Online garden planning and design tool - upload photo and plan your garden in 5 minutes

Online garden planning and design tool - upload photo and plan your garden in 5 minutes

Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers - washingtonpost.com

Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers - washingtonpost.com: "They do so, he said, for the same reasons as non-Muslims: 'Stronger academics, more family time, they want to guide social interaction, provide a safe place to learn and . . . teach them [their] values, beliefs and worldview.'"

Hey, green spender: The truth about eco-friendly brands - New Scientist

Hey, green spender: The truth about eco-friendly brands - New Scientist: "New Scientist's exclusive investigation reveals which companies deserve their green auras – and which don't."

Notes From a Curmudgeon

Notes From a Curmudgeon

Free Technology for Teachers

Free Technology for Teachers Link from my pal, Brenda.

Oregon is first U.S. site for a wave-power farm - USATODAY.com

Oregon is first U.S. site for a wave-power farm - USATODAY.com: "Construction has begun off Oregon on what would be the nation's first commercial wave-energy farm, said Sean O'Neill, president of the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, a Maryland-based trade association that promotes marine energy. It is planned to supply energy to about 400 homes."

Slate wants your best ideas for how to live a cheaper, more energy-efficient life. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine

Slate wants your best ideas for how to live a cheaper, more energy-efficient life. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine: "Slate wants your best ideas for how to live a cheaper, more energy-efficient life."

My Mind is a Web Browser: How People with Autism Think

My Mind is a Web Browser: How People with Autism Think

How to make your school more eco-friendly | Environment | guardian.co.uk

How to make your school more eco-friendly | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "How to make your school more eco-friendly

A guide to lowering the carbon footprint of your school – the building, its food, and waste – and improving the curriculum"

Open Educational Resources Center for California | Learn to share ... share to learn

Open Educational Resources Center for California | Learn to share ... share to learn: "The OER Center for California provides support for community college educators to find, create, remix, use, and share openly licensed learning content. Together, as knowledge workers, we can learn to share...and share to learn."

Inspired Ethonomics | Fast Company

Inspired Ethonomics | Fast Company

“Multimedia” children spend 7 hours a day glued to electronic gadgets

“Multimedia” children spend 7 hours a day glued to electronic gadgets: "LONDON - A new research has found that children are spending nearly seven hours daily with their smartphones, iPods, TVs and video games.

The research, carried out by the Kaiser Family Foundation in the US, also discovered that youngsters aged between eight and 18 are always using some electronic device when they are not in school.

Some use more than one device at a time and consume over 10 hours of electronic content a day."

Clever Healthy Food Packaging

Clever Healthy Food Packaging

Composting center plans to profit from food waste | Reuters

Composting center plans to profit from food waste | Reuters: "WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - On a windswept industrial site near the Port of Wilmington, a front-end loader tips a fetid mass of half-rotted food and plastic bags onto a 20-foot heap inside a large blue shed."