Earthly EcoThoughts

Recently I've been taking an interest to all things environmental or sustainable. This blog is really just a collection of recent events and ideas, from around the world, that focus on saving the environment and our future.

[unconsumption]

Victoria, B.C., residents Marco Khalil and Caroline West, who together own a business selling vintage goods, found a small school bus for sale on Craigslist. They turned the 1979 bus into a vacation home — a mobile cabin — that not only serves as a backyard cabin on their property, but can serve as a pop-up shop for their business. 

Read more about it, and see additional photos taken by Caroline, over on Design*Sponge: A School Bus Turned Vacation Home | Design*Sponge

An upcycled, multipurpose space filled with vintage crates used as storage, maps used as window covering — what’s not to love about this?!

[matteoush]

Trees in the moss garden of Saihō-ji, Kyoto, in Japan.

[roldam]

[gunera]

(via 35PHOTO - Гордеев Эдуард - остров Выборг)

[gunera]

Forêt de Pourcheresse on Flickr.

[watershedplus]

Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic is named for its brilliant colouration. The colour spectrum that ranges from deep blue to burnt red is the product of trillions of thermophiles, or bacterial microorganisms, which flourish in hot waters. Different temperatures determine the hue, and the center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat (70 °C or 160 °F) leaving the intrinsic blue color of water.

Picture by Werner Van Steen/Getty

[mothernaturenetwork]

Spanish island first to be powered only by wind, water El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, is becoming energy self-sufficient by relying solely on wind turbines and hydroelectricity.

[eco-thoughts]

me gusta muchísimo!!! Chyeaa El Hierro!! ;)

[ichooseearth]

Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways!

Solution?

Plus Good points to consider on the idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H901KdXgHs4

[landscapelifescape]

Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Ice & Fire by Danilo Faria

[landscapelifescape]

Dallas Divide, Colorado, USA

 by Greg Boratyn

[versaversa]

[landscapelifescape]

Forest Angel, Netherlands

Small Angels by Nelleke

[moonelk]

The Majestic Moraine (Banff National Park, Canada) by Trevor Anderson,

[mothernaturenetwork]

30 great ways to celebrate Earth Day every day Here’s a month-long list of eco-awesome activities you can do to celebrate the planet every day.

[mothernaturenetwork]

Take an entertaining animated look back at Earth Day’s history.

[moonelk]

Eruption of Puyehue - Puyehue National Park, Chile (by Francisco Negroni).

[moonelk]

Magwa Falls - Lusikisiki, South Africa (by Hougaard Malan).