Photography Courtesy of MOMA New York

It just wouldn’t be modern art if it didn’t offer some pointed social commentary. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City gives new meaning to the phrase “home delivery” as it welcomes a new exhibit exploring the history of pre-fabricated housing. Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, of course, includes a look toward the future with a five-story structure dubbed the Cellophane House. It consists of fifteen easy-to-assemble chunks and runs on solar power. Sorry, it’s not available for purchase just yet. But someday such options might provide welcome alternatives.

moma.org

Musicians including Ben Brewer, Feist, and The Citizens Band are putting their money where their mouths are with respect to making the music industry a greener place to be. And they’re doing so (perhaps ingeniously) by using music as a gateway for youth interested in helping the environment. Green Owl, a new label out of New York City run by Brewer, fellow Appletrees member Ellenike Abreu, and Steven Clicken, released its first LP, The Green Owl Comp in April. The two-disc CD/DVD is a benefit record for the Energy Action Coalition, a nonprofit that supports the youth clean-energy movement. All proceeds will go to the coalition.

Photography Courtesy of Aptera

It looks something like a spaceship or a Star Wars X-wing, but these days, it seems like everything “green” does. Aptera founder Steve Fambro invites the ready, willing, and able (and shorter than 6′5″) to board the Aptera Typ-1, a car that allegedly gets 230 miles to the gallon. Fambro’s theory is that a car with minimal drag and an aerodynamic shape would cut down on those fuel bills, but it can be designed to be comfortable, safe, and user-friendly. Manufacturing for the car — which will tentatively cost nearly $27,000 for an electric-only version, and nearly $30,000 for a plug-in hybrid — starts at the end of this year. Something to keep in mind: anything more than two people and a baby could become a problem.