The World's Tallest Green Building, Quake Rocks the East Coast, and the Winner of our Back to School Contest! - Inhabitat's Week in Green August 25th

    

Dear Inhabitants- We're now entering the last week of August and we can't believe how fast the summer is flying by! This week we were shaken as the East Coast was rocked by a 5.6 earthquake and we brought you several groundbreaking green architecture projects - the world's tallest LEED Platinum building and a $65 billion transcontinental rail tunnel that will connect Siberia to Alaska. We're also looking forward to the launch of the 2011 Architecture and the City Festival next month, so stay tuned as we bring you exclusive coverage of some of the Bay Area's best green buildings. Finally, read on for the winner of our $1,155 Back to School Contest! ANNOUNCING: Our Back to School Contest Winners! After two weeks of competition and over 400 incredible entries, we're excited to announce the winner of our $1,155 Back to School Giveaway! It was a tremendous challenge to narrow down all of your amazing responses down to just one winner, but in the end our grand prize goes to... Natalie B (AKA Ferriz)! Congrats Natalie, and thanks to all of our readers who entered our competition - we hope you have a great green academic year! INHABITAT'S GREEN BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY > THE WEEK IN DESIGN NEWS Russia Approves $65 Billion Siberia-Alaska Rail Tunnel Quake Shakes East Coast From Virginia to New York City Taipei 101 is the World's Tallest LEED Platinum Building! Gigantic Yellow Bunny Made From Local Swedish Materials Millions of Sunflowers Soak Up Nuclear Radiation in Japan Virginia Earthquake Shakes Six Nuclear Power Plants Spaceship-Shaped 1960s Futuro House Lands in Rotterdam Mexico City to Build Green High Line Park in 2012! WIN GREEN STUFF Win an Eco-Friendly Back-to-School Kit Worth $90! Win a Vegan Laptop Tote From Crystalyn Kae! Enter the 3M Couple Speak Video Contest to Win $5,000! GIVEAWAY: Win a $150 Totsy Shopping Spree GREEN DESIGN COMPETITIONS Behance Student Showdown - DEADLINE: Aug 28th JanSport Outdoors Contest - DEADLINE: Aug 31st 2011 Algae Competition - DEADLINE: Sept 11th Spark Pro Design Awards - DEADLINE:  Sept 19th Gau:di Green Architecture Comp - DEADLINE: Oct 1st GREEN DESIGN EVENTS Join us at the 2011 Architecture and the City Festival! Heads up San Francisco Bay Area architecture fans! We're excited to announce that the 2011 Architecture and the City Festival will be kicking off an entire month of incredible events, lectures, and tours this Friday, August 26th with an opening party at 6pm at the San Francisco Design Center. We're looking forward to a fantastic evening of cocktails, food, music, and inspiration - we hope to see you there! ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY FESTIVAL > KIDS STORIES FROM INHABITOTS Sustainable Wooden Rulers for Back to School! Hand-Knit Super Hero Dolls Keep Plastic at Bay WEARABLE STORIES FROM ECOUTERRE A&F, H&M Linked to Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Rie Hosokai Turns Balloons Into Inflatable Couture Thanks for reading everyone - stay cool & see you nextweek! Jill and Mike Your Faithful Inhabitat Editors --  Inhabitat http://www.inhabitat.com Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/inhabitat Your are receiving this email because you opted in to our newsletter Unsubscribe telcomplap@live.com.mx from this list. Our mailing address is: Inhabitat 7 Essex St New York, New York 10002 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Inhabitat All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile