france: USA HOUSES WLL

You've probably heard of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company ... their houses have been featured in Time, Domino, USA Today, and the New York Times, to name a few publications. The home pictured above is different from their other homes, which have that traditional, A-frame-esque shape. All Tumbleweed homes are sufficiently small, but this home is modern. It's 400 sf of green modern. The Z-Glass House is a stationary house, meant to be affixed to a foundation. You buy the plans and find a contractor to build it for you (with costs ranging in the $100 - $200 psf range). Or you can build it yourself. Check the layout, too. Such a great looking home, with a kitchen, bedroom, living room, and bathroom, what else do you need? Add a little solar on the roof, or maybe even a Skystream, and call it done.

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Via Jetsongreen: tumbleweedhomes.com

New Construction and Home Products from Brazil

In wind turbines
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Brazilian home deco magazine Casa Claudia announced the winners of its annual awards for sustainable materials for construction and home products. Among the winners, we found a few interesting ideas coming from Brazil, which is showing great development in what comes to green products development. Those include alternatives for all tastes: an attractive recycling bin, a water saving toilet cistern, a panel for construction from recycled paper, a wind turbine with parts from natural fibers, and a set of furniture with vegetal materials and recovered wood. Keep reading to see bigger pictures, more info on the products and information on where to...

Wind Up Rechargeable Battery- Reliable And Safe For Your Gadget

By seema_mshr on Ecological

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With so many rechargeable batteries in the market it becomes difficult to decide. This wind up rechargeable battery has a lot to handle and provide it to you. When fully charged it gives power up to 2-5 hours for your MP3, 2 days stand by for your mobile phone and if in use it will give back up for 5 hours of talk time. When in use, this rechargeable battery provides a constant supply of 5V to your gadget and you don’t have to worry about any power shoot up or for any ups and downs in power supply.

It takes almost 8 hours to charge this 600milliamp battery with the help of an AC adaptor. This rechargeable battery can be used in cell phones, ipods, PDA’s and USB powered devices. Unlike other batteries in the market, this is much safe and reliable for any of your gadget. It costs for $ 39.99. It will prove to be very helpful to those who have to travel a lot or have to remain out of their homes for long and usually the other batteries don’t give as much back up as provided by this wind up rechargeable battery.

Via: Redferret

SMART Cars Coming to America

By Hank Green

This year at the LA Auto Show, I, for the first time ever, sat down in a SMART car. These little guys are smart for a lot of reasons, most importantly because they are comfortable, small, and practical. There's far more leg room in a SMART car than there is in my Nissan Sentra, but the SMART car is almost half the size.

The sacrifice, of course, is the back seat. But in a world where every family already has one SUV...why not also have a little $10,000 car for single-person trips that otherwise would use a tremendous amount of gas?

And that's why SMART is officially going for the American market. They announced their planned invasion last year, and now they're taking reservations. It's looking like you're going to need a reservation, too, as supply will be limited and the demand (for the launch at least) is there. So, if you want one of your own, head to SmartUSA.com and reserve yourself a ForTwo for only $99.

Summerhouse by Turner Castle

In UK
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Sometimes if you need a bit more room you don't need to move or do a big addition; perhaps a garden shed will fill the bill. Architect/Builder Turner Castle, in collaboration with Ullmayer Sylvester Architects, built this "summerhouse for a family with two small boys. The client needed additional space in his North London house, which was brimming at the seams with his expanding family. Rather than extend, they decided to build a summerhouse at the bottom of their very long garden. The idea was that this small building was to perform a hybrid function: combining art studio, playroom, tool shed and kitchen."...

Computer System Runs on Just 8 Watts

In solar
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Eight watts. That's with processor and SDRAM running full tilt. Add the 8" LCD monitor at 12 Watts and a folding solar panel and you have a complete off-grid Linux puppy for £499. It was developed for the third world as "a collaborative, open source project of vast possibilities and a highly focused process to rapidly produce and distribute affordable computer appliances for people without reliable access to power. " That may be so, but it would work fine right here- my wall-warts suck more than 8 watts, let alone the computers. ...

Clevr: The Last Tea "Bag" You'll Ever Use

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Reminscent of the Teastick (no spaces), the Tea Stick is a clever spring-loaded gadget perfect for brewing up a cup of tea without the muss and fuss of a pesky tea bag. Many tea aficionados will tell you that loose-leaf tea is the only way to go when brewing yourself; now you can do it in spring-loaded style and never have to bother with the waste of individually-wrapped tea bags. Sure, each tea bag doesn't contribute a huge amount of trash to the waste stream, but why do it if you don't have to? We aren't the only ones who liked the looks of this; it's available

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