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Futuristic Electric Car Inspired by Owls

It’s dead silent, runs on electricity – and looks totally unlike any other vehicle you’ve ever seen. This bizarre yet kind of awesome electric car by auto designer Ralph Tayler-Webb, called ‘Halcyon’, is made for nature lovers and inspired by owls.
From EcoFriend:
Ralph’s research and development included photographing birds in flight, carving an owl in hardwood [...]

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Camouflaged Mobile Home for Nature Observation or Spying on People

Whether you’re the ultra-paranoid type that wants a camouflaged living space or are just a fan of cool green design, it’s hard not to love this bizarre mobile home. It’s a fake hedge on wheels… that just happens to have a semi-hidden room inside it.
The ‘Porta Hedge’ is covered in recycled plastic Christmas tree branches [...]

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Growing Chair: From the Forest to Your Living Room

Instead of cutting trees down to create chairs, why not create chairs made from living trees? That’s the idea behind the ‘Growing Chair’, an attempt to make trees and plants grow into chairs that can be harvested and brought straight from the ‘field’ to your living room.
Designer Michael Bussein describes his vision:
The Nature Manifesto
Having evolved [...]

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Target Goes Eco with MIO Designs

Eco-friendly versus affordable: do you always have to choose? Not at all – and soon, getting eco-friendly goods will be as simple as heading to your neighborhood Target. Philadelphia-based green design firm MIO has debuted a new line of cool green outdoor stuff now available at Target stores across the country.

Inhabitat has the scoop:
MIO is [...]

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Sweet Refurbished Vintage Furniture by Livin’ Pop

When it’s time to replace your saggy old couch and junky hand-me-down furniture – or you just want a fresh new look – secondhand is definitely the greenest way to go. But, as a few rounds of thrift store and garage sale shopping will show you firsthand that vintage goods are often a bit sad [...]

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Renewable Dress Design by Fernando Brízio

If you’re tired of how your dress looks, instead of throwing it out, wash it and draw a new design on it!
That’s the concept behind Fernando Brízio’s renewable clothing line.

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