Check out these videos on earthships.  A man named Michael Reynolds has developed a sustainable home that is completely off the grid and is made from recycled materials.  These ships generate their own power, treat their own sewage, collect and filter their own water, etc.

It's pretty ingenious what he's come up with.  Here are a few you tube videos ( Read more... )

This is one of the most moving and important speeches I have ever heard delivered by a 13 year old girl addressing the UN at an environmental conference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sb6RmRMbBY

She is speaking for her future...out future.