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Colorful, Comfy Bench Is Made from Trashed Textiles

This odd-looking bench is stuffed with shredded textile leftovers. [more]

Star Wars on Weeds: Could Lasers Replace Herbicides?

Toxic chemicals kill unwanted weeds, but at a cost. Labor intensive organic methods won't be adopted by industrial farms. Could lasers be the answer? [more]

Meat Considered Macho? Study Discusses Meat's Marketing Magic

Less men are willing to go vegetarian and a new study says it's because they think it's less macho. [more]

Terra's Stylish Raincoats Make Biking in the Rain Look Oh So Chic

Terra New York's fashion forward designer coats are built to brave a rainstorm--and even fit a helmet underneath. [more]

Interactive Solar Art Lights Up New Sydney Space

The world’s largest permanent interactive light installation has been installed in Sydney's recently revitalized Darling Quarter. [more]

Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid

The C-MAX is a compact hybrid utility vehicle and the Ford's first dedicated line of hybrids. The 2013 C-MAX Hybrid will be available this fall with a base price of $25,995. [more]

Prius C Earns 'Top Pick' Safety Rating from IIHS

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety busted up a few Prius C hybrids to see how they held up in crashes. Here's what they found... [more]

Could "Gatorponics" Revive Defunct Chicken Farms?

Could a combination of alligator farming and hydroponics be the savior of former chicken farmers, or is it a dangerous and cruel distraction? [more]

Paul Watson Will Be Released on Bail, But Must Stay in Germany Awaiting Possible Extradition

Watson must put up over $300,000 in bail and stay in Germany while awaiting the final ruling on whether he will be sent to Costa Rica to face trial on a decade-old charge. [more]

Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya

It seems like it was just yesterday that Lexus introduced the HS 250h hybrid, the first dedicated luxury hybrid (like the Prius, there's no non-hybrid version of the HS 250h). [more]

Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water

In signing the ban into law, Vermont's governor reminds us that there was civilization before fossil fuels, but there was no life at all before water. [more]

Apple Powering NC Data Center with 100% Renewable Energy, Doubling Size of Solar Array

Apple has announced that its Maiden, NC data center will be fully powered by renewables and that its solar power installation there will now be twice as big as first planned. [more]

Visiting Graham Hill's Amazing LifeEdited Apartment

I will admit it: It is better than I expected, and can be a real model for urban living. [more]

TreeHugger Heads to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012

For the fouth year we're heading to Maker Faire Bay Area to check out the amazing projects, gadgets, designs, and DIY wonderfulness that will be gathered there this weekend. Here's where you can follow along! [more]

Cleantech A Beacon In The California Gloom

Cleantech isn't just about sparking innovation, but also about helping California's economy grow. [more]

Hand-Sculpted "Brick Biotopes" Turn Brick Walls Into Wildlife Habitats (Video)

Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low-tech techniques. [more]

New App Brings Global Extreme Weather Events to Your iPad: Xweather

A dynamic app combining an Earth browser with multimedia resources brings near-realtime updates on Earth-changing events [more]

Simple Swing Makes Any City Spot a Playground

A minimalist, easy to setup swing lets you have more fun anywhere you go. [more]

Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei has a New Work Made out of Old Chinese Temples

This brave and controversial artist has a new piece in Washington that is a statement about destruction and the state. [more]

This Chocolate Beet Cake is Delicious

From the Mystery Ingredient files, nobody would ever guess that this lip-smacking cake includes a healthy dose of root vegetables. [more]

US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules

For companies that participated in the Dept of Commerce's investigation the preliminary tariffs are roughly 31%, and much higher for those that didn't. [more]

Last 60 Years In Australia Have Been Warmest in Past Millennium

Natural factors alone cannot explain the warming, "suggesting a strong influence of human-caused climate change" in the region. [more]

Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012

Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year. [more]

Portland's Bikeways: 30 Years of Evolution in 1 Map

It shows the evolution of Portland's bikeways from 1980 to the present, and is a good visual reminder that great biking cities are made deliberately; they don't start out already formed, people have to put in the effort of making them bike friendly. [more]