Los Angeles Times - By Marla Dickerson - Mar. 01 (News Report) - One man in the classroom earned more than $100,000 framing tract homes during the building heyday. Another installed pools and piloted a backhoe. Behind him sat a young father who made a good living swinging a hammer in southern Utah. ...

You know what I hate? Rhubarb. Never liked it. Also, when batteries die. Or a beloved family pet. *sniff* Focus, GW, focus. BAAAAAATTERIES! Designed by Knut Karlsen, the SunCats are basically a set of old NiMH rechargeable batteries wrapped in a flexible Photo Voltaic cell created by the Institute f...

Samsung takes mobile phone “greenness� to a whole new level with the announcement of the “Blue Earth� handset to be introduced at Mobile World Congress 2009. This new handset has a wealth of environmentally friendly features including: A solar panel on the back of the phone allowing you to c...

Meet the satnav that nags you to conserve fuel. Dubbed the Econav, this new gadget will not only guide you from Land's End to John O'Groats but will also tick you off when you abuse the accelerator and brake pedal. It'll sigh - well, flash a visual and audio warning - when you need to shift gear. If...

Let's face it, we all want our cars to look more like golf balls. But what's a guy to do? Simple, have FastSkinz applied! Fastskinz look dimply and also improve your vehicle's gas mileage. Now I don't really want to go into details (I'll leave that for the quote), but I think it has something to do ...

President Obama is expected to be the most environmentally friendly president in a long time so having one of the famous inaugural balls be The Green Inaugural Ball is a no brainer.  But how green will that be? Extremely green, from the energy, [...]...

This is a water faucet with a shifter. Because, let's face it, regular faucets just aren't fast enough. The shifter controls the volume of water flowing, and is completely unnecessary. Still, it looks cool. It's just not practical. Now put a sink in a car -- THEN we'd be talking. That reminds me, di...

Motorola unveiled what is believed to be the first carbon neutral (and sideways) cell phone at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show this week. The W233 Renew Phone is made predominately out of recycled plastic bottles and Motorola hopes it will help the company bust a circuit all up in the environment...

The Ozone is a conceptual hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that looks like a coffee can. I can only assume it's the brainchild of a design student that stayed up all night snorting Adderall the day before their semester-project was due. The vehicle works on hydrogen powered fuel cells and looks futuristic...

Honda is rocking out with their robot out January 1st at the Tournament of Roses on January 1st in Pasadena, California. That's right, a 50-foot likeness of Asimo, the harbinger of our destruction, will lead the parade along with a Honda FCX Clarity (fuel cell car). Be sure to tune in and watch the ...