Green Design, Popular Stories

We're big fans of repurposing here at EG, so what better way to kick off this week's roundup than with the story of a train that's been converted into a cafe?

The Essex County Environmental Center in New Jersey, USA has exhibits about the environment for young children and is made out of recycled materials.

WindyLights: beautiful pinwheel-like lights charged with soft gusts of wind power!

An amazing interactive billboard made out of hundreds of living wild plants!

Instead of throwing spent joint roaches into the bin, artist Cliff Maynard makes the ashtray his palette, creating mosaics of famous pop icons from the browned papers.

Fancy a quick, easy and eco-friendly LAST MINUTE Halloween costume?!

These environmentally friendly, useful, bizarre and unique chairs are perfect for any decor, particularly for those who want to save the planet.

At long last, a place where art and nature come together in a conservation dream. Switzerland is home to the astounding beauty of the first tree museum on earth.

It is possible to go green in such a way that you save money, encourage plant and insect life, and enjoy much more pleasant surroundings, even in the heart of the city.

To use everyday rubbish as a basis for artwork may seem gross, but this most environmentally friendly artist creates genuine beauty from discarded trash.

Cities would be much nicer places to live if nature was part of building design. 'Moss Your City' is an installation which highlights just how good this can look.

Those printed words, discarded so thoughtlessly along with the paper that bears them, get collected and transformed into incredible works of art by Nick Georgiou.

American Modernist Architect designs a completely green house in the wilderness

Britain's innovative contribution to the "Better City - Better Life" Shanghai Expo theme is the Seed Cathedral.

The Champs-Elysees is transformed into a work of nature, celebrating French farmers and local fare.

London's Elephant Parade: In aid of the near-extinct Asian Elephants. (Lots and Lots of Pictures)

Not everything that gets thrown away as garbage has really lost its usefulness. Plenty of people are taking the green message to heart and recycling in a big way.

Who would ever believe we could construct buildings that could "kill" pollution?

Gilberto Esparza created Plantas Nomadas, but is it art?

Discover 20 awesomely creative environmental ads from around the world.