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Crazy Pixel Building to Be Australia's First Carbon Neutral Office
Should Cell Phone Towers Be Put on Residential Buildings?
Tower City is an Ecotopia Stacked Upon Stilts
Cocaine addicts are snorting their way to a warmer world
Gorgeous Green Roofed High School Rises in France
Reusable Bottles: Glass Makes a Come Back
Sustainable Dining on a Bus
The Perverse Hybrid Incentive
Curb Your Footprint: Curb Your Appetite
USA Could Generate 37 Million Gigawatt-hours From Wind
World's First Kite-Powered Fishing Trawler
Solar Cell Building Skin
The dark side of bacon
4 US States Have Lowered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Below 1990 Levels
San Francisco commits $150 million to green homes
Ethanol Industry Sues California
Edible Schoolyard Set to Spring to Life in Brooklyn
Carrot & Stick Policy is Driving Clean Energy Development
Graze Organic Reusable Lunch Bags and Napkins
Parenting 101: Danger has “Great Learning Benefit” for Children
$1.45 million QinetiQ Research on Remote Environmental Sensors
You Can (Dis)count On Us - Deals for Green Tuesday
Are Carpets & Computers Dispensing Timed-Release Birth Control Vapors?
Eco-friendly Bags
'Solar panel loans' to help homeowners invest in green energy
10 Bizarre Ice Cream Flavours
Oscar smiles upon ‘Food, Inc.,’ stiffs ‘Mr. Fox’
Obama’s budget proposal serves up thin gruel for school lunch reform
US Green Building Council to Honor Hospitality Design Challenge Winners
First LEED Certified NFL Stadium Ever Coming to LA
UK renewables industry on tenterhooks over tariff plan
Australia's Bridge House
TED Talks: Architecture in the Future that Repairs Itself?
Ask Umbra’s video advice on making your own club soda
Check out Urban Sustainable Living Magazine
Battery-recycling law in force
Twelve Practical Ways to Green-Up Your Autumn
Prefab Housing Pyramid Puts Students in a (Container) Box
Up is down. Black is white. Night is day. GM's Lutz advocates for increased gas tax.
10 Places to Find Back-to-School Clothes on the Cheap
Recycled Student Housing
Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in New Homes
Canada's Ice Hotel
Smelly Pen 50% Plant-based Renewable Plastic
Great News: Kimberly-Clark to Stop Turning Boreal Forests into Kleenex
Flat Pack Homes For Haiti
The Land of Cuckoo Clocks & Environmental Beauty
New York's Health and Design Chiefs Talk Design That Makes Us Healthier (Video)
How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution
Ironhorse Eco-Housing
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Chicken vs Egg: Does Suburban Sprawl Represent the Free Market or Over-Regulation? Neither. Postwar suburban sprawl, courtesy of George Bailey and his Savings and Loan A lot of the Libertarian types think that those of us promoting higher densities and urban life are trying to limit freedom of choice. Joe Mysak wrote in Bloomberg about us: The notion appeals especially to people who like to think they'll be in charge after the revolution. They would apparently love nothing more than for the population to be confined to Soviet-style c..
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Can One Call Mitch Kapor's Berkeley House "Green"? Kapor Klein House model, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects There is a fight going on in Berkeley, over the construction of a house for Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus and creator of Lotus 123, the program that made personal computers useful. Neighbours, architects and others call it "absurd" that the house should be called green, saying its 10,000 square feet is far too big. One neighbour complains that "green building begins with using 'just ..
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All Together Now: Green Modern Cooperative Living in Australia Images from Sanctuary Magazine, Rachel Pilgrim & Andrew Lecky So many of the green houses we see are single family, alone in the country, but there are more and more developers and builders trying to build green communities. On Munro court in the mining town of Castlemaine, outside of Victoria, Australia, eight lovely little modern houses have been designed by Robyn Gibson of Lifehouse design. None are over 1500 square feet, and it is sort of a..
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After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage? Urine-Separating NoMix Toilet Gets Thumbs-Up in 7 European Countries NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr Technological Innovations in the Bathroom You Bet! Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there's such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had "NoMix" toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and produce more methane to generate electricity), and we could much more ea..
