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Beetlecrete: Another Way To Use Up Mountain Pine Beetle Wood
A lot of people are trying to figure out ways to use up the vast amount of pine-beetle infested timber that is all going to rot away; (Bonnie wrote about it in Turning Beetle-Infested Wood to Good...
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Barilla Becomes First Pasta Maker to Go Cage-Free
Barilla pasta will switch 45 percent of the eggs it uses to cage-free by the end of the year, according to the Humane Society. Barilla is the world’s largest pasta maker, and the transition will make...
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Artichokes, Olives and Rapini
Photo: Kelly Rossiter The one downside to all of the canning and preserving that I do in the summer is that during the winter, my refrigerator is filled with jars and jars of jams , jellies , pickles...
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Half of Worlds Small Glaciers Will Be Entirely Melted by 2100 – But There’s...
photo: emerson12 / Creative Commons A new study in Nature Geoscience examining glaciers melting due to climate change forecasts tough times for the world’s small glaciers, but offers a more hopeful...
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Japanese Tuna Company, Labeled Sustainable, Found Worst for Marine Life:...
Image: mySupermarket Continuing its unofficial role as a fishing industry watchdog, Greenpeace is calling attention to the most environmentally destructive tuna brand in England, a Japanese company...
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Ginger Could Be the Key to Saving the Stag Beetle
m-louis / Creative Commons The stag beetle is the largest terrestrial insect in the United Kingdom but finding the elusive species has always been a challenge. Conservationists fear that the beetle’s...
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5 eco friendly cellphones helping keep your chats green
Shaheen Akhtar: Puma Phone Solar powered cellphone These days there is a buzz to save the environment with many people joining the green bandwagon. If you also want to do your bit for environment, then...
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Best luxury bikes for fashionable individuals
Prashanth Sagar: Black Trail Luxury Bike We all believe that luxury and sustainability don’t often go hand in hand. However, some designers do try to bring the sense of eco friendliness in luxury by...
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Volkswagen’s Think Blue Beetle Recycles 2805 Pieces of Scrap into Intricate...
This luminescent Volkswagen Beetle is a life-size art work crafted by sculptor Haribaabu Naatesan from over 2805 pieces of scrap . 800 spark plugs, 200 bottle caps, 60 mother boards and an incredible...
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8 Ton Volkswagon Beetle Sculpture Joins 400 Other Objects in an Artificial...
Read the rest of 8 Ton Volkswagon Beetle Sculpture Joins 400 Other Objects in an Artificial Reef in Mexico Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: coral reef , eco design , environmental art...
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LEGO unveils gnarly surfing-themed 1960s VW Beetle available this August
The blue LEGO VW Beetle has a surfing theme, and comes with a surfboard, red and white cooler, and a striped cloth beach towel. The cooler is even equipped with a few beverages. The LEGO Creator...
View ArticleJordanian repurposes old VW Beetle into ‘world’s smallest hotel’
One enterprising man deep in the Jordanian desert is proving that when it comes to hotel design , it’s the spirit that counts. Mohammed Al Malaheem, 64, has converted an old VW Beetle into a mini...
View ArticleScientists create revolutionary ultra-white paint inspired by beetles
Researchers have unveiled what could be the whitest natural substance, composed of cellulose and inspired by the Cyphocilus beetle native to Southeast Asia . The material, which has yet to be named,...
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New sweet potato dye spares bugs and pleases vegans
Cochineal beetles are rejoicing this month as the Hansen sweet potato proves a viable alternative for producing the carmine color crushed beetles have long added to foods and cosmetics . Chr. Hansen,...
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