It may well be the ugliest house we have shown on TreeHugger, and it is made of garbage, too. But Ian McPherson of Welsh startup Affresol takes plastic waste, grinds it down to little granules. They then mix it with liquid resin and pour it like concrete into panels, which they call Thermo Poly Rock (TPR). ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Sightline From a $350 electric commuter bike to fancy German e-bikes that apply electric assist direct to the power train, we've had no shortage of cool motorized bicycles here on TreeHugger. And they've even ignited some important debate, including Trevor's musings on whether his elec...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Last year, TreeHugger honored more than 170 winners across eight topics with our first annual Best of Green Awards. This year, we asked for your nominations and the response was overwhelming with hundreds of suggestions spanning dozens of categories. Now, your suggestions, along with some of our own, have been compiled and it's time to vote for your favorite....Read the full story on TreeHugger

This opinion piece is by Marian E. Hopkins, Senior Director at the Business Roundtable. A couple of weeks ago, President Obama met with Business Roundtable's member CEOs, and his speech reminded me of the "space race" of the 21st century - the development and deployment of green energy technology - something I recently discussed on Treehugger. In his speech, he called for a "smart energy policy" based on enhan...Read the full story on TreeHugger

PSFK shows us Pocket Wall, a storage system from Polish Designer Maja Ganszyniec. She describes it:

Look at the house as if it were a package: the room is like a package and the wallpaper is like wrapping paper. The project turns the purely decorative layer of wallpaper into storage.

But it reminds me of Graham Hill and Petz Scholtus' Stuffbump, TreeHugger's one attempt at product design....Read the full story on TreeHugger