New Scientist writes of an interesting variant on the man-machine partnership. A new software application watches human cartographers turn satellite images into maps and then learns enough to take the task over.

All the environmental blogs are talking about economist Sir Nicholas Stern’s report on climate change, but Slashdot nails what’s likely to be the most influential conclusion, that dealing with climate change now will cost a lot less than dealing with it later.

T-post has got to be one of the most original ideas in publishing (and a sign of how inexpensive production has become). Subscribers get T-shirts printed with a topical illustration on the outside, a summary of a news story on the inside. [coolhunting]

Seed thinks science fiction might be more than entertainment for pre-teens. A recent spate of science fiction that imagines a world warped by climate change can help envision the future that might be, and the path to avoiding it.

So now Home Depot is offering solar installations. You can sign up for a consultation online. [treehugger]