links for 2008-04-12

Through the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), you can pay a $5.50 to have a baby tree planted in the Indonesian rainforest. Then you can use Google Earth and watch it grow over the years.

Jacob Barber and I not only invented this idea in the 8th grade (1995), but we also made a marketing video for it.

National Geographic article on biomimicry – engineering with an eye towards copying nature.

TimeMachiner is a new mini-app that lets you email people in the future. Use it to remind yourself to do something that you’ll more than likely forget, keep your future self on the straight and narrow, even wish your friends happy birthday…

Online marketplace combining the treasures of a specialty boutique, the great finds of a craft show, discoveries from a faraway bazaar, along with some enduring classics.