Credit: Photos via facebook.com/meeteater.

I like "Meet Eater," at least on Facebook. Not much happened after I hit the "Like" button to express my, um, admiration. Apparently, though, every time this plant makes a friend on Facebook, an electronic system delivers water and nutrients. No friends, no love? Dead plant.

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Everyone in the red state is piling on the redesign of the oval office, complaining it is not patriotic enough, even though George Bush took Bill Clinton's red, white and blue garish extravaganza and turned it into a

At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at studio Marina68 in Barcelona have worked with this local material and created a series of furniture, that embrace craftsmanship and eco-friendly materials.

All Images by B. Alter: Jrumchai Singalavanij

With ecological and sustainable fashion growing more popular, it's important that students be interested and involved in this area: they are the future.

Nothing wards off vampire power better than a crucifix powerstrip. Alexander Pincus of Means of Production delivers with a 12 outlet cruciform surge protector that accommodates oversize adapters and provides comprehensive protection from evil, power surges, and AC contamination.

Images: Artecnica

Spun out of synthetic, high-density polyethylene fibers that give it its characteristic durability and lovable crinkly texture, Tyvek is a surprisingly polyvalent material, though it's typically thought of as house wrap.

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We have admired Bakfiets, the big Dutch cargo bikes that carry kids around the Netherlands, before; Warren noted that they have a low centre of gravity and are very stable, and probably are a whole lot safer than kids' sea

Photos by Benjamin Boccas via Paul Coudamay

TreeHugger has shown many ways to hide the bed; most are designed to gain more space. But the Red Nest by Paul Coudamay doesn't; the bed is still there taking up space, but is hidden by the sliding bookcase.

From An Illustrated History of Furniture, Frederick Litchfield: Dining table made of boards and trestles

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design.

Photos: Adi Zaffran Weisler and Oded Antman

Wood and plastic may seem irreconcilable at first glance, but in Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler's furniture series RAWtation, the raw n' rustic meets moulded, industrial forms in a simply striking set of textural geometries and materials that seems to finally lay their differences to rest.