A small group of biotechnology hobbyists and entrepreneurs in San Francisco has started a project to develop plants that glow, potentially leading the way for trees that can replace electric streetlamps and potted flowers. Two environmental organizations, "Friends of the Earth" and the "ETC Group", have written to Kickstarter and to the Agriculture Department, which regulates genetically modified crops, in an effort to shut down the glowing plant effort. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=search