Food pantry. Image credit: St. Louis Post Dispatch, (Laurie Skrivan/P-D) The era in which increasing numbers of people were willing to pay a premium for locally grown food or for ‘organic’ clothing appears to be ending. Poverty has become common in many US suburbs, triggered by ‘the economy ,’... More »

Photos: Projeto Tamanduá Very little is know about Silky anteaters, which make their home in the Amazon rainforest , other than the fact that they’re tiny, nocturnal, ant-loving, and of course, incredibly cute. But, in hopes of learning more about these fascinating little creatures, soon scientists will be venturing... More »

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Sanyo’s new eneloop hybrid bicycle recharges while it’s being pedaled; Iwatani showed off a fuel cell bike that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell stack. Originally posted at Crave More here:  Lithium or hydrogen bike? Choose your steed  Read More →

Images from Sanctuary Magazine, Rachel Pilgrim & Andrew Lecky So many of the green houses we see are single family, alone in the country, but there are more and more developers and builders trying to build green communities. On Munro court in the mining town of Castlemaine, outside of Victoria, Australia, eight lovely... More »

Image credit: Grist Pig business is not an easy documentary to watch. First of all, the images of the inner workings of pig farms and slaughterhouses can turn the stomach of even the most steadfast meat-eater. Second, and more significantly, the film has not been—and likely never will be—released in the United... More »

Photos via the BBC It’s one of the (if not the ) rarest flower in the world: the Middlemist’s Red exists in only two known locations: a greenhouse in the UK, and a garden in New Zealand. Imported to Britain two hundred years ago from China, back when flowers where a luxury item, it has since been exterminated... More »

“Nobody used to ride a bike in New York, but now it’s becoming mainstream” Our friend Clarence at Streetfilms rode around NYC with Village Voice entertainment columnist Go here to read the rest: Riding in New York with Village Voice Columnist Michael Musto (Video)  Read More →

NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr Technological Innovations in the Bathroom? You Bet! Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there’s such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had “NoMix” toilets that separate urine from solid waste,... More »

Image credit: Good The life of a farmer is a difficult one—meaning, for most, years of hard work, little money, and even less appreciation. Maybe it is this reason that passing down the family farm has become an increasingly difficult proposition…. Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: Young... More »