Only available in small quantities, Dutch firm has created a new form of milk which includes “the protein which is naturally present in human tears, lung secretions, milk and other bodily fluids—fights against the bacteria that causes eye and lung infections, plays a key role in the immune system of infants and adults and improves [...]

In Benoit, Mississipi when your home gets destroyed buy a plane! This 2k plane modified and turned into a home by Joanne Ussery is 12 year old news but still news when you’ve never seen it before. Apparently, others have begun to follow in her tracks on slightly larger budgets of $200,000. But thats if [...]

It’s about time more moss grows in brooklyn. Edina Tokodi has been creating moss figures on building sites, and other abondoned walls. I’m guessing it’s a mixture of found moss, some biodegrable glue. Hopefully they will stay, expand and grow beyond the boundaries of her figures.

In attempt to promote it’s fresh salads, McDonalds has begun installing billboards showcasing it’s greenery. Instead of using plain bold text, it’s using plants to fill in the bold text. Very Green. I wonder what happens as the plants become part of a larger system, where the billboards become nests for birds, rodents, and insects. [...]

It doesn’t take long for plants and small animals to move in once a bank forecloses on a home. In the time it take s the bank to find a buyer, other residents have moved in and taken advantage of the free space. source: Washington Post

What about all the local toxins in your house such as paints, adhesives, oils, household cleaners. Good Magazine put together a little article about which plants can be used to offset these local toxins.

Using puppets, lots of felt, and a sexy voice, Isabella Rosselllini makes stunning little documentaries about insect love. Though just puppets, they procreate with astonishing detail. From the sundance channel

In the Uk, a talk radio station closed, and in its wake a new station was born that simply plays bird songs. It’s audience is tripled that of the talk radio station! “At the time I thought it was just the sound of an ordinary garden on the edge of Salisbury Plain but now it has [...]

Inky Muff Land III - edible urban party jungle studio (free food forest foundation) Jogja National Museum, Indonesia. 2008 - forever. Artist Namaiki created an installation with over 200 species of local fruit trees and useful plants, sheep rabbits, over 10 tonnes of soil and compost, a pond, butterflies, lizards, chameleons, local black bamboo domes, furniture, clowns, [...]

With all the recent controversy surround dams, with the removal of the Milltown dam, and other damns in the west. Some using explosives, others by creating a bypass channel. Here’s some footage from dam explosion in china exposing the world largest dam on the Yangtze River.