Inhabitat Weekly November 12th

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Inhabitants, We're mid-way through November, and with the winter holidays fast and furiously approaching, we're gearing up for our seasonal coverage and the unveiling of our annual Green Gift Guide! This year's Green Gift Guide will be better than ever, offering over 100 sustainable gift ideas sure to please everyone on your list! We also want to thank everyone who participated in our Green Halloween Costume Contest for making it such a success - we received tons of awesomely creative entries, so don't forget to check them out below! Announcing: Green Halloween Costume Contest Winners! This past Monday we were thrilled to announce the winners of our Green Halloween Costume Contest for Inhabitat and Inhabitots after an exciting week of online voting! Thank you to everyone who entered – we couldn’t be more psyched about the amazing homemade entries that poured in. It wasn’t easy, but we finally narrowed it down to a handful of fabulous finalists and then left it up to YOU to choose the winners of the costume competitions. Read on to see our winners! INHABITAT GREEN HALLOWEEN WINNERS > INHABITOTS GREEN HALLOWEEN WINNERS > And now for our favorite green design stories from the past week... Solar Powered Cité du Design Unveiled World’s Largest Man-Made Mountain Towers Over Berlin Solar Satellite Will be Fueled Solely by the Sun’s Rays! Is Encasing Cities in Giant Domes an Energy Solution? Taipei 101 To Be World’s Tallest Green Building India’s Barefoot Solar Engineers Building a Brighter Future Beautiful Buildings Made From Whole Trees 275 MPG eVARO Electric Vehicle Philadelphia Announces Tallest LEED Building in US GREEN KIDS STUFF FROM THE PAST WEEK IN INHABITOTS... Tio Light Switch Teaches Kids to Conserve Energy Eco-Friendly Wooden Scooter from Plan Toys Andrea Air Filter Uses House Plants to Purify Indoor Air FASHIONABLE FINDS FROM ECOUTERRE: Interview With Stewart + Brown’s Karen Stewart Upcycled Seatbelt Couture Puts Safety First Tara St. James’ Recycled Zipper Jewelry is Fasten-ating We Celebrate Ecouterre’s Official Launch! UPCOMING CONTESTS: WIN a NYC Skyline Mirror Made from Recycled Records! Hey New York Readers! We’re ramping up our coverage of eco-conscious NYC restaurants, book stores, boutiques and parks here on Inhabitat and we’re turning to YOU, our knowledgeable readers, to let us know which NYC green locales are worth checking out. To offer you a little extra incentive for your advice, we’re giving away this cool, handcrafted NYC Skyline Mirror by WrecordsByMonkey made from recycled LPs to the person who gives us the best tip! To enter, simply leave your suggestion in the comments of this post by Wednesday, November 18th! ENTER TO WIN THIS NYC SKYLINE MIRROR > Metropolis Next Generation 2010 Competition Each year we're excited to announce Metropolis Magazine's Next Generation Design Competition, and this year they're challenging architects and designers from all fields to create One Design Fix that, in scale or as inspiration, can improve our future. The prize is $10,000 and your design can relate to the products you use, your home, your workplace, your city, or any commercial application, so submit your entry today! Thats all for now, see you next week! Jill, Yuka & Mike Inhabitat Editors Extraordinaire Your are receiving this email because you opted in to our newsletter Unsubscribe fijatv.creations@blogger.com from this list. Our mailing address is: Inhabitat 7 Essex St New York, New York 10002 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Inhabitat All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile