If you’re still chuckling from the weirdest of 2008’s green building designs, pop some popcorn and pull up a chair before you check out the Dragonfly – it’s a 600-meter-tall wing-shaped skyscraper filled with self-sufficient offices and vertical gardens. Would you be happy to see this against the Manhattan skyline?

New Zealand comedian Mike King has been talking green for a while now, yet that didn’t keep him promoting the pork industry – until he …

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Metropolitan Home, one of my favorite sources for all things cool and current (and not just ’cause I wrote for them in the 80s ), has seen the light. And guess what? It’s solar LED and energy-efficient.

Vanity Fair may be scrapping green, but the April issue of Met Home is entirely devoted to eco-friendly finds in the world of upscale urban home design, including inspirational green houses such as a 1915 Craftsman-era

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