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Dubai Skyscraper Is One Giant Wind and Solar Generator Images: Studied Impact It's hard to fathom much of the news from Dubai, especially when it comes to architecture. Then again, this city of excess has delivered some astonishing structures, including, of course, the world's tallest building. So it with a mixture of cynicism and excitement that we greet proposals such as this. Actually, it's just a competition entry. But this is Dubai, and you never know.... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Shanghai’s International Cruise Terminal to be Cooled By The River In preparation for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo Sparch Architects has designed this master plan for the International Cruise Terminal. The Terminal includes a cruise welcome center, office space, courtyards, as well as a green corridor along the Huangpu River. Arup Engineering is responsible for the energy efficient design of the welcome atrium, which includes [...]..
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PREFAB FRIDAY: Beautiful Green Roofed Affordable Housing In the UK Read the rest of PREFAB FRIDAY: Beautiful Green Roofed Affordable Housing In the UKPermalink | Add to del.icio.us | diggPost tags: "solar energy", affordable housing, Birchway, Birchway Eco Community, Daylighting, eco design, green design, green roof, hillingdon, living roof, London, low income housing, photovoltaics, Prefab, Prefab friday, sedum, Sustainable Building, UK..
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Will London 2012 be ‘The Green Olympics’? The Winter Olympics are over and amongst the medals and trouncing the US at hockey, Vancouver was praised for hosting the “greenest Olympics ever” with LEED certified buildings, the use of recaptured gas and the construction of a hydrogen highway. However, London looks set to raise the bar even higher with plans to blow Vancouver’s [...]..
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Architects Tell Californians to Brace for the Next Big Earthquake The US Geological Survey has said that California has a 99.7% chance of having a magnitude 6.7 earthquake — or bigger — in the next three decades. University of California, Berkeley Professor and former Architecture Department Chair Mary Comerio says that, “California is probably the best-prepared place in the world,” but there are still preventative [...]..
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READER TIP: Bent and Sliced House by Hufft Projects Designed by Hufft Projects, the “Bent and Sliced House” puts an innovative idea – bending a home to accommodate the curving slope of the site – into action. In addition to bending the house, slicing and unfolding it in a manner similar to Japanese Origami is introduced to create clerestories allowing opportunities for daylighting and [...]..
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Greens protest genetically modified potato go-ahead Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes...
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Two more areas propose eco-towns Two new areas have been added to the list of proposals for a "second wave" of eco-towns, the Government said today. ..
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Green car incentives may be a victim of their own success Government efforts to encourage motorists to buy greener cars are proving so successful they are raising concerns that tax breaks for cleaner vehicles may have to be re-jigged...
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Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost The star of the BBC's Gardeners' World has been drafted in by the Government as they try to persuade the public to stop using peat compost...
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Fury as EU approves GM potato The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of human diseases that fail to respond to antibiotics, it was claimed last night...
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Five Ways to Really Green Your St. Patrick’s Day It just seems right to green the "greenest" of all holidays, doesn't it Here's how to transfer a bit of that Irish luck to Mother Earth...
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Carnival of the Green #207 Lighter Footstep hosts the 207th edition of Carnival of The Green. Browse a great collection of articles submitted by some of the Green web’s top writers...
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Twelve Practical Ways to Green-Up Your Autumn The arrival of autumn means cooler temperatures, darker evenings -- and a last chance to get your home ready for winter. Here are twelve ways to get started!..
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10 Places to Find Back-to-School Clothes on the Cheap Want to cut your back-to-school budget in half It all starts with finding quality used clothing. Here's where to start in your community...
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A Glorious Gallery of Rot: Compost as Art Compost's job is to rot -- to decompose and become next season's topsoil. What happens along the way is either beautiful or disgusting, depending on your viewpoint...
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The Other “Party of No” The Obama administration is struggling to follow through on promises with regard to health care and climate change because of a Republican party that seems to have no interest in constructive efforts to solve problems for the American people.  But the Republicans are not the only “Party of No” that will make it difficult for Obama to deliver on his promises.  Soon after he came to office, the President gave a speech to the National Ac..
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Vermont Senate Rejects Relicensure for Yankee Nuclear Plant In what some view as a harbinger of the difficult political task of relicensing the aging stock of 1970s era nuclear reactors nationwide, Vermont’s state Senate exercised its uniquely-held state relicensing authority to reject a plan to keep the Vermont Yankee plant open beyond 2012. The vote came at a time of controversy for the plant itself, after recent concerns about tritium leaks have gone public and as activists, protestors and lawmak..
