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Where our kitchens came from and where they are going

How do you design a green, sustainable and healthy kitchen?




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Compact all-in-one kitchen unit hides stove, fridge and dishwasher (Video)

Perfect for tiny spaces, this multifunctional unit can be used as a kitchen, storage and workspace.




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Happy 50th birthday to the home microwave

The first affordable microwave changed the way we cooked- for a while, anyway




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Why do kitchens look the way they do?

Hint: It's all about putting women in their place.




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Modular kitchen unit liberates small spaces with its flexibility (Video)

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.




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Should your kitchen have a recirculating or a direct-exhaust hood? I am exhausted just thinking about it

It is a real problem when designing energy efficient homes, and it seems that there is no good solution except ordering in.




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Is the kitchen island finally going away?

Kitchens should be for cooking.




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Kitchen manufacturer figures out new ways to use more electricity

Abimis offers refrigerated drawers and heated tops. Does anyone need this?




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Is the end of the kitchen nigh?

A new report suggests that soon we will order everything in and we won't need a kitchen at all.




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Adaptable kitchen-in-a-box is for cooking-challenged millennials

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.




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The case for the closed kitchen

Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell makes a case for rooms; We concentrate on one of them.




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The Kitchen of the Future might be no kitchen at all

The Miele Dialog oven, combined with meal delivery, may make it obsolete.




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All I want is an open-concept kitchen

It would make my life as a parent so much easier.




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6 different kitchen floors that are healthy and green

Are you buying for looks or for function? It can be a tough call.




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Will the kitchen get Ubered out of existence?

Uber founder Travis Kalanick's new company runs "CloudKitchens" for cooks without restaurants. This will be big.




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British architects put women in the kitchen, British women architects get mad

More proof that some things never change.




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Hang your hobs on the wall when you aren't cooking with them

Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine




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Australian study finds gas stoves increase rate of childhood asthma

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.




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Would you live in an apartment without an oven?

It is evidently big news in Toronto that condos are being sold without ovens, but it shouldn't surprise anyone.




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Closed or open kitchen? Charlotte Perriand's design is the best of both worlds

Lessons from the kitchens at Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.




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Passive House Institute's look at kitchen fans is less than exhaustive

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?




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The future of food: Imaginary brands cooked up in ghost kitchens

We will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic.




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Finally, a minimalist fire extinguisher for your minimalist kitchen

Every kitchen should have one of these, and now it can fit right in.




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Five kitchen trends that should die in 2020

After another site makes a list, we add our own suggestions.




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Bio-Grow: Electronic Waste To Grow Algae For Biofuels

It's hard to imagine that the widespread issue of electronic waste could be seen as anything more than a problem, but what if it could be reused to make homegrown algae biofuels? That's what industrial design students at of the




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Amazing Lamp Powered by Algae, Water, and Your Breath

Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during




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Scientist Solves Mystery of Fertile Persian Gulf

On land, a fierce dust storm blots out any sign of life. But offshore, these banes of desert-dwellers' existence can be providers of life in what might otherwise be empty waters,




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Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor

These stunning underwater organisms offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land.




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Stunning Underwater Plants and Sea Life on the Ocean Floor (Slideshow)

The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an




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Ferran Adrià's elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli's Smartgrid

Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed




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Mexico Aims to Be Top Biofuel Producer With Algae Oil

When you think Mexico, think biofuels (not just tequila). That's the message of OriginOil, a Los Angeles, California, company that's been contracted by the Mexican government to produce 1 percent of the




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It's Not Just Asian Carp: U.S. Identifies 40 High-Risk Species

Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,




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Tweetable, Interactive Algae Farm is Energy-Generating "Cyber-Garden" (Photos)

This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.




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Pond Biofuels Takes CO2 From Cement Kiln, Grows Algae And Turns It Into Biofuel

We really do need more of this kind of thinking.




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Luminous Laser-Cut Lamps Made Out of Kelp

Kelp isn't just for eating; this designer is experimenting with the fast-growing, large algae for lighting.




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Fighting Slime Crimes in Florida

Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.




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Glowing algae makes for a living night light

With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.




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NOAA predicts dead zone size of New Jersey in Gulf of Mexico

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.




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29 new branches on the tree of life

The vast majority of species exist in a sort of 'dark matter' biomass. But new tools are shedding light on the microscopic organisms that, although invisible to our eyes, constitute the "most diverse and abundant" life forms on earth.




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Eating sunlight: Algaculture suit proposes symbiotic bond between humans and algae

An interesting design concept that envisions humans becoming semi-photosynthetic thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae.




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Bio-digital, interactive Urban Algae Canopy produces a small forest's worth of oxygen (Video)

This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.




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What if we could turn wastewater and algae into carbon-negative fuels and clean water?

Is this company getting closer to the dream of making truly sustainable carbon-negative fuel?




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Durable Danish seaweed furniture can be reused as fertilizer

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.




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UC San Diego students help produce the world's first algae-based surfboard

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.




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A Thai startup is growing spirulina on a Bangkok rooftop

EnerGaia, a Thai startup, is using the rooftop of a Bangkok hotel to harvest spirulina. Is this the new edible rockstar of urban farming?




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Phosphorus pollution poses a major threat to the world's lakes

Humans dump millions of tons of phosphorus into lakes every year, and it's destroying their ecosystems.




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This startup turns deadly algae blooms into plastic alternatives

Bloom hoovers up harmful algae overgrowth from waterways and turns it into a flexible foam that can replace some petroleum-based products.




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Vivobarefoot will launch an amphibious shoe made with algae-based foam this summer

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.




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This company is using algae to make environmentally friendly inks

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.




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This algae-filled living chandelier cleans your air

Designed with 'artificial leaves' of glass filled with algae, this lighting fixture is made to produce extra oxygen.