The sports drink aisle grows into a meandering wall of plastic bottle-filled elixirs coming in every color of the rainbow. With the overwhelming number of sports drink choices it’s easy to throw in the towel and stick to water. However, sports drinks help the body replace valuable nutrients and electrolytes lost during strenuous workouts. Luckily, [...]
Read the rest of D-Hotel: Historic Windmill Transformed into a Modern Designer Retreat Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, d-hotel, eco design, eco renovation, eco-luxury hotel, eco-tourism, Govaert & Vanhoutte, Govaert and Vanhoutte Architects, green design, green renovation, Kortijk, luxury hotel, sustainable design, upcycled windmill, windmill
Read the rest of PICS: The Montreal Center for Sustainable Development Boasts a Lush Vertical Garden and Green Roof Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “green wall”, “living wall”, Center for Sustainable Development, eco design, equiterre, glass powder concrete, green design, green roof, Marie-Claire Blais, Montreal Maison Du Developpment Durable, salvaged wood, [...]
If you’re planning to visit Iceland, bring a coat (or several!) – situated just south of the Arctic Circle, the Nordic country has a frigid climate. With winter temperatures in the negative double digits, and blistering glacial winds and dust storms, it’s called Iceland for a reason. The locals have spent centuries adapting to these [...]
What inspires our favorite design bloggers, curators and forecasters? Next week, EcoSalon Shelter is kicking off a six-week project called The 5 Questions Series. We’ll be taking a peek into the workspaces, living rooms and bedrooms of our favorite design bloggers, curators and trendsetters. We’re even delving into their unmentionables: their lustables, of course. [...]
Curating the very best reads weekly from our daily recommendation engine, We Heart This. #doseofcute Don’t Talk to the Baby Porcupine Before It Has Its Coffee by Madeleine Davies at Jezebel #stillprochoice Obama on Roe vs. Wade by Jessica Wakeman at The Frisky #moresalsa Tacos Are Good for Activism Too by Cord Jefferson at GOOD #thepaualdeenrevelation What [...]
Versatile basics with edgy details, easy-to-walk-in wedges and an extra-roomy bag are a New York City girl’s best friends. There’s no doubt that New York City girls have a certain edge to their style. It’s all about basics with unexpected details – and yes, black. Heels are a must and wedges keep things comfortable. And [...]
What makes a home worth a million dollars? How about a billion dollars? Irish artist Frank Buckley has taken this question to its logical extreme by building his very own home made from 1.4 billion Euro notes! Graced with very strict permission from the Central Bank of Ireland, Buckley has constructed and now lives in [...]
Read the rest of PHOTOS: Inhabitat Spends the Night in Quebec’s Hotel de Glace Ice Castle! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, green design, Hotel de Glace, ice bar, ice carvings, ice hotel, LED lights, quebec city, snow hotel, sustainable design, The Northern Quebec, winter hotel
Read the rest of Amazing Stork Nest Farm Features a Gigantic Woven Bird Nest Riding Arena Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “sustainable architecture”, arena, czechoslovakia, Daylighting, eco design, farm renovation, farmstead, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green renovation, natural ventilation, Prague, riding arena, sgl projekt, stork nest farm, storks nest, [...]
