The LG GD510 touchscreen phone has a built-in solar panel on the back to help with charging and will be released mid-October in Europe.  Why  is the US often last to receive new technology? Via EcoFriend

A Field of shoelaces and ec0-friendly shoes by Dominic Wilcox as a part of London Design Week.  More @designboom

Don’t think these chairs are for sittin’, more for listenin’.  Mikal Hameed wants to bring people together with music.  Via Inhabitat

Ahh Shark!  Don’t worry, it’s just a Whale Shark made from flip-flops by Kenyan local artists to raise awareness about these hunted creatures.  Via TreeHugger

Excerpts

“Imagine a future in which pointing a PDA at a product bar code returns an instant readout of product source and environmental footprint to inform the buyer’s decision. This future could be reality with SourceMap.” Via TreeHugger

“New Yorkers are still tossing out more than half the stuff they should be recycling, managing to go green only 42% of the time.”  They blame confusion and lack of space.

“Enerkem, a green energy company based in Quebec, has developed an alternative approach to mining the carbon out of non-recyclable plastics, construction waste and other materials found in the municipal waste stream.”  “This fall, the company started construction on a $65 million plant in Edmonton, Alberta, that will transform 110,000 tons of sorted municipal solid waste into about 9.5 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol.”  Via NY Times

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