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Boston Metro Area to Get 150 ChargePoint Electric Car Charging Stations

4:12 pm in boston, Cars & Transportation, electric cars, electric vehicles, hybrid cars, News, Science & Technology, transportation by TreeHugger

chargepoint-ev-electric-car-charging-station-photo Photo: Chargepoint I Wonder What Santa Drives... Coulomb Technologies, the electric vehicle infrastructure company, has announced that it will install 150 'ChargePoint' EV charging stations around the Boston metropolitan area. The money for this comes from a $37 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy, and Boston will be just one of many areas that will see ChargePoints pop up like urban mushrooms. When all is said and done, Coulomb plans to have built 4,600 EV charging stations around the U.S. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Artist For Humanity Youth Develop Plastic Bag Bar Stools (Photos)

8:23 am in artists, boston, Design & Architecture, green design, kitchen, materials, recycled building materials by TreeHugger

ReVision Stool photo ReVision bar stool made with 200 plastic bags. Photo: courtesy Artists of Humanity From Artists of Humanity comes an innovative design that turns more than 200 plastic shopping, dry-cleaning or newspaper bags into a colorful plastic bar stool, called "ReVision." Made by inner-city youth in Boston, Massachusetts, the stools received the Social Responsibility Award by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) at the 2011 Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York City. Photos:...Read the full story on TreeHugger