This staggering infographic illustrates on several axes the tremendous shift in global power between China and the US. The trade imbalance and Forex reserves alone are enough to give any US taxpayer or holder of American dollars significant trepidation. How can we maintain a symbiotic global balance between these two important global trading partners with this much shift in the center of gravity?

This clean and elegantly designed page from Wire&Twine offers you 50 great tips to help save the planet by living more more greenly on a daily basis. The list covers the whole gamut of simple daily habits from #2 turning off your computers at night to #11 printing double-sided (my personal pet peeve) to #17 showering with your partner (another personal fave). I’m sure you are already practicing some or many of these behaviors, but I guarantee you that 120 seconds on this page will give you at least 2 – 3 new green habits, which you can begin practicing this week.

We will prolong the livability of our planet only by mass adoption of basic behavior modifications that have small impacts individually, but massive benefit collectively.  Which of these do you commit to adopting, starting today?!?!

Tom’s videos created from time-lapse photographs are stunning and ethereal. This short (2:38) sequence is from White Mountain in Yosemite and gives you a great panoramic feel for the sky, the Milky Way, the light and the terrain. Utterly Captivating. Please check out all his work at Timescapes.org.

This interesting project sponsored by BBC News branded a normal 40ft shipping container (outfitted with GPS transmitter) and followed it’s travels around the world for a year. Now back in the UK after more than a year, the detailed stories and informative 90 second videos give a good snapshot of how interconnected the global economies are. Cool idea and interesting project, visit the BBC Box site to learn more about the individual voyages.

This collection of 12 cool and innovative packaging designs may give you the idea spark to make your next product ID concept pull away from the pack.