From the 35-mile long volcanic rift in the Ethiopian desert that has been confirmed as the beginning of a new sea to the news that oil continues to gush into the Timor Sea--at an estimated rate of somewhere between 400

Why did you stop? Well, I was recompiling my kernel and got a segfault...digg_url = has decided to offer a new electric bike based on the previous winner of the TTXGP so that other teams can have a solid foundation

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at . - Startup Friday features the makers of The Meatrix today and the trials and tribulations of launching a media enterprise with...

In the loop: a botanical garden inside a highway interchange (inset). Photos via (inset) and the .A botanical garden inside an "urban void" -- the loop of a busy highway's cloverleaf interchange -- has been recognized by Deutsche Bank as

There's so much going on in the that it can be hard to grasp where the whole thing is heading, and how bloggers in Australia, activists in Africa, scientists in the US, and so on, are all stitched together. This

Photo via Plenty of celebrities are willing to donate their money to green causes, but this week, you can catch up with others who've agreed to donate their time by offering up lunches, set visits, and front-row tickets in auctions

Okay, so you're probably just as tired of seeing grace TreeHugger as I am--but this is more newsworthy on PETA's end than the never-ending stream of Glenn-Beck-said-something-ridiculous-again. And it's newsworthy because PETA's president voluntarily showed up on Beck's show to

Scientists reconstructed the ancient climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands. Photo: via flickr.In case you wanted another piece of evidence that is really a product of global warming, researchers of the UK's say that the widespread loss

Despite 30% Population GrowthWe always hear about how we're using more of this and more of that, so it is welcome new to learn that apparently the people of the U.S. were using less water in 2005 than in 1975

photo: via flickr.As the last official negotiations before the COP15 climate talks came to a close in Barcelona, progress on negotiations hit a new low. That's the word from the , which says several key safeguards, as well as explicit

Alex at is expanding into interior design, with this bookcase that opens up to "create an environment which helps us to concentrate and focus," although it won't do much for noise. Alex calls it "shedworkingesque."Designer won third in the public

What do you get when you combine (and the internet) and food, and splash in some molecular gastronomy? Just ask Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche: Two renowned chefs, successful restaurateurs, patent-owning mad scientists and celebrated futurists who are bringing their

Mike was positive when he wrote ; Business Week's isn't, and calls Warren Buffett's purchase of Burlington Northern a "bet against innovation....Buffett just paid $44 billion for a 19th century technology platform, a railroad, that carries 20th century goods--coal, agriculture,

Disneyland sure is a wondrous place--beloved characters, thrilling rides, an entire fantastic world where a child's imagination can run wild. It's fun for the whole family. Unless, that is, you happen to be one of the 5,000 families of poor

TreeHugger previously showed some of the work of French designers ; Industrial designer Benoit Fray worked with them on this project we didn't see in their portfolio. calls it "a sustainable treehouse made from locally sourced wood."...

Full map here: It's interactive map time! has a really cool map showing 200 of the dirtiest power plants in the world (hat tip to ...) that's worth checking out. Scroll down for some highlights:...

Image via .You head off to the local market with your grocery list in hand...and then you get there and realize you ! It's happened to all of us and darn, isn't it so frustrating? Not to mention that so

Image credit: The has long had our attention as a Treehugger's wonderland. From the 124 acre biome conservatories, to the rock concerts from Moby, Brian Wilson and PJ Harvey, to the they sell, created from bottles at their own restaurant,

photo: J. NovakIf I were to reference "the big four" in passing you would likely assume I was talking about cars, software companies, or maybe airlines. But unfortunately in this instance you'd be wrong. Scary as it may be, 75

It looks like forest, but it's a palm oil plantation... photo: via flickr.Three stories coming in focusing on , and biodiversity: Scientists point out that when it comes to carbon emissions from peatland loss SE Asia leads the way; development