Inhabitat Weekly November 19th

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Inhabitants, As the weather turns chilly and sustainably-harvested sugarplums begin to dance in our heads, we're warming up to unleash a blast of holiday cheer with our annual Green Gift Guide! This year's guide will be bigger and better than ever before, with new categories and over 100 new gifts that are guaranteed to spread green holiday cheer -- so stay tuned as we unveil our 2009 Gift Guide next week! And now for our favorite green design stories from the past week... Solar Powered Treehouse Classrooms Unveiled in the UK Energy Positive House to Supply Power to Grid in Sweden Scientists Create Bacteria that Glows to Reveal Land Mines Terrafon Plays the Earth as an Instrument Coke to Roll Out Plant-Based Plastic Bottles UNstudio to Revitalize Beijing with Their Creative Zone Uber-Thin Modular Solar Panels Energize Any Building ChargeCar Aims to Create Crowdsourced Electric Vehicles Trash-Powered Street Lamp GREEN KIDS STUFF FROM THE PAST WEEK IN INHABITOTS... James May’s LEGO Home Demolished The Fakery Bakery’s Felt Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Reclaimed Wooden Rubber City Stamps FASHIONABLE FINDS FROM ECOUTERRE: LED Galaxy Dress is World’s Largest Wearable Display Power Your Music Player With Your Running Pants DIY “Colour-In” Dress is a Coloring Book You Can Wear Human Teeth Jewelry: Creepy or Cool? UPCOMING CONTESTS: Win a bOble Tumbling Elephant Chair! We're giving away this super lovable, multifunctional bOble Tumbling Elephant, and all that you have to do to win is leave a comment on this post! This interactive toy sure to keep kids happily occupied indoors this winter - a seated child may enjoy its rocking function, curious tots may also stand on top of the Elephant’s feet to hone their balancing skills, and the jolly giant is also great to lie across for resting. Our contest ends this Sunday at 12 Midnight, so enter today! ENTER TO WIN A BOBLE TUMBLING ELEPHANT > Enter Dwell's Parkitecture Design Competition! What will the garage of the future look like? Dwell's newest contest challenges you to incorporate forward-thinking technology into a freestanding building that can hold no more than three vehicles. Using Google SketchUp, entrants are invited to submit at least two renderings — one interior and one exterior — that illustrate the technological possibilities and sustainable potential of the garage of the future. The winner will receive coverage by Dwell and $1,000, and the competition ends November 20th so get cranking! SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN FOR THE GARAGE OF THE FUTURE > 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