Toyota may have a problem on its hands. With the company’s increasing focus on using natural and environmentally-friendly materials, they seem to be offering a tempting feast for Nature’s opportunists. There have been several recent reports of Toyota car owners discovering their cars have been vandalized. One report showed a south Florida family’s Toyota Sequoia SUV had two 6-inch panels ripped from the outside of the car. Another, from Croydon, South London, England, found that a Toyota Aygo! sported a…

If you love the idea of a treehouse and want something innovative and easy on the environment, Dom’Up could fit the bill. This “life tree platform” – invented by Dutch arboriculturist Bruno de Grunne and architect Nicolas d’Ursel from Trees and People – takes the best of tree camping and utilizes Trees and People’s No Trace arboreal hanging system. With its low impact on surrounding trees, Dom’Up is made from galvanized steel and natural wooden flooring. It comes with a…

We’re not sure whether the whole V Day in February thing is actually a worthy occasion or just an excuse for the world to over-indulge in too much dark chocolate, but hey, we’re not opposed to a bit of genuine romance. It would be churlish.

It looks like you can never have too much information, right? We’ve got teh Internets, 24/7, cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP TV, mobile internet, FM radio and even quaint text services if you know where to look. But it’s not enough. Apparently we need more.

With the world population slated to reach 9 billion people, housing becomes a real problem. But Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corp has an innovative idea to solve this. Ocean Spiral is planned as an eco-friendly underwater city that would house 5,000 people and be powered by the sea bed. An artist’s rendering shows the futuristic structure divided into three sections. A floating sphere – the “Blue Garden” – will be 500 meters (approx. 1,640 feet) in diameter. It will lie…

There’s more than one way to keep safe on the roads if you’re a cyclist, so it pays to use them all if you can. Sure bright lights, high visibility clothing and a very loud horn will help, but what about throwing in a little bit of fun psychology as well?

We almost certainly eat too much. Too much of this, too much of that, too much choice, sugars, carbs, junk. You name it, we consume too much of it. So it’s interesting to come across a product which claims to provide all the nourishment the body needs, but in a convenient easy to consume smoothie mix.