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The week in transportation: Plug-in milestones, Teslas, 3d-printed bikes, Sparks, stupid tweets, etc

May 24, 3:55 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Cars

It's Friday, the week is almost over. Time to look back at some highlights from this week in transportation!
The Week in Design: I <3 New York, but readers love those tiny homes

May 24, 3:29 PM by Lloyd Alter in Sustainable Product Design

Much of the design coverage this week came from New York Design Week, although the two top stories are about tiny houses.
Google buys flying wind-turbine startup Makani Power

May 23, 3:49 PM by Michael Graham Richard in Renewable Energy

Google, already an investor in the clean energy startup, apparently decided that if owning part of it was good, owning all of it would be even better!
Make a portable solar phone charger for $5

May 23, 7:00 AM by Megan Treacy in Gadgets

If you've always wanted to quickly make a purely sun-powered charger for your phone (no battery), here's how in 4 easy steps.
Sweeping up at ICFF

May 22, 1:20 PM by Lloyd Alter in Interior Design

A look at at some of the best and worst of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
London's Clerkenwell Design Week has some hidden treasures in the parks

May 22, 5:00 AM by Bonnie Alter in Sustainable Product Design

Clerkenwell Design Week is a smaller and more corporate event this year but there are still some great finds.
Young designers impress at ICFF

May 21, 10:57 AM by Lloyd Alter in Sustainable Product Design

Between the Designboom Mart, the Bernhardt Design exhibitors and the student work, young designers give ICFF its spark.
Garden gnomes allowed at Chelsea Flower Show in honour of its hundredth anniversary

May 21, 5:00 AM by Bonnie Alter in Lawn & Garden

It's official: garden gnomes are allowed into the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time ever.
Cats are going extinct: 12 most endangered feline species

May 17, 9:57 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Natural Sciences

It is Endangered Species Day and we are acknowledging it by bringing attention to these feline species that are on the verge of disappearing.
Happy Eightieth Birthday, Tennessee Valley Authority

May 17, 7:00 AM by Lloyd Alter in Green Investments

It may be old, dirty and coal powered now, but it was once a vision of a brighter future, was a giant stimulus project and helped win WWII.
Dogs are going extinct: 8 most endangered canid species

May 17, 6:00 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Natural Sciences

It is Endangered Species Day and we are acknowledging it by bringing attention to these canid species that are on the brink of disappearing.
London's top gardens pictured in one charming book

May 17, 5:00 AM by Bonnie Alter in Lawn & Garden

If you are visiting London this summer, or just like garden porn, this is the book for you.
The top ten posts of the week on TreeHugger

May 11, 9:47 AM by Lloyd Alter in Endangered Species

From clouded leopards to challenged chapels.
Hundreds of starving sea lion pups get a helping hand [Photos]

May 8, 2:15 PM by Jaymi Heimbuch in Natural Sciences

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California, is overflowing with rescued sea lion pups. The center has taken in over 300 of the 1,300+ sea lion pups that have turned up starving and dehydrated. Here is their rescue efforts, in photos.
Toronto's Green Line Competition Winners Announced

May 7, 11:11 AM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design

The ideas competition brought out some great ideas
Make a fire-powered smartphone charger

May 7, 6:00 AM by Megan Treacy in Gadgets

This DIY charger can boost your smartphone battery while in the great outdoors with help from a camp stove or other heat source.
Art for Advocacy: 13 Posters for Sustainable Social Change

May 6, 4:05 PM by Chris Tackett in Culture

"As a medium for social change, posters record our struggles for peace, social justice, environmental defense, and liberation from oppression."
The top ten posts of the week on TreeHugger

May 4, 9:22 AM by Lloyd Alter in Uncategorized

Evolving mice, cheaper solar, NSFW videos and more