Time for another weekly edition of Carnival of the Green, brought to you via the fine folks at Treehugger. Last week was hosted by Enviroblog, and next week will be hosted by Bean Sprouts. Be sure and check them out.

Riversider presents Mud and Maritime Festival posted at Save The Ribble

The wasteful ways of undergraduates is the topic of Trashtastic Tuesday this week. On everydaytrash, Leila talks to a carpenter in West Philadelphia who bikes around town salvaging curbside goodies.

Oliver A. presents The Big Green Apple posted at The Responsible Engineer - engineering as if people and the planet mattered (a Sustainability Blog).

Michael presents Hybrid Car Fuel Economy posted at Hybrid Car Review.

Andy presents Billionaires Who Dropped Out of School posted at moneywalks.

Stephanie over at Greensahm asks, Would higher gas prices really help decrease carbon emissions?

Mallory at MissMalaprop has cute halter tops for summer made from recycled fabrics!

Alex Ho presents San Francisco Solar Map Website Launched posted at Generation Exe. Using Google Maps, the City of San Francisco and CH2M Hill have created a website that allows residential and commercial building owners to see the potential environmental, energy, and cost benefits as well as costs involved with installing solar panels.

Leon Gettler presents Nuclear energy and climate change posted at Sox First. Nuclear power is the most contentious and emotive of all methods of energy production. Experts say community support for nuclear power is low so governments need to use taxpayer money to bankroll the first reactors.

Veggie Revolution has a post about a technique for farmers that could be the best way to minimize the potential negative environmental impact of excess nitrogen fertilizer use.

Greener Magazine has a posting about how following construction of China's Three Gorges Dam NASA and climate researchers detect unexpected micro climate changes, caused by the rapidly expanding reservoir.

Valerie S. Johnson presents 10 Financial Reasons to Walk posted at SavingAdvice.com Blog. Being green can have the added benefit of also saving you money.

Melanie Rimmer over at Bean Sprouts, talks about how to make a lacewing shelter from recycled materials.