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Gorgeous Composting Shed Woven From Re-Bar By Groves-Raines Architects

4:38 pm in composting, Design & Architecture, designers, scotland by TreeHugger

groves-raines1.jpgPhotos: Groves-Raines Architects Who said composting bins have to be unimaginative, boring boxes? Taking composting to fancier heights is Scottish architecture firm Groves-Raines Architects (GRA), which designed this free-flowing composting and storage shed in Edinburgh. Made out of re-bar that's woven into an undulating form, the structure is open on one end to allow access, and is topped with a green roof. It may be just a shed, but its innovative design has earned it some surprising accolades and awards, internationally a...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Volunteers Prevent Over 100 Whales From Beaching

11:51 pm in scotland, Travel & Nature, whales by TreeHugger

pilot whales rescued photo Photo: ahisgett / cc Late last week, after more than a hundred whales threatening to beach themselves were spotted off the coast of an island in Scotland, dozens of locals worked together to save them -- and their efforts seem to have worked. Thanks to a team of conservationists, fishermen and others, one group of disoriented pilot whales off the coast of South Uist were driven back towards deeper waters, and further from a suicidal fate that biologists have yet to fully understand....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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