Good for them. It’s good for their health too. Young Environmentalists Protest Anti-Bicycle Policy At Their High School : TreeHugger After studying up on state biking laws — and carrying copies with them — the students legally tethered their bikes in conspicuous clusters around lamp posts, trees and other poles dotting the circular drive in front [...]

I really like sites that allow you to monitor their solar usage. It helps to get a near real-time view of their solar power usage, to see how to build your own. The State ¦ 05/11/2008 ¦ Chapin Middle School gets solar connection Chapin Middle is one of the state’s 20 Green Power Solar Schools that [...]

Yes, this is satire, but there is so much truth to it. New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Littering ¦ The Onion - America’s Finest News Source The growing “green” trend in product packaging, which emphasizes the use of recycled, biodegradable post-consumer paper-based materials and relies less on petroleum-derived polymers like styrofoam, has unleashed a spontaneous [...]

DIY: Solar lantern This is a 3-part article on building a solar lantern. It’s a well-documented project, and there are a lot of pictures of the build process.

Governments can certainly do their share to cut consumption and serve as a role model and example.

This does not surprise me about Alaska. Alaskan Capital Cuts Power Consumption By 40% : Environmental News Blog ¦ Environmental Graffiti Alaska’s capital city lost its main power transmission lines in a series of avalanches earlier this month, cutting it off from a relatively cheap source of power at a hydroelectric dam, and leaving it to draw [...]

The problem is, people get into a mindset where they think because they bought a high-efficiency appliance, they don’t need to pay as much attention. Much like how some people think that you can eat tons of diet food and still lose weight. They want the government and manufacturers to do all the [...]

It’s gardening time again! Gogglemarks - Backyard Composter Since it’s essentially just a drum on a fixed axle with some holes poked in it, it was fairly easy to build one myself on the cheap. I settled on a design that maximizes air and drainage, keeping the compost moist but not wet, and aerated but not dry. [...]

With video. I wonder how many places this thing is street legal. BRENT HATCH I’m just a regular guy that knows very little about motors, efficiency, etc. Man, some engineer should be able to have a field day coming up with all kinds of solar powered alternatives to our mobile lives. I should [...]

Since the town was destroyed, it makes sense to start over in a more efficient way. Greensburg, Kansas: Extraordinary Transformation : TreeHugger Imagine a community for 1500 people designed as a state of the art working model for green building and energy, hybrid design efficiency and genuine intelligent design. A community that generates revenue by producing excess [...]