:: Keep your car clean and well-tuned to lower your carbon footprint.

:: Whip up a warm and frothy Organic Chai Tea Latte.

:: Prevent poisoning our water supply by disposing meds properly….

Can You Hear Purring Underwater?
A year and a half ago, I posted a very cool picture of a white tiger underwater. Believe it or not, but that article is still getting good traffic. Seems like there is demand for underwater tigers, for some reason.

So here’s a crowd pleaser. Enjoy! More pics below….

Green as Side-Effect of Saving Money, and Vice-Versa
So I was reading The Simple Dollar, a personal finance blog, and stumbled on an article about 18 Things a New Homeowner Should Do Immediately to Save Money.

It just so happens that the very same tips that can help someone save money are also very green. In fact, out of the 18 tips, 16 are directly green, and the last 2 could be considered green indirectly. Maybe there are some you haven’t done yet. See the list below….

Electric Porsche 911
Ruf Automobile GmbH, a German automotive company that has been tuning Porsches for a long time, will make an electric version of the Porsche 911 called the eRUF Model A.

Under the hood, a 150kW (201hp) brushless three phase A/C electric motor that can generate an impressive 480 lb.-ft. of torque and a lithium-ion iron-phosphate battery pack made of 96 160Ah Axeon cells and a sophisticated monitoring system to make sure it doesn’t overheat. Read on for more details and photos….

Whitney Sander’s House on left; Charles Eames on right

That is what the New York Times calls Whitney Sander’s house new house for Thomas Small and Joanna Brody. Michael Webb writes that “Inspired by the house that Charles and Ray Eames created in 1949 from a prefabricated steel frame and doors, windows and the like ordered from a catalog, the architects took the project on the condition that they could pursue a novel strategy.” The clients instructions were: “We want the greenest house you’ve ever designed, but we have almost no money.” …

One of the cool things about going to Bioneers was seeing all the clothing on display. There was organic cotton shirts, hemp clothes, clothes from recycled materials. But some of the cutest pieces on display were from Multiple Treads, which sported a line of “reinc…

Announced at Bioneers 2008, the Biomimicry Institute is launching later next month an incredible website that will serve to spark imagination and innovation in the field of biomimicry – AskNature.org.

And you can be part of its creation. Read on to find out how. …

It’s really easy to gather up stacks and stacks of paper at a conference, most of which you end up not needing or wanting, and so tossing into a recycling bin. I try to avoid paper at conferences for this reason, opting to write down pertinent info in a note pad, or grabbing the good old-fashioned business card which gives the info needed on the smallest amount of paper.

However, there are ways to green up even tiny business cards….

Bioneers offered many outstanding speeches by leaders in all areas of the green movement. Covering politics, inventions, renewable energy, biomimicry, women’s rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, social activism, and many other areas, the talks provided conference goers inspiration and motivation.

Gathered here are just a few of the favorites. …

Finally, Redesigned 2010 Toyota Prius
A member of the PriusChat forums has posted 5 shots of the new redesigned 2010 Toyota Prius, and Toyota has confirmed on its official blog that it was the real deal, though without any other details.

More photos below the fold….