Inhabitat: Soda Ban Affects Coffee Drinkers Too, Cool New Shipping Container Home, Sugar Refinery Will Become Housing: Inhabitat NY Weekly March 8

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear NYC Inhabitants- This week, we saw sustainable architecture history being made as a couple moved into the first legal, stacked shipping container home in Brooklyn. David Boyle and Michele Bertomen opened up their self-designed, self-built container house to us and showed us everything from the two amazing rooftop decks to the clever repurposed furniture to the house's furry mascot, Zero. Click through our gallery to take your own tour through this inspirational abode. EVENTS THIS WEEK Fri Mar 8 - Beyond NY: Organic vs. Geometrical Context Fri Mar 8-Sat Mar 9 - FIRST Mega-Celebration of Science, Technology, LEGO and Robotics Thru Mar 27 - David d'Ostillio: The Chopping Block THIS WEEK'S NEWS NYC's Soda Ban Gives Coffee Drinkers the Jitters Too Private Golf Green and Rooftop Oasis atop Midtown Office  Massive Hunter's Point Housing Project Breaks Ground New York City Students Rally to Ban Plastic Bags 19,000 sq. ft. Green Roof has Diamond-Shaped Skylights Domino Sugar Refinery to Be Transformed into Affordable Housing Complex by SHoP Architects Couple Moves into Stacked Shipping Container Home LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Green Shops Organic Avenue From soy candles to home accessories to health drinks, Organic Avenue has everything you need to make your home comfortable without harming the environment. While you're there, don't forget to check out their extensive line of beauty and pharmaceutical products and their cleansing juices. Sustainable NYC "Green" is the only word you need to describe Sustainable NYC. From all-natural toiletries and organic baby blankets to non-toxic cleaners and recycled clothing, Sustainable NYC sells everything you need to live a greener lifestyle. All of their products are either local, organic, recycled, fair trade, repurposed, biodegradable, or produced with alternative energy and the 1,300 square foot store is built from 300-year old reclaimed timber.  Thanks for reading everyone - catch you next week! Jill and Yuka Your Faithful Inhabitat NYC Editors --  Inhabitat NYC http://www.inhabitat.com/nyc Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/inhabitatnyc 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