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The Discovery Young Scientist Challenge is back, and they're looking for a few good students and teachers. The premier national science competition for students in grades 5 through 8 (and their teachers) is accepting entries through June 15, so if you are (or know) a student interested in science, create a short (1-2 min.) video about one of this year's scientific topics -- The Science of Space is the theme -- and you could win a trip to Washington, DC to compete in the finals later this year.

Here's how it works: create a video that demonstrates the student's understanding of the scientific concepts explained and his or her comfort level discussing science in general. Between June 15 and early September, judges from Faraday Studios will review the submissions and choose 51 semifinalists: one from each state and the District of Columbia. Students will be judged on the scientific merit of their video and, just as importantly, on their ability to communicate science. Keep reading to learn how entering the challenge might get you an appearance on Discovery Channel's Mythbusters TV show.

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That title was one of the many great TreeHugger-worthy entries to The Green Life, our six-word memoir contest in conjunction with SMITH Magazine. Now, in honor of Earth Day, we're unveiling the top entries from the contest. The grand prize winner--and recipient of an iPod nano etched with the winning memoir? "Saw the light, turned it off" by KayR. "Brilliant! I read my porn online now," by Marcus Eder, was snarky enough to capture second place. Eder can take a break from the hot online action to watch his new prize, a set of Planet Earth DVDs. Check out the four runners-up and honoroable mentions, or submit your own green six-worder after the break.

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Is there any reason to give your friends the stink-eye when they use a garbage disposal instead of composting? Should you act like you don't know your buddies (or offer them a lecture) when they start to burn their aluminum beer cans in the campfire instead of packing them out? And can you protect your outdoor patio furniture or seal the back deck without using a toxic substance?

For several years now, our own Mr. Green (aka Bob Schildgen) has been answering real-world questions like these in his Sierra magazine advice column. And I can tell you from my experience of hanging with Bob in the lunchroom or running into him in the hallways here at Sierra Club headquarters, the guy doesn't mince words--and, hey, he's smart! If you haven't read his column, check it out.

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After creating the Sustainable Dance Club, due to open this autumn in Rotterdam, the eco-innovators of Enviu have just launched their next big idea: To make one million auto rickshaws hybrid! Enviu asks students, young professionals, creatives and entrepreneurs to battle each other in order to design the cleanest, cheapest and most practical upgrade kit for existing auto rickshaws. It is the Hybrid Tuk Tuk Battle.

Recent Comment by John Taylor : "OK so what school has an engineering department that can pop a wheel motor on the fron..." [read]

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Good news! Those of you who did not get a chance to send us your six word green memoir can breath a little easier. We have extended the contest deadline to next Monday, February 25th to make sure we get everyone's memoir. In conjunction with SMITH Magazine, whose new book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure. started the six-word memoir craze, we are looking for stories that are funny, sad, triumphant - and everything in between.

So, get on over to our contest page by next Monday, February 25th to tell us your green journey in six words. More contest details, including prizes and rules after the jump.

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Time is running out. You only have until the end of today, February 18th, to enter TreeHugger and SMITH Magazine's Six Word Memoir Contest. We want to know your green journey, but we're only giving you six words to say it. So, head on over to our contest page to see other TreeHugger readers' memoirs and sign up to give us yours. You could win an iPod nano engraved with your memoir, a Planet Earth DVD set, or a copy of SMITH's new book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure.

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"Back to nature. Back to Life." "Tired of talking ready to change." "Always looking for a better way." These are just three of the many six-word green memoirs we have received already in our Six Word Memoir Contest. However, if we still haven't received your story, we want to hear it! Head on over to our contest page and tell us in six words about your green life. Not only will it give you a chance to reflect on your memoir-in-progress (and bone up a little on your editing skills), you will have a chance to win an iPod nano engraved with your memoir, a Planet Earth DVD set or SMITH's new book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure.

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The forward-thinking gang at the Electrolux Design Lab are at it again. After crowning E-wash the winner of the 2007 competition whose theme was environmentally-sound, commercially viable products, they've announced a call for entries for the sixth edition of the design competition. This year's theme, for undergraduate and graduate industrial design students to ponder: products for the Internet generation.