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World’s First Convention Center to Achieve LEED Platinum Rating No doubt the current Olympics has and continue to dazzle people with the drama (some outside of the venues) but somehow lost amongst the sports accomplishments remains the face that Vancouver touted this Olympics as the Greenest ever. It seems that China also made that claim a couple years ago. Instead of getting into a comparison of this green aspect versus that sustainable item, we took a look at the Vancouver Convention Center West, which mark..
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The Organic Pharmacy :: Coming Up Roses. I used to think the smell of roses was something my grandmother might like but certainly wouldn’t pass the test of my modern girl olfactory senses. How wrong could I be! If you’ve ever plunged your nose into a fresh, powdery rose bloom on a warm day, you’ll know what I’m talking about. The new Double Rose Rejuvenating Cream from The Organic Pharmacy uses over 95% organic ingredients (most of which are cold-pressed), one of..
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Green Options Media undergoing a major transition Welcome to GreenOptions.com! If it doesn’t look quite like you remember, you’re not crazy. We’re in the process of a big switch with greenoptions.com, after which it will function as a full-fledged online community for green living. Stay tuned! (but expect the switch to happen in late March) Best, David Anderson ..
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Incredible Bamboo Architecture by Vo Trong Nghia Bamboo is the stuff of green dreams these days. Not only is this material a winning combination of strong, lightweight and flexible; it also scores highly in the sustainable stakes, being super fast growing and easy to harvest locally in many parts of the world. What's more, it is increasingly lauded for its aesthetic qualities. None of this is news to any architect worth their salt – but one in particular, Vietnamese virtuoso Vo Trong Nghia, sta..
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The Land of Cuckoo Clocks & Environmental Beauty Although often associated with banks, cuckoo clocks, chocolate and cheese, it's less commonly known that Switzerland is also one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world. Travelling there offers fresh alpine air and spectacular mountainous scenery, but behind the scenes, less appreciable things are going on to keep it that way. Discover why Switzerland is keeping it green and what you could savour by taking an eco-friendly trip..
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10 Bizarre Ice Cream Flavours Especially in the eastern parts of the world, there are some really whacked out ice cream flavours – like ox tongue, raw horseflesh, seaweed, shark fin, whale and goat – that will just take a teeny while longer before they catch on in the West. Here we focus on ten unusual flavours with potential instead. Weird today, mainstream tomorrow. Wouldn’t be the first time. ..
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Green Notes at Montreal International Jazz Festival The Montreal International Jazz Festival – the largest of its kind in the world – has just pulled the curtain down on its annual mix of music and visitors from all over the globe. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, this year there was something extra-special about the Jazz Fest. Not only were the jazz notes as blue as the deep sea, but the festival adopted a green ethos that matched the lushness of many of the city’s spaces. ..
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World Population Day Special: The Power Of Crowds World Population Day is not only a time to reflect on the many ways in which we could improve the lives of the Earth’s 6.7 billion citizens but also a chance to appreciate the power of the people – our energy, determination and ability to achieve when we put our minds together. The following ten images show that even in a crowd, everybody counts...
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Community Solar Gardens Help Renters Go Green, but Solar Companies are Concerned If you live rent an apartment, own a condominium, live in a shady neighborhood, or simply don’t want solar panels on your roof, residents of  Colorado have a solution:  community solar gardens.  What’s a community solar garden  It’s a unique idea to allow residents to purchase a share of a large solar array that would [...][Community Solar Gardens Help Renters Go Green, but Solar Companies are Concerned from Green Living Ideas] ..
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Skeptical Science iPhone App: Overcoming Global Warming Deniers We’ve all been out at the pub getting a seasonal pint, or down at the deli getting a tea and some salad, when you overhear someone next to you say, “I don’t know, I just don’t think that global warming thing is real. At least, it’s not our fault…” Or maybe it’s the friend you’re [...][Skeptical Science iPhone App: Overcoming Global Warming Deniers from Green Living Ideas] ..
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False-Flag AB32 “Implementation” Group is Dealt Another Setback A conservative economist at a state college who was paid $54,000 to write a false report on California’s global warming cap and trade bill has backed off his claims after Stanford University economists criticized the business-funded study as “very, very defective.” An industry group, falsely naming itself  “AB32 Implementation Group” AB32IG.com paid  Sanjay [...][False-Flag AB32 “Implementation” Group ..
