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Pumpkin Guts: Extreme pumpkin carving design tricks and treats featuring seeds

What to do with pumpkin guts is an age old question moms and dads have asked for years while carving their kids pumpkin faces into the ripe, round gourds for Halloween. Are pumpkin guts edible? Absolutely. But the stringy stuff is often best saved for the compost heap after you fish out all the seeds. Can you use the goo to make jack-o-lanterns look more scary? “Abso-posi-tutely” as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh would say if he were carving pumpkins so frightful that Christopher Robin would change the name of the Hundred Acre Woods to the Haunted Hallows for Halloween evening. Want to know more about pumpkin guts projects? Keep reading…

Cool Cars: Bamboo cars design inspired by green surf boards?

Greg Abbot, an electrical vehicles tinkerer, saw some surfboards made from woven bamboo composites, according to Good Design. He noted that one of the popular features of the bamboo boards was the fact that they are both lightweight and durable, and he decided that such a composite just might serve as a lightweight body for an electric car, which would require something like a 200 pound battery pack added to its standard frame in order to travel 100 miles. Want to know more about his bright green idea? Keep reading…

Green Travel: Treehouse hotels are unique, eco-friendly vacation destinations

Looking for an unusual vacation destination? Consider going green. Really green. As in, planning your vacation stay in a tree. That’s right — there is a new type of eco-friendly hotel that has been popping up around the world, allowing travelers to get back to nature while enjoying all the comfort and luxury of the finest resort. They are called “Treehouse Hotels”, and like the name, each rental unit is a tree house built for comfort, view, and to be both private and unique. Here’s a list of links to treehouse hotels for go green travelers. Keep reading…