The white unit was closest to production, with a proper power button and green LED lighting in the base.

ENGADGET: Hands-on with MiiPC, the $99 kid-safe Android PC (video)

She had to use a toothbrush to scrub where it had mixed with green soap from the dispenser, then caked in mineral crusts around the base of the taps, around the plughole and the overflow.

NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire

Charlie, a green eclectus parrot, was rescued by Safehaven, a bird charity with a base in Nottinghamshire.

BBC: Charlie the parrot wearing his jumper

In green building news, we shined the spotlight on NASAs new Sustainability Base (which is packed with technology developed for the International Space Station).

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