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iPhone 3G S or DROID: How Much Radiation Does Your Smartphone Emit? I got my first smartphone for my birthday, and it is true it has changed many aspects of my communicating life.  I love my iPhone and have been so enthralled with its applications that I have not stopped to consider how much radiation it emits until a friend sent me the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) [...][iPhone 3G S or DROID: How Much Radiation Does Your Smartphone Emit from Green Living Ideas] ..
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Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste Turning trash into resources and helping to alleviate poverty at the same time is an audacious goal, but an organization called Waste for Life has taken it on. The group has been working in Lesotho, South Africa, and Argentina to transform discarded materials, chiefly non-recycled plastic waste, into both domestic products and building materials. Waste for [...][Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste from Green Living Ideas] ..
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Recycled Pitcher and Glasses These blown glass tumblers and pitcher are made from lead-free, un-tempered and recycled glass, which is melted at very high temperatures. Completely handcrafted which guarantees that there will never be two pieces exactly alike. Perfect for you folks out there who like to step away from the mass produced cookie cutter type home [...]..
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Recycled Vacuum Tubes Easter is coming and you can have the most eco-friendly …not to mention the most interesting peeps a person could hope for! Made from recycled vintage radio vacuum tubes. The chicks are flocked so that they are fuzzy and the roosters come with hand shaped comb cocks and beaks. Get them quick because [...]..
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Recycled Crafts from Haiti These items are created by a group of more than 200 Haitian artisans called Comite Artisanal Haitian (CAH). The group was founded in 1973 as a non-profit organization. $39.00 at One World Projects $17.00 at One World Projects One World Projects will donate 50% of all Haitian product profits to non-profit organizations such as Partners in [...]..
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Recycled Skateboard Jewelry Recycled skateboard bangles and earrings made from used and recycled skateboards. The colors and patterns are often left over from the original skateboard complete with its own personality and pizazz. This jewelry is a great opportunity to show off your creativity, individuality and take action to save our planet. Rings are $54.00, Earrings are $42.00 [...]..
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Eco-friendly Bags We’re introducing a new advertiser on GreatGreenGoods today …and we are so happy to have them! If you looking for a good looking bag that is also eco-friendly, you can’t go wrong with a bag from instinctive. They are made with recycled materials (the main body fabric, the polyester webbing and the plastic [...]..
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The Future of Green Building Legislation? As part of a new series of papers regarding federal, state and local decisions to expand energy efficiency choices for consumers, DEFG has published a free report on New York City’s “Greener, Greater Buildings Plan.” The GGBP is a key component of an effort to reduce pollution and energy costs in the city by 30% by 2030 and was initially touted as “first‐of‐its‐kind.” Not surprisingly, it was scaled back after pressure from loc..
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World’s First Convention Center to Achieve LEED Platinum Rating No doubt the current Olympics has and continue to dazzle people with the drama (some outside of the venues) but somehow lost amongst the sports accomplishments remains the face that Vancouver touted this Olympics as the Greenest ever. It seems that China also made that claim a couple years ago. Instead of getting into a comparison of this green aspect versus that sustainable item, we took a look at the Vancouver Convention Center West, which mark..
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Yurt Living: Book Review Honestly, I researched small sustainable home building options for three years and was not sold on a yurt until I realized the fabric kits are the least expensive and fastest way to build a home. That was 2008 August. Architectural plans, finances, property construction, etc. caused me to store the yurt until I moved in 2009 April. My new home was erected in three days. This is 2010 February (almost a year of yurt dwelling) and I just recently co..
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Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in New Homes Being green means saving energy.  However, being green also means staying healthy.  A study released today indicates those two goals may be at odds with each other in new homes. Today the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a study of indoor air quality in new homes.  The report found that new homes have too little ventilation and too much formaldehyde. Ventilation in the majority of homes did not meet code.  The median 24‐hour outdoo..
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Dune Architect Transforms Desert Sand into Dwellings for the Green Wall Sahara Shelterbelt This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post. Above, creative architecture student Magnus Larsson shares his incredible idea to help settlers along the harsh Sahara desert. His proposed process of re-structuring sand is a building material process already researched for helping strengthen earthquake prone land with sustainable bacteria that turns shifting sand into a solid mass. Looks like Larsson is creating sandcastles ..
