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From a Vat of Green Tea, Grows Gross (but Cool) Green Fashion called BioCouture (Photos)
Jul 13th
Bio Bomber Jacket, grown from a vat of green tea. Image courtesy of Suzanna Lee.
Is it possible to “grow a frock from a vat of liquid” using cellulose-spinning bacteria? This is exactly what fashion designer Suzanna Lee asked before she began BioCouture, a research project based at Central Saint Martin’s College in London. From a vat of sugary green tea, she grew a textile biomaterial, resulting in seamless clothing that has the look and feel of vegetable leather (we read it first on Seed and Sew). Click through for more gross (but cool) …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Cycling with Style Promotes New Bicycle Schemes in London
Jul 13th
Images from the Guardian Good for You, Green For London by Rachel Lillie
London’s Transport Museum held a competition: asking designers and artists to create posters to push cycling and all its benefits. We know what they are: cleaner environment, healthier people, and fewer cars. But take a look at the many and delightful ways that these winning designs have illustrated the joys of cycling…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Cambridge UK Site of Europe’s First Eco-Mosque
Jul 12th
Image: Marks Barfield
The historic city of Cambridge, UK will soon be home to Europe’s first real eco-mosque. Designed by Marks Barfield, the same design firm known for the London Eye and the Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway, the £13 million project will be built on a 0.4 hectare brownfield that was purchased two years ago, just for the purpose of building a new structure that hopes to inspire other mosques to abide by the long-standing <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/old_roofr…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Climategate Scientists Vindicated, ‘Honesty Not in Doubt’
Jul 8th
LONDON, UK, July 8, 2010 (ENS) – Climate scientists at a UK research unit whose emails were hacked and published in a scandal known as Climategate have been found to be both honest and credible after…
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