The Sierra Club has just released its new feature on green colleges, listing what they named the Top Ten Green Universities. It used to be that small, private colleges seemed to be the only ones that cared.…

Metropolitan stargazers, beware: If Agustin Otegui’s “Prisma” concept LED streetlights come to fruition, spotting your favorite constellations might become harder than usual. Unlike traditional streetlamps,…

Fast Company features seven food company executives that are leading their company into making the food chain greener, cleaner, and healthier.

Surprisingly, Coca-Cola considers themselves in the “hydration…

The Farmers’ Almanac has been used as a guide post for weather forecasting for centuries (the first Farmers Almanac was published in 1818!) Its influence continues to be strong today, despite the availability…

The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee has been selected as the Best Restroom for 2008 by the readers (what?) of BestRestroom.com.

Releasing the chocolate hostages in a hostile environment can be…

Artistic bicycle racks like these by David Byrne are what make living in the city so exciting.

Number one: People can, and do, ride bikes to get from point A to point B
Number two: artists show their…

The LightBench is not just a novelty lighting design. It has a lighting function and can be used either indoors or outdoors. It could even be considered a work of art - a conversation or focal piece. The…

Fuel Miami LLC is installing 600 solar-powered bus shelters in Miami city. Each solar-powered ad panel will save over two tons of carbon emissions.

This eco-friendly ad movement within bus shelters started…

Zap!, the electric car company, has announced the location of their first U.S. manufacturing plant in Kentucky.

Zap! has a full line of electric vehicles already in production in China, and a super glossy…

While world records were being broken at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, one of the world’s leading defence technology firms was breaking records of its own.

Can you imagine flying for more than three days…

A hot new design is coming out of Brazil. Fake big game animal heads are being made from cardboard, resin, acrylic and wood.

Casa Cor is the biggest interior design exhibit in Brazil. The theme this…

British artist’s Susie MacMurray’s bridal dress is made from 1,400 inverted rubber gloves - yes, just the common household variety for doing the dishes.

It will be featured in New York’s Museum of Art…

Israeli student designer, Gilli Kuchik came up with this ladies’ concept hand bag which can unfold and convert into a trolley. A compact design for the urban shopaholic! It is also environmentally friendly…

Norwegian born but London based designer, Amy Hunting has an amazing line of furniture and accessories made entirely from wood waste and off-cuts collected from factories in Denmark. The wood remnants…