar 08, 2013 6:12 PM by Matt Hickman
This week in DST delights: Zsa Zsa Gabor unloads the ultimate Bel Air remodel job, a 'Real Housewife' gets permission to raze a historic Star Island estate and a Westport abode receives a Passivhaus retrofit.
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Anybody home? A visit to an uninhabited Chinese 'ghost city' [Video]
Fri, Mar 08, 2013 2:26 PM by Matt Hickman
Leslie Stahl of '60 Minutes' gets the chance to say 'empty' and 'desolate' a lot during a tour of Zhengzhou, an eerie testament to China's bloated real estate bubble spurred by unchecked development.
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5 invasive plants to keep out of your garden
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 6:04 PM by Networx.com
Even if they are pretty or smell divine, resist the temptation to plant them.
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15 handy online tools for gardeners
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 4:35 PM by Ramon Gonzalez
We've pulled together some go-to resources for the first-time gardener.
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6 unusual herbs to grow in your spring garden
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 3:11 PM by Networx.com
If you're ready to move beyond basic basil and oregano, this is a good place to start.
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Key design elements in a small kitchen
Thu, Mar 07, 2013 2:52 PM by yerdle
You don't need stainless steel for a great kitchen, just a setup that focuses on how you cook.
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From Cree, a budget LED that won't make Edison roll over in his grave
Wed, Mar 06, 2013 7:00 PM by Matt Hickman
Longtime LED innovator Cree makes a game-changing jump into consumer lighting with inexpensive 40W and 60W replacement bulbs that resemble the energy-hogging incandescents of yesteryear.
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How to build a simple seed-starting stand
Wed, Mar 06, 2013 4:45 PM by Tom Oder
Here's an easy DIY stand, so you can get your garden started before spring has even sprung.
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Texas developer eyes shipping containers in shale boom housing shortage
Wed, Mar 06, 2013 8:40 AM by Matt Hickman
A developer begins work on a 70-unit shipping container apartment complex in Texas' housing-strapped Eagle Ford Shale region with the goal of attracting folks who will stick around beyond the oil boom.
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In New York, 'organic' dry cleaners harbinger of gentrification
Tue, Mar 05, 2013 5:04 PM by Matt Hickman
The latest indication that you may soon be priced out of your New York City neighborhood? The presence of dry cleaners that eschew — or at least claim to eschew — traditional chemical solvents.
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Renewable rules: Lancaster, Calif., requires all new homes to have solar power
Tue, Mar 05, 2013 10:00 AM by Matt Hickman
Led by a solar-loving Republican mayor and blessed with plenty of sunshine, this Mojave Desert city will require all new single-family homes to be equipped with solar starting in 2014.
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