Photo: Michael Graham Richard A Bulb from the Future! It Looks Like it Belongs on a Spaceship The Philips AmbientLED 12.5-watt A19 LED lightbulb (quite a name!) is probably the favorite LED bulb that I’ve tried so far. It beats the competition when it comes to light output (800 lumens vs. 450-590 lumens for the other LEDs that I’ve tried), the design of the bulb is very innovative, and light quality is excellent. Read on for my full review and more technical specs on the Philips AmbientLED…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Philips AmbientLED 12.5 Watts LED Lightbulb (Product Review)

Photo credit: Patrick H~ / Creative Commons This guest post was written by Beth Buczynski , a writer for Care2 Causes . Compare a television from 10 years ago to the ones on the market today, and you probably wouldn’t guess that they were the same type of technology…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Samsung Unveils See-Through Solar-Powered TV

Photo: DigitalGlobe , CC Cooling Not Yet Fully Restored Today marks the second week since the mega-quake and tsunami that devastated a large part of Japan. The official death toll from the earthquake and tsunami is now 10,000, with 17,500 others still listed as “missing”. Our hearts go to all of the victims’ loved ones. Meanwhile, today also marks the second week of the nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi. Read on for more details on what happened during the past day. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: 2 Weeks After the Mega-Quake & Tsunami

Image credit: Green Renters From buying smaller houses to installing solar panels , when it comes to housing much of the sustainability advice that is out there focuses on home owners, and home buyers. But what about those who rent? TreeHugger’s own guide on how to green your rental is a good place to start, but surely there should be a voice out there for non-homeowners who want to go green. Luckily, there is…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Can Renters Go Green Too?

Image credit: PermacultureMedia From touring an illegal roundhouse to checking out some “plush and fragrant” composting toilets , we’ve seen our fair share of low tech, low impact living here on TreeHugger. This latest video is a great example of how simple, communal living can be achieved on a shoestring budget. And the compost toilet you’re about to see might have one of the best views of any crapper I have had the opportunity to visit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Low-Impact Self-Built Living in a Communal Woodland (Video)

All images: A Luc Boegly, Courtesy of Christian Pottgiesser Talk about an urban jungle. In Paris’ tenth arronidissement, two companies, Pons and Huot, share one of the more remarkable offices in the city. “Forest Through the Table,” the work of architect Christian Pottgiesser , is the result of a 2005-2006 renovation of an old industrial workshop. Taking advantage of the wide spaces and high ceiling, Pottgeisser installed a self-cleaning glass roof to bring in tons of sunlight, and set about making a mini-jungle. More pics after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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An Office With Enough Trees and Sunlight, You’ll Think You’re Outside (Photos)

Original photo: quinn.anya / cc Despite the countless organizations dedicated to raising awareness and protection for the world’s most endangered species, the battle between humans and wildlife, sadly, rages on. An angry mob made up of hundreds of villagers in northern India recently seized a captured leopard from wildlife officials, dowsed it in gasoline and set it on fire — while police and conservation officers watched helplessly…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rare Leopard Burned Alive by Angry Crowd in India

photo: Graeme / Creative Commons Given that there’s an ongoing nuclear power plant crisis in Japan and another oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, you may have missed this one: An oil spill caused by a ship run around on Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic (part of Tristan da Cunha group of islands) which has resulted in rockhopper penguins , listed as endangered by IUCN, and seals being covered in oil, in addition to the undoubted effects on the less charismatic parts of the food chain. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Endangered Rockhopper Penguins Covered In Oil By Remote South Atlantic Oil Spill (Video)

Image Credit Pythagoras Solar Office buildings are covered in expensive glass that is usually designed to control solar gain, with tinting, mirroring or fritting (patterns of dots). Israeli startup Pythagoras Solar has a better idea: instead of just bouncing or filtering out sunlight, they build photovoltaics right into the sealed double-glazed units. This is a big step forward, both controlling heat gain and generating electricity…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Future of Green Building: Integrating Solar Power Into Glazing

photo: Tambako the Jaguar / Creative Commons Details are a bit thin on this one, but my initial reaction to this is an overwhelming grossness: Reports from Times of India are that researchers in China have genetically modified some 200 cows so that the milk they produce is similar to human milk…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Genetically Modified Cows To Produce ‘Human’ Milk