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Pig Business Exposes the Grisly Inner Workings of the Pork Industry Image credit: Grist Pig business is not an easy documentary to watch. First of all, the images of the inner workings of pig farms and slaughterhouses can turn the stomach of even the most steadfast meat-eater. Second, and more significantly, the film has not been—and likely never will be—released in the United States. This means that American viewers are relegated to ingesting the film in 10-minute segments via YouTube.... Read the ..
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Young Farmers are Combining Politics with Pitchforks Image credit: Good The life of a farmer is a difficult one—meaning, for most, years of hard work, little money, and even less appreciation. Maybe it is this reason that passing down the family farm has become an increasingly difficult proposition.... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products World consumption of most common commodity triglyceride vegetable oils. Image credit:Wikipedia Certain plant oils, especially palm oil, have a reputation of being produced unsustainably. Many plant oils are low-cost commodities (see table above for recent global volumes). Certain of the commodity plant oils are used extensively in soap and personal care products; and demand for these is increasing (a growing market segment does not accept an..
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Dying for a Cookie: Seemingly Harmless Foods That Aren't Michael Pollan's first food rule is simple: Eat Food, which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or "highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients derived from corn and soy that no normal person keeps in the pantry, and contain chemical additives with which the human body has not been long acquainted." 1. Palm Oil Many of those substances are bad for ou..
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Arctic Doomsday Vault Now Has Half Million Samples - Becomes World's Most Diverse Collection of Saved Seeds photo: Mari Tefre/Svalbard Global Seed Vault The doomsday Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway--begun as protection against any potential future calamity that threatens global food production--just turned two years old and has also just passed the half million mark in terms of seed varieties saved. This makes it the most diverse collection of crop diversity anywhere in the world. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Review: The Book of Rubbish Ideas [ed note: the following post is written by Alison Bayne.  Check out her blog at alisonbayne.blogspot.com] The Book of Rubbish Ideas is anything but rubbish. It is FULL of excellent tips to help eco-newbies and hard-core Greens see rubbish as a resource, cut down on waste, and save time, money and resources as a result. Don’t be [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review: The Book of Rubbish Ideas", url: "http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/p=..
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A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car [ed note:] This post was sent to us by Tammy Roberts, from West Yorkshire, UK: I’M GIVING UP MY CAR I didn’t learn to drive until I was 30.  Up until that point, I hadn’t seen the point of having a car or even having the ability to drive, as public transport was convenient enough.  However, 2 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car", url: "http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/p=4056" });..
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Up is down. Black is white. Night is day. GM’s Lutz advocates for increased gas tax. From CNNMoney.com: Lutz was asked if that means he would favor higher gasoline taxes, as in Europe where taxes drive fuel to more than $5 a gallon. He said he couldn’t speak for GM, but he said he saw a lot of value in a steady tax rise to much higher levels. “You either continue with inexpensive [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Up is down. Black is white. Night is day. GM’s Lutz advocates for increased gas tax.", url: "htt..
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Biosphere 2, Meet the Second Law of Thermodynamics My graduate school advisor, Charles Hall, is a very intelligent man, though he frequently defers to his doctoral advisor’s talent and knowledge.  Howard Odum explained the first and second laws of thermodynamics concisely and in a manner easy to understand: The quantity of energy within a system is maintained (first law).  However, the quality of that [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biosphere 2, Meet the Second Law of Thermodynamics", url..
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Mountain Rose Herbs Launches a Revolutionary Carpooling and Bicycling Program Mountain Rose Herbs, a small Organic herb, spice and tea company in Oregon, recently launched a new carpooling and bicycling program that might be the best I’ve read about in my time writing green stories. From their site: Mountain Rose Herbs offers one of the nations finest carpool and cycling programs which pays substantial cash incentives to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mountain Rose Herbs Launches a Revolutionary Carpooling and B..
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Hank D and the Bee: Monsanto Sending Bees to Jail Millions Against Monsanto Campaign Say No to GMOs! Follow Joe’s cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com and on Twitter at @GreenCartoons. Related Posts: Hank D and the Bee: Bee’s Blood Hank D and the Bee: Bee Doesn’t Feel Right Hank D and the Bee: The Favor Hank D and the Bee: Waterless Shower Hank D and the Bee: Carbon Sequestration Hank D and the Bee: Monsanto Sending [...]Hank D and the Bee: Monsanto Sending Bees to Jail is a post ..
