In the midst of a howling Arctic storm last month, Merak Jakob Lindenhann lumbered into a store and bought a DVD called “Go Home” by the band U2. Then the 51-year-old Inuit walked back to his home — the local prison.
Mr. Lindenhann is serving a life sentence for three rapes. But like other hard-core inmates at the only jail in this island’s tiny capital, he enjoys some extraordinary privileges, including unaccompanied shopping trips. Though some residents know of his crimes, they look the other way. “He’s sweet,” said the store owner, as she waved goodbye to him.

The jail has no fences and no bars, but plenty of television sets, DVD players and computers. Inmates hold regular jobs around town, earning about $2,800 a month, a living wage in this country of 53,000 people. In the summer they’re given shotguns and allowed to hunt reindeer and seals. The only requirement for such hunting trips: They must be accompanied by armed guards, says Soeren Soedergaard Hansen, chief judge of Greenland. “And they cannot be drunk.”

New solar technology with a very unique design.

Beautiful waterfalls

With large cities looking for ways to sustain themselves from importing from distant farms, vertical farms have become a new trend in green design. For now it remains an idea, but it could be engineered soon.

“Growing crops in city skyscrapers would use less water and fossil fuel than outdoor farming, eliminate agricultural runoff and provide fresh food”

Hobos are the wealthiest people on earth!

The hamlet of Morses Line is just a dot on the Canadian border in the small northern Vermont town of Franklin. A quiet country road leads to the existing brick border station at the edge of a hayfield.

Interesting bee species unlike anything ever seen before.

The duct tape is key here. Obama is just sticking his chewed gum in the crack in a dam. Eventually, the gum will fall out, and water will rush out. Many think the crisis is over, but it hasn’t even begun.

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Here is a story about a futuristic airship that could be powered by organic seaweed farms. This airship known as a Hydrogenase has total sci-fi feel but apparently could be a reality by as early as 2030.  Would you be willing to take a flight or live in one?  Here are the full details from our friends at Treehugger and you can see come more cool concept images below.