10 Historical Secret Rooms and Hidden Passages, written 8 hours ago, For all of humankind's history, we've been fascinated with hidden places. Before they were a fun architectural addition to new homes, hidden rooms and secret passages served a purpose. Most often, that purpose was to allow someone ...

Swingin' in Virginia, written 1 day ago, This weekend we drove back north to the ancestral homeland in Arlington, Virginia, for my high school reunion — I can't bring myself to reveal which one it was except that it's been quite some time. The return trip brought us down the old familiar trail of ...

preparing for a fall harvest, written 3 days ago, Listen here for tips on how to garden into the fall and year round.

If…, written 1 week ago, IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or bei...

Just One Week Left To Speak Up For The Endangered Species Act!, written 4 days ago, Recent news from Hawaii reported that the federal government has identified 48 species on the island of Kauai to add to the endangered species list. According to the U.S. Secretary of Interior, imperiled ecosystems o...

Green news harvest: 'Black silicon' solar cells, written 13 hours ago, SiOnyx Brings "Black Silicon" into the Light; Material Could Upend Solar, Imaging Industries - XconomyNew company formed from Harvard-discovered method for making silicon more receptive to light, potentially making sola...

Artur Żmijewski: The Social Studio, written 8 hours ago, Regine DebattyThe videos of Artur Żmijewski are screened in almost all the major collective exhibitions and biennales these days. I caught a glimpse of his video...

Santa Cruz Organics Add Tempting Teas, written 10 hours ago, Meandering through my local health food stores, it's almost guaranteed that one of Santa Cruz Organics'  juices will land in my grocery cart. I've always been a fan on the Raspberry Lemonade, and this past summer, I've had a particular ta...

Golf Refugees: For the Rebellious Green Golfer, written 6 days ago, Historical highlights in the game of golf include the first recorded golf game played in 1459 in Scotland by the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society. Then in 1931, Dr. Frank Stableford of the Wallasey & Royal Liverpool Golf Clubs ...

Carpenter Bee, written 4 days ago, As I explore the nooks and crannies of the barn for reptiles a high-pitched hum resonates behind me. Slowly turning I find a male carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) hovering inches from my nose. Most people would react by swatting at it or running, but I stand my g...

How Fit Are You? Why Not Estimate for Fun!?, written 4 weeks ago, Kelly Sonora from the Nursing Colleges and Training Schools Blog sent me this interesting link to share with my readers: Measured Success: 50 Online Fitness and Nutrition Calculators. So..."whether you are trying to lose weight o...

Ripples of Hope - Do Something, written 6 hours ago, "Eachtime a man stands up for an ideal,or acts to improve the life of others,or strikes out against injustice,he sends a tiny ripple of hope,< » read more

Lake Titicaca, written 1 week ago, A little animaniac video to give you an idea where I am. Thanks to Ivan for the link!I would like to blog more but internet connection is sketchy in my hotel room at Lake Titicaca so I have to sit at my room door which is superbly embarrassing. That's actually wher...

Cooling the planet one project at a time.

Top 10 rumors about tomorrow?s Apple MacBook event, written 6 hours ago, It's time for the Mac notebooks to go through their annual renewal, and we're hearing rumors right and left. Tomorrow at 1pm EDT is when the big rollout begins, and there's a plethora of guesswork about what we'll be seeing. Ra...

EcoDiscoveries Complete Housecleaning Line: Product Review, written 9 hours ago, My mother hates odor. She's not like "eww, that smells like garbage." She's like, "eew, there's an undertone of fake gardenia in that fabric softener." Well, not exactly, but really close. My mother,...

Blame it on the weather, written 4 days ago, So the day before yesterday I had just blamed the weather for my cold, when I stumbled across this amusing yet true news article that has appeared in the telegraph. I think Philip Eden has a point. In the article he describes how more and more, politician...

Silicon Valley Green Teams Push Eco-Friendly Initiatives, written 9 hours ago, There is a growing trend in Silicon Valley of employees forming green teams to push peers and bosses to become more environmentally aware, Mercury News reports. Yahoo has 300 members in its green team. They have held gree...

World Water Week 2008, written 1 month ago, More than 2,400 scientists and policymakers convened in Stockholm last month for the 2008 World Water Week summit. This year's summit was focused on sanitation access, although a variety of interdisciplinary research was presented for discussion. Inadequat...

Boeing, Virgin join group committed to biofuel for commercial jets, written 2 days ago, Boeing joined Virgin Atlantic Airways and eight other airlines this morning to pledge to speed up the development of sustainable, second-generation biofuels for use in the commercial aviation industry.