This week marks Carnival of the Green #215, and it's being hosted by Project Earth, a blog for environmental information and discussion, but also one for curriculum ideas by and for high school teachers and students. So head on over to this week's Carnival which includes a round up of green news and events from the past week and your best green tweets, submitted by other bloggers and green sites. From 8 simple ways to save a thousand bucks to hiking in Norway to planting a garden for healt...Read the full story on TreeHugger

This week marks Carnival of the Green #214, and it's being hosted by EcoStreet, a website that ecompasses both a green blog and a green directory. At EcoStreet, they've jumped into the green life and are eager to pass along to their experience and knowledge to readers. Going green doesn't have to be complicated, so EcoStreet has dismantled it into smaller pieces to make green more accessible to regular people. So head on over to this week's Carnival, which includes a round up of green news and ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

All images by Niki Raapana via Tiny House Blog Niki Raapana tells a remarkable story in the Tiny House Blog about her Gertee, her name for a yurt "made from raw or salvaged materials. Unlike the Mongolian and Western versions (exquisitely crafted and covered in gorgeous fabrics), gertee is the budget variety. It utilizes many items that would otherwise go to the dump." It is all scrap wood, scrounged plastic, billboard covers and bits of cloth, held together with zip ties. Yet it stands up to the worst Alaska can throw at it....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Tighe's blog has this post of a blonde-tailed squirrel. This photo could be a portent of what global warming might bring, as squirrel's lighter tail will help him survive by not absorbing as much of the sun's heat. How many other weird wildlife mutations have we seen which might allow adaption to a changing climate? Alternatively, might disabling mutations be brought about in part by climate change?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Love is the air as Valentine's Day approaches this weekend. And while we regularly show our appreciation for all the other amazing green bloggers out there on TH Blog Love, at this time of year it seems even more appropriate to declare our feelings! Over on Planet Green we want to see if you feel the same with Sara Novak's Green Valentine's Quiz and here on TreeHugger we've quickened pulses with Emma Grady's 10 Sexy & Sustainable Ling...Read the full story on TreeHugger