While Spring has begun to drape itself around the Big Apple, Manhattan still looks great in winter.

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These days, environmentalists aren’t only interested in saving the earth. They’re also consumed with finding ways to make green living affordable, stylish, and fun. From moss bathmats to re-imagined architecture, eco-friendly designs now rival traditional design schools of thought in appearance and functionality. Below, we explore some of today’s best green design trends:

Incredible Roofs

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Green roofing has been around in some communities for decades, but only recently has it caught on as a worldwide trend. These eco-friendly roofs are visually pleasing, but also incredibly kind to the earth. They can reduce a phenomenon known as the urban heat island, a troubling trend where urban areas measure higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas, and the roofs can also reduce the building’s energy consumption.

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The tiny tidal island and commune was once off reach to most of France, thus proving it an effective fortress when it was created in the sixth century. But thanks to changing weather patterns and increased human habitation, its distance from Normandy has diminished. To preserve Mont Saint-Michel’s legacy, in 2006 the French prime minister announced plans to create a dam and remove the silt which caused the 44-person settlement to lose its status as an island.