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The littlest farmers taste their first crop [VIDEO]

The Perennial Plate crew visits a school garden in Georgia where the students plant, harvest, and taste their very first radishes.

Go cargo: Utility bikes take cities by storm

One of the most common excuses for using gas power rather than pedal power goes something like this: “But I can’t take the kids/dog/groceries along on my bike.” The cargo bicycle eliminates that excuse.

Obama calls to end subsidies for oil and gas

At a campaign stop in Nashua, N.H., the president called on Americans to demand a vote to end $4 billion in oil subsidies in the next few weeks.

Bingaman’s Clean Energy Standard would be nice, but has no shot in hell

Sen. Jeff Bingaman released his long-awaited proposal for a Clean Energy Standard on Thursday.

Algae damn: Obama’s failed message on climate and energy innovation

By not mentioning climate change, Obama is letting the GOP rule the conversation on energy.

Hot buttered sloths in pajamas

What do you do when orphaned baby sloths are afflicted with mange? Shave them, rub them with lard, and wrap them in sloth pajamas.

Sustainable information: Beyond tofu news and high-fructose media

What happens if we apply the ideal of sustainability to the news and information we produce and consume every day?

Levitating houses stay safe during earthquakes

A Japanese company called Air Danshin Systems can make houses fly. Not all the time, and not for particularly long. But when it counts — during an earthquake — the company’s technology can levitate a house more than an inch off its foundation. That means that while the earth shakes, the house stays safe.

Spectacular wooden bikes made from salvaged urban trees

The Giving Tree should be ashamed of herself. Oh, sure, she let herself be made into a boat and a house and an uncomfortable metaphor for maternal martyrdom, but did she ever turn into a completely sweet-ass bike? Not a chance. That’s reserved for the lucky urban trees that fall into the hands of Masterworks […]

Frank Lloyd Wright goes solar, posthumously

Taliesin West, the iconic desert home created by Frank Lloyd Wright, is about to go net-zero, which means it will produce as much energy as it consumes.