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Check out this presentation on sustainable architecture over at TED. It’s not only impressive, it’s entertaining, as Bjarke Ingles, the Danish designer giving the talk, has a great sense of humor.

The highlights:
03:06 Library/Hotel in Copenhagen melts into surrounding architecture
07.50 Bike & Swim in Expo Center in China
12:26 Apartment/Parking Building looks like a mountain
15:35 1st Carbon [...]

The difference between ‘old’ environmentalism and ‘new’ is dropping the guilt-laden should, and replacing it with could. Rather then harping on peoples weaker motivations, it’s all about inspiring them to be empowered and think creative, big, fun.
Maybe nothing says sustainability=fun more than The PlayPump system. It’s a pump. Boooring. But, it’s also a kid’s round-about. [...]

Courtesy of Jaymi from Treehugger.com, we have some more info on the growing field of Atmospheric Water Generators that I wrote about last week. Firstly, there are LOT more models that I previously thought. Jaymi’s article names 7 different models, each with their own pluses and minuses. A big takeaway: the productivity greatly depends on [...]

An interesting article today in the Times says that the incandescent bulb, relatively unchanged since the time of Edison, might not need to be eulogized quite yet. Teams of scientists are racing to revolutionize the old standard in hopes of sparing it from obsolescence because of efficiency standards, set to take effect in 2012. I [...]

In a bid to make it ever harder to avoid phonecalls from your friends/girlfriends/boyfriends/parents/unwanted booty calls (”Sorry babe, my phone died…what?…oh, that’s just my roommate talking), a host of European manufacturers have agreed to develop a universal charger size. Beyond the consumer benefit, this is expected to keep thousands of tons of wires and plastic [...]

Sustainy recently took a trip to New York and took the opportunity to visit the brand spankin’ new High Line Park, the first phase of which opened on the 9th and is the city’s newest green space next to the Times Square pedestrian mall.  I bought myself a delicious piece of organic leek and mint [...]

Lately, Audi has been doing really big things with clean diesel engines.  Similarly, a German auto-nerd has just set a world record for the fastest car driven by bio-gas using… an Audi sedan.  This story over at autoblog.com tells a little more as to how Jürgen Hohenester, a German race car drive, tweaked his Audi [...]

World renowned sculptor Mara Haseltine engages bio-mimicry in her inspired, thought provoking pieces.  Mara has long been an environmental community activist and combines her knowledge of the planet with her beautiful interpretations  of the natural world.  She has most recently been working with those in the scientific community to create living sculptures based on bio-mimicry.  [...]

What’s up with waves man?  I’ve always been obsessed with the idea of lights’ wave/particle duality (hint: it’s both); And now it’s all about waves wherever I turn, from the idea of wave power to the new Google Wave email system (I watched the video for this btw, and can’t quite tell why people are [...]

Some products just make so much sense it’s undeniable. This “Jarst” countertop composter by two Italian designers lets you take your scraps, dump them inside and then let nature take it’s course. It grows plants or herbs right from your waste. Particularly good for the yard and garden challenged amongst us, this little products takes [...]