Awesome

We may be slightly obsessed with/overly enamored of/innately moved by time-lapse videos of nature. But who says that’s a bad thing?
This video captures a lighting storm that happened on Toronto a couple days ago and it’s undeniably awesome.
[Via: Huffington Post]… Read the rest

The Good Bike project is awesome. Based in Toronto, its mission is to turn abandoned bikes into public works of art. According to Treehugger, The Good Bike began when a local woman spray painted a left bike and planted greenery in its front basket. The fact that the city ticketed… Read the rest

In preparation for this fall, We Love Clean Rivers has teamed up with the Clackamas County Tourism & Affairs Office to offer volunteers weekend volun-tourism trips that combine the best of the best: “sightseeing, adventure and philanthropy.”
We Love Clean Rivers will be offering two weekends–this September and October–which follow… Read the rest

Maybe you’ve never wondered how much rainwater runs off your roof and into the ground–but you’ll certainly be surprised once you find out just how much usable water is dripping from your very own dwelling. Thanks to this awesome Rainwater Calculator we discovered over at The Good Human, you can… Read the rest

A brand-new store called in.gredients will soon launch in Austin, Texas and will be the U.S.’s first “package-free and zero waste grocery store.”
So, you ask, how does that… Read the rest happen? It’s surprisingly easy.
The store  will operate under a “precycling” model, in which consumers will bring reusable containers (think tupperware

Designers at NJU Studio have come up with what we believe is a fantastic idea for upcycling that old stack of magazines into an awesome stool and room decoration. The Hockenheimer stool comes as a DIY tool of sorts–you can play with the colors of the magazine spines, switch them… Read the rest

We could say this video is ‘green’ for a few reasons.
1. The gorilla, Zola, is showing how fun it is to play in one of Earth’s most fantastic natural resources, water.
2. Zola’s life is enhanced by said water, thus giving a presumably longer lifespan to Zola.
3. Zola… Read the rest

Is MiWorld the future of media? Possibly. Is it a game-changing, ground-breaking communications portal? Absolutely. In fact, it’s that and more.
MiWorld.com will enable users around the world to, as stated on the MiWorld website, “see and hear each other as individuals.” MiWorld will do this in two primary ways:… Read the rest

If you’ve ever wanted to try dog mushing from the convenience of your own backyard, a man by the name of Mark Schuette has just the thing for you. With his uniquely crafted devices, you can ride a bike, scooter or skateboard with the help of up to four of… Read the rest

Potholes are nasty. Whether walking, running, biking or… driving, they’re abrupt bumps waiting to happen. That’s why we’re so happy to show off the artwork of Juliana Santacruz Herrera, who noticed an abundance of potholes in Paris and decided to do something about them.
Instead of complaining to the city,… Read the rest