Article from Alex Steffen about the environmental impact of lawns, ending with the question: "What's your favourite idea for replacing lawns"? Mine is vegetables. Also we put in a littlle patch this weekend of ferns...
From Steve Benen's site, a nice little piece about McCain's recurring references to "Czechoslovakia". I wonder if this can go under "why it is important for a world leader to be able to use the internet". It does come in awfully handy when checking up on world geography, but...
I really support this. I like urban chickens. There were some in New York. "The allure of fresh eggs daily and natural pest control is too much for some Toronto locavores, and despite the city's prohibition, some...
From Paul Schmelzer's Blog:"Cheney's office cut six pages of congressional testimony -- nearly half of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's testimony -- on climate changes affects on human health."
I thought this was such a fascinating project. Not totally sure it is a good idea! But so thought provoking, as good design projects are, and I love the imagery that accompanies the project. " Revital Cohen's final project at the Design Interactions department looked at...
I've been a huge fan of this rice paddy art project for a long time - as usual the amazing Pink Tentacle has the latest on the enterprise. This year there has been controversy because rather than being 'art for art's sake', the project producers took sponsorship from JAL....
I find this so irritating. They should leave it to the individual about whether to wear a helmet. Or even - "when" to wear a helmet. As usual, the discourse around these policies and laws presents a radical...
Luck just doesn't feel the same in this GMO world."A 21-leaf clover discovered on June 3 by Iwate prefecture farmer Shigeo Obara has shattered the Guinness world record for most leaves on a clover stem (Trifolium...
"Hi. It's Kate phoning from Vancouver British Columbia. I'm filing a voice report because the baby beluga has just been born at the Vancouver Aquarium. There are about 300 people here watching and 30 aquarium...
BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I...
Special K has been shown to clinically reduce dread."Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday."
I would love to see this in person. The world is saturated with robots and yet somehow they never seem to descend upon a single geographical point. via Mez Breeze, unrivalled finder of the bizarre."A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek exercise next month, when...
"The famous chinese panda, Ling Ling, has died at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo today. The official cause of death was heart failure. In terms of panda years, he lived a long life. Although he was 22 years old by our time...
What is happening in Gaza right now? "The UN is to halt food handouts for up to 800,000 Palestinians from tomorrow because of a severe fuel shortage in Gaza brought on by an Israeli economic blockade.John Ging, the director of operations in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works...