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NIH to Recommend VBACs: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean I have many friends and family members that have delivered their first babies via Cesarean surgery.  Subsequent births were scheduled c-sections; the mothers were given no choice in the matter. Only one of these women actually experienced a vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) delivery, and that was because she went into labor before her scheduled surgery. [...]NIH to Recommend VBACs: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean is a post from: Eco Chi..
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Nice Versus Kind Editor’s Note: We are honored to publish the following guest post by Zoe Weil.   Zoe is the President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) and author of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times and Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. What’s the [...]Nice Versus Kind is a post from: Eco Child's Play ..
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5 Green Products: Seaweed Snacks to Organic Literate Jammies 1. Yamamotoyama Seaweed Snack Chips Teriyaki We discovered these seaweed snacks at a health food store in Mt. Shasta, CA. My kids love to just snack on full sheets of nori, but these small snack size bites are perfect for munching in the car and packing in school lunches. Nori has traditionally been eaten in [...]5 Green Products: Seaweed Snacks to Organic Literate Jammies is a post from: Eco Child's Play ..
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New Study to Link Environmental Chemicals with Autism If prevention is, in fact, the best medicine, then we need to pay much closer attention to the role chemicals in the environment play in the rise of disease, related health care costs, and human suffering. In last week’s New York Times, Nicholas Kristof highlights the issue in his column “Do Toxins Cause Autism” As a new [...]New Study to Link Environmental Chemicals with Autism is a post from: Eco Child's Play ..
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Five green steps for moving to a new home (Photo: Getty Images) I recently moved out of my apartment, and as I packed my 10-years' worth of belongings under the strain of a deadline to leave my old place, I discovered how easy it is for even the most eco-minded person to be extremely un-green and create a lot of waste during this one very big event. So I decided to make a plan for how to do it right:   1. Throwing out The key in the moving process is time. Plan for time ahead..
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Obama announces Cash for Caulkers program Today, President Obama announced the details of the HOMESTAR program, otherwise known as "Cash for Caulkers."  The president said the home retrofit program would create construction jobs, reduce the nation's energy use equal to the output of three coal power plants, save participating households $200-$500 per year in energy costs and support energy efficiency innovation. The program basically includes rebates for energy efficiency improvements th..
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Nontoxic ways to keep linoleum floors clean EarthTalk is a Q&A column from E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I have a new linoleum floor, which I chose partly for its eco-friendliness. How do I clean and maintain it without using harsh or toxic chemicals -- A.J. Maimbourg, via e-mail Whether you chose linoleum flooring for its no fuss functionality, the soft feel underfoot, its distinctive look, or its green attributes, you definitely want to take care of your investment in an..
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How to dry roses (Photo: Getty Images) Want to keep that romantic red rose around a little longer Whether they're from Valentine's Day or another special occasion, roses can last beyond their first bloom with a bit of extra care. You can dry out the flowers and display them or use them in craft projects for memories that live on. You'll need: Fresh roses Push-pins Rubber bands or string Aerosol hair spray The key is to start before ..
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Energy vampires: Is it worth it to unplug your electronics? (Photo: Getty Images) It's common knowledge that appliances continue to draw a small amount of power when they're switched off but still plugged in. One solution is to unplug electronics and chargers when you aren't using them. Or you can plug cords into a power strip and switch it off whenever you want to cut off all power to appliances. But many consumers wonder if it's worth the hassle to unplug electronics they aren't using. The ans..
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Suspended City Skyscraper The Suspended City Skyscraper, from American designers Coolie Calihan and Charles Johnson, focuses on the creation of urban density, sustainability and diversity in Rio de Janeiro. ..
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Jakarta's Water Skyscraper The stunning Water Purification Skyscraper in Jakarta, created by Indonesian designers Rezza Rahdian, Erwin Setiawan, Ayu Diah Shanti and Leonardus Chrisnantyo, recently placed second in eVolo’s 2010 Skyscraper Competition. ..
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Austrian Green Roof Homes Terraced hillside apartments blending seamlessly into the surrounding natural environmental using living roofs is the focus of a new green residential project designed by Austrian architects Tobias Weiss and Gernot Reisenhofer. ..
