The Los Angeles City Council took $17,000 in donations toward the cost of the Michael Jackson Staples Center memorial service via a website that kept crashing.The city's mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, issued a plea for funds to help cover the costs

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said "God is truly angered" by his new film after stormy weather hit their world premiere.The premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince recently took place in London and the stars had to walk

If you noticed, one of Michael Jackson's closest friends, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, was not present at the public memorial for the late King of Pop. The retired actress took to her official Twitter to explain her absence. She said "I've

Former Friends star Courteney Cox has said she has the "best husband" and "best daughter".Cox, 45, is married to fellow actor David Arquette, 37, and they have a five-year-old daughter, Coco.The Scream actress has admitted to having marriage therapy in

Actress Sienna Miller has said she thinks it's "part of being a woman" to feel self-conscious and insecure about your looks.The Edge Of Love star, 27, will soon be seen switching from blonde to brunette for her role in new

Image: We've told you about a couple of times. We first wrote about their quest to become the first truly transparent chocolate company by basing their pricing on the . The second time we caught wind of their collaboration with

The light-filled offices of the Turkcell R&D building. Image courtesy via .Architect Hasan Çal lar says he doesn't incorporate "green" features in his buildings because they're environmentally friendly -- he only uses them if they "make you feel better in

As long as your Volvo's going to the frozen north, no problem. Photo via .This week, a massive Baltic storm dumped rain all over Sweden and returned us to the damp and chilly summers we've come to expect. But last

Calls for serious environmental leadership from the heads of state gathered at the have rung out across the blogosphere this week. Here at TreeHugger Matthew McDemott , Grist got poetic about it, whilst Greenpeace, in their inimitable style, took .

We've previously mentioned innovative tent maker, for their recycled backpacking tent and bamboo tent poles. We also noted how they donated over 150 tents to Kashmiri earthquake victims. Now they are at it again with the donating thing. This time

In tropical forests across South America, Africa and Southeast Asia, over a million hardwood trees have had plastic barcodes hammered into them, with the hope that IDing the trees will help with sustainable forestry practices and importation to countries like

Image credit: 3W LED Lamp Detects MovementBefore I started writing for TreeHugger, I never knew how excited people could get about LED lighting. I'm more of a compost guy myself. Whether it's this , or this , posts about LEDs

Photo credit: Revolution OrganicsLike everyone else in the land of the free market, I'm not just busy anymore; I'm crazy-busy, head-barely-above-water busy, busy. So anything with the barest whiff of multifunctional ability instantly gets my attention—while I'm rocking a baby

photo: Teanaway Solar ReserveThe Pacific Northwest may be famous for a lot of things, but overly abundant sunshine probably isn't on the top of most people's lists. But never mind that. Just announced is a solar power project which, when

images via Houseplans.comIt is exciting to see Passive House design come to North America; it makes so much sense to design a house so that it doesn't need a lot of technology to keep warm or cool, just careful design

Photo via Well, just as soon as about crafting a parallel climate bill to the , they've decided to put if off. Could it be, as Sen. Boxer says, that it's been pushed back so that senators could focus on

photo: Sen. Tom HarkinWhen the Senate finishes writing their version of the climate bill—when they and not a moment sooner—expect it to contain similar if not stronger than the House's version. At least if quotes Senate Agriculture Committee chair (D-IA)

Inspiring others to go green can be an uphill battle, judging from the blank looks of non-comprehension that one may receive at times. However, Toronto-based artist shows that this doesn't have to be the case. With her delightfully quirky style,

a map of the US rendered using both normal colors on the lower half, and energy-minimizing colorson the upper half; Image via Cell phone companies have been looking at the transition to OLED technology for mobile screens in no small

Photo via Australia is , so a new $780 million desalination facility that is planned for Western Australia, which was approved late last month and will boost water supplies for the area by 20% upon completion in 2011, is a