EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups]

Jaymi Heimbuch ?This week on TreeHugger, chandeliers that mimic hundreds of butterflies, traveling saunas pulled by bikes, electric cars charged wirelessly in 80 minutes, the carbon emissions of the Internet, and more!

How Green is Your Internet? (Video) Filmmakers Dan Ilic and Patrick Clair put together this informative video outlining the emissions produced to deliver the internet to computers around the world.

Get Your Steam On Anywhere: Portable Bike Sauna By H3T Architects Enveloped in translucent panels, the Bike Sauna allows users to park it in various locales, transforming any spot into a relaxing haven.

Crazy E-Waste Statistics Explored in Infographic Exactly how much electronic waste do we produce? Which electronics become e-waste, and at what rate? A new infographic from WellHome explores these stats, and it's quite a wake-up call!

Sleep Anywhere, Anytime With The Ostrich This little hood of sorts makes napping in public a whole lot easier.

Wireless Electric Car Charging Closer to Reality Charging a battery pack of the size fitted to the Volvo C30 Electric(24 kWh) could take a mere 80 minutes.

Amphibious Aquapod Uses Tumbling Action to Travel, Monitor Waterways (Video) The University of Minnesota's Center for Distributed Robotics has come up with a lovably awkward amphibious robot that can be used to monitor fish populations, even in ice-covered waters.

LED Desk Lamp Made from Recycled E-Waste Made of recycled materials - including plastic recycled from e-waste - and sporting high efficiency LED bulb, the HeronLED is a very green lamp indeed.

Biomimetic Chandelier of 500 Photovoltaic Butterflies by Jeroen Verhoeven Taking its biomimetic cue from real-life butterflies that use their wings to gather vital solar energy, this spectacular chandelier is made from 500 butterfly-shaped blue cesium photovoltaic cells, which in turn self-powers a large, hand-blown glass bulb in the center.

Recycled Road Sign Furniture by Boris Bally (Photos) The orphaned road sign is a common trophy in college dorm rooms, pubs and the like, but Rhode Island-based artist Boris Bally takes it a step further design-wise by converting them into graphically striking furniture pieces.

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