diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/environment_design_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/environment_design_controller.rb
index f033ced..c5d21ec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/environment_design_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/environment_design_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class EnvironmentDesignController < BoxOrganizerController
   
   def available_blocks
-    @available_blocks ||= [ LoginBlock ]
+    @available_blocks ||= [ LoginBlock, EnvironmentStatisticsBlock, RecentDocumentsBlock ]
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/environment.rb b/app/models/environment.rb
index 8f1ec6f..8cbb3ab 100644
--- a/app/models/environment.rb
+++ b/app/models/environment.rb
@@ -180,4 +180,9 @@ class Environment < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.name || '?'
   end
 
+  has_many :articles, :through => :profiles
+  def recent_documents(limit = 10)
+    self.articles.recent(limit)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/functional/environment_design_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/environment_design_controller_test.rb
index 9c89fe6..04193ad 100644
--- a/test/functional/environment_design_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/environment_design_controller_test.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ class EnvironmentDesignControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
   end
 
-  # Replace this with your real tests.
-  def test_truth
-    assert true
+  should 'have tests' do
+    flunk 'add some real test here'
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/environment_test.rb b/test/unit/environment_test.rb
index 5f8d644..51338ac 100644
--- a/test/unit/environment_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/environment_test.rb
@@ -219,4 +219,25 @@ class EnvironmentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert(environment.blocks.any? { |block| block.kind_of? MainBlock })
   end
 
+  should 'provide recent_documents' do
+    environment = Environment.create(:name => 'a test environment')
+
+    # p1 creates one article
+    p1 = environment.profiles.build(:identifier => 'testprofile1', :name => 'test profile 1')
+    p1.save!
+    doc1 = p1.articles.build(:name => 'text 1'); doc1.save!
+
+    # p2 creates two articles
+    p2 = environment.profiles.build(:identifier => 'testprofile2', :name => 'test profile 2')
+    p2.save!
+    doc2 = p2.articles.build(:name => 'text 2'); doc2.save!
+    doc3 = p2.articles.build(:name => 'text 3'); doc3.save!
+
+    # p1 creates another article
+    doc4 = p1.articles.build(:name => 'text 4'); doc4.save!
+
+    assert_equivalent [doc1,doc2,doc3,doc4], environment.recent_documents
+    assert_equivalent [doc1,doc2,doc3], environment.recent_documents(3)
+  end
+
 end
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