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1. Iraq Again Focuses Attention on U.S., This Time By Ratifying Kyoto
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2. Gotta Have a MacBook Air? Get a Reusable Carrying Case
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3. Glow in the Dark Bike From Puma
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4. Green Stats: 29,628
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5. Who Needs Furniture?
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6. Pollen Robots
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7. Wayback Machine 1937: Combined Swing and Clothes Dryer
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8. Early Exposure to Lead May Accelerate Aging of Brain in Later Life
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9. The Celebrity Minute: High-Profile Moms Endorse Q Collection Junior
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10. FEMA Ignored or Buried Formaldehyde Research
Iraq Again Focuses Attention on U.S., This Time By Ratifying Kyoto
2008-01-29 20:53
news
Yes, that's right: the Iraqi government, which has been unable to provide many basic services and security to its citizens, has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Agence France-Presse, The presidential council ratified in its session on January 23 a law according to which the Republic of Iraq will join the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto ProtocolThis bit of news will likely put the United States into
Gotta Have a MacBook Air? Get a Reusable Carrying Case
2008-01-29 20:19
Design & Architecture
Early adopters of the thinnovative MacBook Air are no doubt lusting after the signature manila envelope that Apple's diminutive notebook conveniently slips into. We've seen the "AirMail" (ha. ha.) floating around the web -- Geekologie has a fun review of it -- which delivers on aesthetic but not so much on the materials; it's made from vinyl, which is a nasty carcinogen and TreeHugger no-no. If you g... 
Glow in the Dark Bike From Puma
2008-01-29 19:40
bikes
We showed the Puma by Biomega a few years ago; it is an interesting folding bike with a tension cable instead of a tube, that you can disconnect so that nobody can steal your bike and ride it away. Now they have introduced a glow-in-the-dark version- the frame's glowing paint sucks up sunlight during the day and lets it loose after the sun sets. We hope that it is not made with encapsulated tritium like the last glowing bike we saw. 
Green Stats: 29,628
2008-01-29 19:33
solar
29, 628 -- the number of grid-connected solar photovoltaic installations in California in January 2008, according to the California Energy Commission. 1,675 -- the number of grid-connected solar photovoltaic installations in California prior to 2002; that's a seventeen-fold increase over six years. Wow. Inspired by these statistics, Cooler Planet decided to map this explosive growth in solar panel installations, to see where they were happening in California. The interactive ... 
Who Needs Furniture?
2008-01-29 19:19
Design & Architecture
That's the question asked by student designer Theo Zeniou in his work, on display at an exhibition by Buckinghamshire New University's MA furniture design and technology graduates, on display at the Vitra showroom this week in London. Zeniou's imaginative work gives furniture a second home on the wall, giving it both dual purpose as 3D art and getting it up and out of the way when not in use. His artful designs are a great space-saving solution, and include the small office setup above -- it's easy to see where the chair is, but can you figure out where the table comes from? -- and an ingenious stool that doubles as a flower on the wall. ... 
Pollen Robots
2008-01-29 18:51
Science & Technology
In North America we have the Weather Network. In Japan they appear to have the Pollen Channel, monitoring the spread of Japanese cedar and cypress pollen that cause hay fever. To monitor this, WeatherNews is deploying two hundred beady-eyed robots with eyes that glow different colours according to the pollen levels, as well as uploading the information via the internet to the online pollen map. Wouldn't it be great if it monitored a wide range of pollutants besides pollen. Except the eyes would always be red. ::Pi... 
Wayback Machine 1937: Combined Swing and Clothes Dryer
2008-01-29 18:46
prototypes
We could make a fortune selling these in all those municipalities that prohibit clotheslines. They don't ban swing sets, do they? On the other hand it would have been much more interesting if the energetic children spinning around actually dried the clothing. Instructions for building below the fold. ::Modern Mechanix... 
Early Exposure to Lead May Accelerate Aging of Brain in Later Life
2008-01-29 18:41
Business & Politics
In a disturbing study released recently, it appears that early childhood exposure to lead may, in fact, lead to an acceleration of the normal aging of the brain. As Dr. Brian Schwartz of John Hopkins University put it, "We're trying to offer a caution that a portion of what has been called normal aging might in fact be due to ubiquitous environmental exposures like lead." And lead's not the only pollutant you may have to worry about… ... 
The Celebrity Minute: High-Profile Moms Endorse Q Collection Junior
2008-01-29 17:45
Design & Architecture
TreeHugger loves Q Collection's combination of carefully considered sustainability characteristics and ultra-sleek, modern style. They knocked our socks off with their collection of furniture and rocked our world with Q Collection Junior, which applies their rigorous approach to sustainability and great design sensibility to kids' furniture, and we aren't the only ones who noticed. High-profile and celeb moms Gwynet... 
FEMA Ignored or Buried Formaldehyde Research
2008-01-29 17:29
news
As John wrote last year, FEMA trailers seem to have been designed to optimize formaldehyde exposure. FEMA pooh-poohed the issue, saying that the trailers were safe if properly ventilated. Now congressional Democrats are saying that FEMA "manipulated scientific research in order to play down the danger posed by formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane victims." FEMA "ignored, hid and manipulated government research on the potential impact of long-term exposure to formaldehyde" on Katrina and Rita victims now living in FEMA trailers, Democrats on a House... 
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