Weekends are precious things: we don’t work them. But we’d still like to click around and have some fun during the week, right? So…
Explore how you feel about the way cities blend into the natural world, by watching it happen with Chicago over at urban/rural/wild, hosted by walkinginplace.
Eco-houses are hotting up the property markets – and Cate Trotter at Inhabitat spotted this scorcher from the UK, going for a princely $14.2 million.
Avoid using cell phones if you’re pregnant. That’s the findings from new research into the effects of phone radiation (which is something we’re all concerned about), as reported in the Independent. Thanks to Healthbolt for a word in our ear.
The natural world is full of scenic, thrilling sights. However, this gorge-circumventing path is terrifying and utterly bonkers. If you feel a little faint after watching the video, blame environmentalgraffiti.
First law of BBQs: you’re only as good as your grill. And grills aren’t all that eco-friendly…until now, with the release of the first hybrid grill (via The Daily Green).
Dave Holmes isn’t impressed with the ways our cities work, and he wants to see a healthier, more responsible urban landscape. Read his manifesto for change here.
You may have noticed our love of quirky sustainable bookcases. So you’ll understand why these 20 designs over at Web Urbanist flipped our pages. (How about the invisible bookcase?)
Here are a few species bobbing around the Mediterranean that you might not be aware of. It’s Klas Ernflo making this serious and grisly point (with a twist of snark).
One answer to the world food price problem is in our own backyards. Anne Marie Chaker at the Wall Street Journal looks at the growing popularity of growing your own (and what better way to really, er, dig food, so you can’t bear to throw it away).