Fresh & Green Fridays: El Niño Edition
WebEcoist highlights the high life, literally, with a look at tree houses that will make you wish you were 7 again. How very Swiss Family Robinson!
If you missed it, here’s a video report about the shark C-section in New Zealand earlier this week, when a routine shark fight resulted in the successful birth of 8 shark pups.
The votes are in, and PopularScience’s list of 100 Greatest Innovations of the Year is out. The grand award goes to an elegant and functional stethoscope (brr) and green winners include a mushroom-based styrofoam and the Voltree javelin, used to detect forest fires.
Are you ready to cut the cord? The BBC examines the slow death of landlines.
A fantastic idea of a feast: British gastropubs are introducing a bring your own bounty idea, letting diners trade fresh vegetables and game for drinks. The meal will cost you, but you get to have a part in creating great and traceable cuisine!
Does winter have you looking for ways to keep out the cold and get cozy? Here are 6 tips for “eco-nesting” without using energy or losing warmth.
The U.S. Green Building Council has issued its 2009 Green Jobs report, which predicts that the green building industry will be responsible for the creation or support of 7.9 million jobs, contributing $554 billion to the U.S. GDP, in the next four years.
And last but not least, you knew we couldn’t resist something like a homegrown sweet potato cheesecake with pecan crust, didn’t you? Of course you did. Feast your eyes!