Eco fashion designer Carrie Parry’s eponymous line has always been about practical, fashionable clothing for women of the world. The collection, dubbed “Leharia” (that word conjures up something future-exotic, no?), “draws from the geometric lines and shapes of Bauhaus design. Montague” collection. MORE >>

Halfway to trillion, with a T : Economic damages inflicted by Hurricane Sandy could reach $50 billion, according to new estimates that are more than double a previous forecast. Some economists warned on Thursday that the storm could shave a half percentage point off the nation’s economic growth in the current quarter.   MORE >>

Behold! The “skull” caterpillar of the Imperial Fruit Sucking Moth and winner annually of “The Australian Caterpillar Halloween Contest.” Animals Causes News Top News MORE >>

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) As other nations across the world struggle to cut the amount of waste piling up in their landfills and marring the landscape, Sweden is facing an entirely different sort of challenge. Sweden has run out of trash and now they are forced to import some more. Why not? MORE >>

| Green And Inn-viting | Mendocino sets a mood. Perched on rocky headlands high above a swelling kelp-forest ocean, it’s like nowhere else on the California coast. stage backdrop of a 19th-century seafaring village, with tidy New England ship captain’s homes and wooden sidewalks. MORE >>