I am B Artists do amazing things with garbage; we have shown whole exhibitions of it. I am B ink and media blog gave artist Faith Pearson their empty ink cartridges (do people at media blogs still print?)...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image via Google Lat-Long Blog Google Earth's ocean layers are incredible, and the company has made the feature of their much loved software mobile -- Google Earth 1.1 for (of course) Android has just added their oceans layer. You can zoom around the sea floor, exploring the entire Monterey Bay Canyon, for example, or search through photos and videos from contributors. It's certainly an entertaining and educational way to spend a morning train commute. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Credit: Hemera One year ago we covered the commencement of the Great American Apparel Diet; participants have staved off clothing consumption for -- gulp -- 365 days. In a little over 10 days the anti-shopping experiment ends. To help dieters avoid a disposable fashion shopping binge, Sally Bjornsen, creator and founder of the Great American Apparel Diet, has curated "Conscious Shopping", a new section to her blog, updated thrice weekly, which features eco-friendly app...Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo: Agustín Ruiz via flickr Following up on my recent post on more eco-friendly was of measuring progress than GDP, I came across a recent post by renowned ecological economist Herman Daly over at the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy's blog. Daly talks about framing the classic economic concept of opportunity cost in a modern environmental context. This...Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo: Umair Mohsin via flickr If Russia's current heatwave being the worst in 1000 years and doubling the daily death rate in Moscow wasn't enough, check out this sweaty stat: According to Wunder Blog (via Mongabay), already this summer 17 nations have set or matched their all-time heat records. Not to mention an all-time hottest temperature for Pakistan, and possibly all of Asia....Read the full story on TreeHugger