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Shipwrecked coal ship is now home to a floating forest

Its contrast of rust and lush vegetation against the city skyline acts as an easy allegory for degradation and renewal.

The week in transportation: Plug-in milestones, Teslas, 3d-printed bikes, Sparks, stupid tweets, etc

It's Friday, the week is almost over. Time to look back at some highlights from this week in transportation!

The Week in Design: I

Much of the design coverage this week came from New York Design Week, although the two top stories are about tiny houses.

100 NYC restaurants commit to less food waste

With more composting and recycling, the city's eateries aim to send less to the landfill.

Cockroaches are evolving away from sweet tooth to avoid human traps

Urban environments are putting new kinds of evolutionary pressures on many species, including cockroaches.

Swedish architects design stove for Kenya

Claesson Koivisto Rune are architects of everything from prefabs to lamps. Can they solve a huge problem in Africa?

According to Allison Arieff, Prefab Lives!

A decade ago she saw it coming and now it might actually finally be arriving.

NASA timelapse: 3 years of the sun in 3 minutes, with commentary from a heliophysicist

The sun, to many of us, is like water to a fish. Very important, but we kind of forget about it because it's always been there.

German beer-makers are concerned about the impact of fracking on beer quality

German brewers have sent a letter to various officials in Berlin to voice their concern that shale gas exploitation via fracking could endanger the water supply on which they depend.

Coal Pollution in North Omaha, Nebraska: "Kids Deserve Better Than This"

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.

Are tornados connected to climate change? Maybe, but resilient design is needed now.

Just as we saw following Hurricane Sandy, the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma raised the question of whether the storm could be attributed to climate change. Either way, Andrew Revkin notes, this is less important in the short-term.

Artist converts vintage suitcases into 'Nest Colonies'

The notion of 'nesting' takes on new meaning with these beautifully transformed suitcases, fit for the birds.

Quirky parking canopy made from 1,500 recycled plastic bottles

Colourful and unexpected, this installation uses hundreds of bottles to create a simple shelter.

Camera trap footage captures rare Javan leopard just lying around being a cat (Video)

Unlike some previous footage, fleeting and grainy, here we're lucky enough to see a Javan leopard getting all cozy in front of the camera.

Google buys flying wind-turbine startup Makani Power

Google, already an investor in the clean energy startup, apparently decided that if owning part of it was good, owning all of it would be even better!

The double edged sword of boycotting disposable fashion

The recent Bangladesh factory collaspe sparks qustions about cheap clothes.

Composting toilets are coming home

It's about time that we stopped wasting drinking water to flush away our waste; Allison Bailes did it and isn't complaining.

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