You may have noticed that there's a growing amount of environmental news and opinion on the web these days. Switchboard's a great starting point, of course, but we also like to keep an eye on other great blogs and websites, to see what they're talking about. So starting today, I'm going to post a weekly roundup each Friday, to help Switchboard readers stay plugged in with the larger conversation. I hope you enjoy it.

• EcoGeek explains how the economic crisis might help energy efficiency through increased infrastructure spending.
• WorldChanging writes about recycling wasted energy from data centers.
• Treehugger offers frugal green living tips to help readers cope with tough economic times.
• On The Pump Handle, a blogger shares the toll that coal has taken on his West Virginia community.
• On Wired's Autopia blog, some hybrid owners aren't waiting for automakers to deliver plug-in hybrid cars. Instead they are paying to convert their cars to plug-in vehicles now.
• Green Inc.offers driving tips to Prius owners in Part V of its Prius diary.
• A blogger for Plenty magazine uses her grandmother's "Depression-era" gardening techniques in her own yard to save money and garden more sustainably.
• Looking for an alternative to bpa-laden plastic baby bottles? ZRecommends points readers toward new innovations for glass baby bottles.
• On Grist, Tom Philpott and friends taste test five autumnal organic dark beers.
• No Impact Man shares lessons learned from his year of no impact living.

Think I missed anything really great out there this week? Feel free to share it in the Comments section.