Green Earth News

Shipwrecked coal ship is now home to a floating forest

Its contrast of rust and lush vegetation against the city skyline acts as an easy allegory for degradation and renewal.

The week in transportation: Plug-in milestones, Teslas, 3d-printed bikes, Sparks, stupid tweets, etc

It’s Friday, the week is almost over. Time to look back at some highlights from this week in transportation!

The Week in Design: I <3 New York, but readers love those tiny homes

Much of the design coverage this week came from New York Design Week, although the two top stories are about tiny houses.

100 NYC restaurants commit to less food waste

With more composting and recycling, the city’s eateries aim to send less to the landfill.

Cockroaches are evolving to lose sweet tooth to avoid human traps

Urban environments are putting new kinds of evolutionary pressures on many species, including cockroaches.

Swedish architects design stove for Kenya

Claesson Koivisto Rune are architects of everything from prefabs to lamps. Can they solve a huge problem in Africa?

According to Allison Arieff, Prefab Lives!

A decade ago she saw it coming and now it might actually finally be arriving.

Three Fun Crafts with Old Business Cards

When you get new business cards, you may be left with dozens of old ones that no longer serve a purpose. Vistaprint, a company that makes recycled business cards, put together an infographic demonstrating three creative ways to upcycle those …

NASA timelapse: 3 years of the sun in 3 minutes, with commentary from a heliophysicist

The sun, to many of us, is like water to a fish. Very important, but we kind of forget about it because it’s always been there.

German beer-makers are concerned about the impact of fracking on beer quality

German brewers have sent a letter to various officials in Berlin to voice their concern that shale gas exploitation via fracking could endanger the water supply on which they depend.