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Glass Lasts Forever – Wood or Coal Burns Up

A company in Paso Robles, California makes FireCrystals® – processed tempered glass chunks that with an accompanying burner system and hearth hardware, are intended for use with a natural gas flame. Natural gas has about half the carbon footprint of coal, and saves forests that would be destroyed by burning wood. So these chunky, indestructible [...]

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Maia, the Luxurious Resort Deep in the Heart of the Seychelles

An amazing retreat on the secluded beach of Anse Louis deep in the heart of the Seychelles, Maia is a real sanctuary that stretches along a pristine beachfront washed by the Indian Ocean. With 30 thatched villas, each with its own infinity pool and amazing ocean views, the lush resort is only surrounded by Jungle Book-style [...]

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Kid-Friendly Holiday House for Swimmers

Here’s a house designed to tumble you right into the pool! Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido of Assadi & Pulido Architects, have created a kids paradise – the perfect setting from which to enjoy the view and the outdoors.

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Consider A New Measure of Carbon Footprint

It’s the new pig on the block. We have the carsoffthe road. We have the lightbulbsreplaced. Next we will look at apartment pools and see them as a similar measure of pigginess. Worse in some ways, as the solution is simple.

Apartment pools should be covered at night. It’s the climate-friendly thing to do.

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WAVE hammock – on the wave of bliss

Remember the lazy summer afternoons in the backyard when you were lying on a hammock under the shade of the trees you hung it on? The WAVE Hammock by Erik Nyberg and Gustav Strom recreates that blissful feeling with a single difference – you no longer need trees for your hammock. The secret of its [...]

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