ANNOUNCING: Inhabitat’s Packaging the Future Series!
Today we’re thrilled to announce a brand new editorial series on Inhabitat that explores the past, present, and future of packaging design, hosted by Eco Chick founder and green journalist Starre Vartan! Each year households in the U.S. send over 270 million tons of trash to the landfill, and much of this waste consists of materials used to wrap, ship, and package products. Fortunately, there’s a plethora of ways to make packaging more environmentally sustainable — stay tuned as our Packaging the Future series explores natural solutions to the packaging problem, innovative new approaches to creating eco-efficient packaging, and the future of sustainable packaging design.
Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin’s Press). A green living expert, she is managing editor of Greenopia and a contributor to The Huffington Post.
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Earthquake Resistant Tire Earthships for Haiti Disaster Relief
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Senate Committee Approves $3.6 Billion for EV Infrastructure
One of the looming issues with the impending release of mass-marketed electric vehicles is EV charging stations – it’s always been a question of who will put in the infrastructure and when. Well, it looks like the US government is stepping up to the plate as the Senate Energy Committee just approved a $3.6 billion dollar bill that would go towards creating a nation-wide electric vehicle charging system. The bill still has to pass on the Senate floor and get approved by Congress, but this is the first positive step in a much needed clean transportation direction.
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Did a Mystery Plumber Design the BP Containment Cap?
We’ve heard so much about the containment cap that’s been holding back oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in the past few weeks that pretty much everyone knows what it is. But the question remains – who designed it??? We were under the impression that some engineer on BP’s payroll was responsible but some new information brings to light a “mystery plumber” who may be able to take credit, if he would only come forward.
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Hotel China Town Inn (**) on Sun Aug 1, 2010 for €14.82
Hotel China Town Inn (**) on various dates for €14.12
Hotel China Town Inn (**) on various dates for €12.70
World’s First Molten Salt Solar Plant Produces Power at Night
Sicily has just announced the opening of the world’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) facility that uses molten salt as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
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Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Weather :: 28C Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy 28°C
- Humidity:
- 83%
- Wind Speed:
- 3 KMH
- Wind Direction:
- E (090°)
- Barometer:
- 1008 mb
- Dewpoint:
- 25°C
- Heat Index:
- 32°C
- Wind Chill:
- 28°C
- Visibility:
- 8 km
