Roundup: Birds, Pandas and Chairs

Green energy tradeoff I: Trees vs. Solar Panels

Green energy tradeoff II: Birds (and bats) vs. Turbines (and here, and here)

Personally, I'd like to see more helix-shaped turbines which don't have these same problems.

Climate change is... good for the environment?

Cool prefab furniture.

My favorite plant family fights fires.

This guy is at MOMA for a few more weeks.

Green roof/ramp in Singapore.

Panda's best friend.

Saving the other built environment.

Green Tradeoffs: Fuel Efficiency vs. Urban Planning

Lunchbreak Biomimicry Alert!

If you haven't noticed, there are some cool things happening with biomimicry lately. From flying squirrel parachutes to insectoid architecture, it looks like humans are learning to learn how to learn from the world around them.