July 22, 2004

Land

The Dymaxion House

It looks like a big metallic mushroom, a futuristic tent or a spaceship. Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion was the first modern house specifically designed to be off -grid, autonomous, energy self-sufficient and environment friendly. That was almost a century ago. Best known for the invention of the geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller is also one of the founders of the environmental design movement.

Dymaxion House

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An electric please, to go

Electric cars are eco-friendly, cheap and widely available but not in Europe. Loyal-to-oil car manufacturers tend not to market them and most of us still think electric cars exist only on golf courses.…

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