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Maldives Floating Cities Whether it is learning to scuba dive and holding cabinet meetings underwater to prepare for rising sea levels, or President Nasheed’s outspoken criticism against global inactivity on climate change, the island nation of Maldives is putting a human face on global warming. ..
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The Eco-Wine Pavilion A wine pavilion powered by wind and solar energy is the latest design concept from Michael Jantzen. ..
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Ask Umbra’s pearls of wisdom on sleeping by Umbra Fisk Dearest readers, Yawn. Goodness me, I could use a nap—perhaps a nice long eight-hour nap to celebrate National Sleep Awareness Week and prep for Daylight Saving Time starting on Sunday (don’t forget to spring forward!). While I go catch a few z’s, enjoy my troll through the archives to snag slumber-related suggestions. Got any tips for beating the spring-forward slump we’ll all be facing Monday H..
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Streetfilms: Fixing the car-centric city [video] by Grist “Fixing the Great Mistake” is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today. In this episode, Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White shows how planning for cars drastically altered Park Avenue. Watch and see what Park Avenue used to l..
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McMansion modular by Lisa Selin Davis Remember when modular homes were going to be part  of the “green” future  In the post-Dwell, post-postmodern architecture era, pre-fab was going to be cheap, green, hot and hip.  Yes, finally, an antidote to McMansions and an affordable alternative to ballooning home prices.  As if that were not enough,  these stylish boxes were set to erase our previous connotations, where mod..
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How many Venezuelan soldiers does it take to change a lightbulb? by Ashley Braun An entire army, apparently. El Presidente of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, put in big orders for energy efficiency when he commanded the country’s lightbulbs get swapped for CFLs. Why the power play A drought of hydropower has the nation in energy crisis and the military armed with efficient lightbulbs, laying waste to every wasteful incandescent in their path. The troops are battling against the highest per capita en..
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Banana briefs are growing on us by Ashley Braun Gents, if the thought of pesticides on your privates bums you out, then start thinking outside the boxer. AussieBum has gone down under to pioneer briefs that put a banana in your pants. That’s right, these skivvies are a smoothie mix of banana tree-bark fibers, organic cotton, Lycra (cough), and an “eco friendly flavor that will keep you coming back for seconds.” Mmm ... yeah. Hat tip to our ..
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Acorn squash: A rock star among superfoods! (Photo: Joseph A. Garcia) Winter squash is actually grown from late summer through December and has a satisfying flavor, luscious texture and extensive shelf life. For locavores, who support sustainable agriculture by eating seasonal foods grown within a 100-mile radius, this versatile vegetable has a lot to offer. Acorn squash is prized for its sweet golden flesh and unique ribbed shell, which makes attractive scalloped bowls when halved ..
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'Cove' filmmakers expose L.A. restaurant serving whale sushi during Oscars    WHALE SUSHI: The L.A. restaurant was caught serving illegal whale sushi like this — called kujira in Japan. (Photo: jetalone/Flickr) Once again armed with hidden video cameras and tiny microphones, the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove orchestrated a sting operation in one of California's most highly regarded sushi destinations — a restaurant called the Hump — while in Los Angeles to receive their Academy Award,..
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Going gluten-free Fourteen years ago, I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).  Doctors told me that there was nothing they could do to help ease my discomfort and pain, except that I should watch my diet, reduce stress, and get lots of exercise. I attempted numerous alternative therapies and cut out meats, fermented foods, hot and spicy foods, and dairy products.  However, it took three years ago before someone recommended that I eliminate whe..
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Winter spinach salad We change our wardrobes with the seasons, we should be changing our salad ingredients as well. Eating seasonally not only tastes better, but it requires a lot less energy to create. In wintertime, instead of basing your salad on something light like a butter lettuce, consider something that weathers the cold climate, like endive, escarole or a more common spinach. Once you’ve chosen your base leaf, move on to the add-ons. New York City-b..
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Gluten-free buckwheat crepes Despite its name, buckwheat is neither a wheat nor a gluten.  Although it is commonly treated like a grass or a cereal, buckwheat is actually the fruit seeds from a plant, or an agricultural weed known as Fagopyrum esculentum. Buckwheat is a hearty whole food that can be grown in poor soil and weather conditions; it originated in Northern Europe and Asia.  In North America, we often find buckwheat ground into flour, which is an excellent a..
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