Claudia Saunders tests water bubbler. Photo: Marina Neil. Sydney Morning Herald While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst... 

Image by author A few weeks ago I was walking around the WOMAD festival munching on Riverford Organic brownies and sipping from a Frank Water refillable bottle when I stumbled across the Roots Architecture camp and was immediately struck by the beauty... 

Photo via News.com.au It’s time to get out of the water. Not all the fish in the sea are as cute and lovable as Nemo and Dory: Some of them are downright monstrous. From two-foot-long isopods and eyeless crustaceans to the skeletal anglerfish and... 

When I’m a grown up I’m going to donate my fleeces to Finisterre. All photos: Finisterre As we’ve noted before, Finisterre is a fiercely independent crew of surfers, out of Cornwall, making highly functional, and award winning, outdoor... 

Credit: Maria Mayer via Carga bags . From Mauro Bianucci , the same Argentinean architect that brought us recycled wool felt Carga bags back in 2006 , comes a new line of zero-waste bags, built with a single piece of rubberized cordura and vegetable-tanned... 

Image Source: TottoBG Dear Pablo: I am thinking about replacing my windows to cut back on my home’s energy usage. Will this yield a good return on my investment or is my money better spent elsewhere? Most windows can be compared to a giant hole... 

Photo via Le Grand Portage China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn’t enough of it, especially in the north. That’s why the country has been working... 

” The Hoover Dam holds back Lake Mead (left photo accented by a rainbow) in 1983, the year its highest water elevation is recorded. By 2009 (right), Lake Mead’s water-elevation level has dramatically declined, revealing the chalky-white structure... 

” Tugs slowly move the Noble Frontier Driller into port at Signal International’s east shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday. At right is the Transocean Marianas. ” Image credit: Times Picayune , Rusty Costanza. Remember all those... 

photo: Fibonacci Blue via flickr With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head , and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you’re right for starting to breath a sigh...