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Frustrated by flushing your bodily waste with some of the cleanest drinking water in the world?

Do something about it.

Lifehacker shows us how, and discussed why, to convert your gas powered lawnmower to solar electric. Note that finding a cheaper motor is possible and will save you a lot of money.

What can you do with curdled milk? Make gorgeous, ecofriendly, long lasting and low VOC paint for your home (and indoor health).

I just did this following the recipe here and my house (not pictured), which used to look like the bachelor pad it is, now looks like a hipster, designer home... kind of an EcoHome Make Over.

There’s a lot of synergy going in the open source appropriate technology (OSAT) world, and this podcast is a perfect example of that... If you’re interested in OSAT, then THIS is the podcast to listen to. If you’ve never heard of OSAT, then listen and learn.

"Seattle legalized goats as pets last month largely under the banner of sustainability. The goats are required to be licensed just like a dog or cat and horns must be removed. Urban goat owners enjoy fresh milk and cheese daily. I can't wait to see a Prius with a goat in the back seat." This is awesome. Caveat: If anyone has had a goat, you know you do not want to put it in the back seat of your Prius.

"Worsening State Of Insect Worries Scientists Already Scared About Honeybees"

The bee situation in North America keeps getting scarier and scarier. Keep in mind that this story is about the bumblebee, which is a North American native species.

What if you could weave a parabolic basket while helping to eradicate non-native invasive species, and line it with a waste stream (or recycle-stream at best) product to create an almost-free solar cooker and pasteurizer? Well this group has laid the ground work, and created a functioning prototype.

"The ethanol boom of recent years — which spurred a frenzy of distillery construction, record corn prices, rising food prices and hopes of a new future for rural America — may be fading."

This conference (deemed an 'un-conference' by the founders) series promises follow ups on agreements made during the conference... very useful, if hard to effect, idea. The first in the series is this year on Energy, then next year on food.

From Treehugger.com:
After scouring through a ton of quality entries, we have chosen a winner for the Participate! contest. Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt caught our judges' imaginations by using common materials in a completely new way, yielding what Vinay terms a "microbuilding" capable of housing refugees in times of disaster without adding new...