The great thing about online video is the ability to livecast (almost) as easily from the Arctic as a house in Idaho. Upcoming webcasts from Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists promise extreme reports from the world's fastest-warming places. Even…
Continue Reading →Most household pets are simple animals who fancy the occasional treat and a ferocious belly rubbing every few hours, but who's to say they can't have an appreciation for excellent, eco-friendly design work. These Creatures, a new Seattle-based design studio…
Continue Reading →San Jose will play host to the annual Tech Awards gala this Wednesday to honor 25 laureates who have benefited humanity through their work in education, equality, health, environment, and economic development. Among the nominations from 68 countries were environment…
Continue Reading →Sao Paulo has notorious traffic jams that can turn the most patient person into a spiky ball of nerves. You can head underground and take the metro, but because the city is so big, it oftentimes doesn't get close to…
Continue Reading →Would you like a cleaner environment? Ride bike. Would you like a Democrat in the White House? Vote for Barack Obama. Or, mash the two together with this Obama bike that just hit eBay. The bike is designed by activist…
Continue Reading →Bag maker What's UR Bag seems to have learned a few things from its fellow apparel maker TOMS Shoes when it comes to giving to the community and using gold material. The $15 reusable totes in the its-laS-tik line are…
Continue Reading →Everything's going green these days, and the toy world is no exception. Perhaps appealing to our guilt at the amount of plastic we consume as toy fanatics, a growing crop of collectibles attempts to balance the extraneous and the ecological.…
Continue Reading →Everyone knows that we need to handle our resources better, so remember the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Eco Emporia is focusing on reuse. Their entire online store is made up of used products transformed into stationary, jewelry, bags,…
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