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Photo credit: Lavender and Limes + Spread a little love around with Positively Organic's limited edition "Heart for Haiti" baby bodysuits and varsity tees, which benefit CARE's Haiti Relief Efforts. + A sweet, reusable "Valentine the Owl" tote shows you and your eco-tot give a hoot about disposables. + We're

Photo via david.orban The Greener Gadgets Design Competition is pooling the best concepts for eco-friendly electronics and handing them over to the public to narrow it down to three top choices from which the competition judges will select a winner. Not only is the competition a terrific way to scan what designers are dreaming up in green gadgets but also it allows us to take the temperature of the consumer marketplace - what do people expect from eco-friendly electronics and where is the industry heading?

photo: David Schroeter via flickr. Now here's an article I wish I wrote: While the US vs China rhetoric over who's the bigger cleantech player, the China's gonna eat our lunch talk from the likes of Thomas Friedman et al, certainly has a populist appeal, it's always rang a bit hollow to me. The situation is far more complex than such zero sum logic implies.

Image from RSPB birdguides It's been a tough winter for the birds. But one species has flourished in Britain. This winter's bitter cold has seen record numbers of bitterns fly to Britain from northern Europe to escape the bitter cold. They are rarely seen here, in 1997 there were only 11 males left. But this winter there have been record sightings across the country, with 82 counted already.

An update on the prices at the pump. Rebecca Williams talks with an oil analyst about the stability of future oil prices. And... biofuels in Europe. As biofuel tax credits in the U.S. lapse, Europe is surging forward. Sadie Babits has a report from a German company that says they're inching closer to closing the loop.

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

Source: AFP - The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."

Source: BusinessDay - BUSINESS Unity SA (Busa) had undertaken to establish a high-level think-tank to contribute to continuing climate change negotiations, the organisation said yesterday.

Source: Inquirer - The Philippines will be conducting consultations with concerned local sectors before officially associating itself with the controversial Copenhagen Accord.

Source: Carbonpositive - The first signs of emissions trading in China have emerged in the port city of Tianjin, in an initiative to help meet the country’s emissions intensity targets.