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When it's cold, insulating your body is the place to start

Steven M. Johnson has some good ideas, but there have been others worth noting in TreeHugger.




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Carry your cutlery on your face with the Goggle Cups

Steven M. Johnson's great idea for ultralight camping combines your dinnerware with your goggles.




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Hey Google, this rooftop solar cooker is perfect for your self-driving car

Why turn your car into a living room when it can also be a kitchen?




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A picture is worth: Steven M. Johnson's GYM

I thought the ELF was a great new idea; turns out our hero was there first.




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Steven Johnson's transformer chair turns into a rowing machine

I could use this right now.




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Steven M. Johnson's adresses the problems of the tiny house/ shedworking movement

In one cartoon he solves a long list of issues that have kept it from going mainstream.




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Steven M. Johnson's idea for solar heating makes a lot of sense.

It's reminiscent of some other crackpot ideas from the seventies.




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Your office is in your car

Steven M. Johnson shows how the well-equipped mobile worker got around twenty-five years ago.




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Never leave the office when you have Steven M. Johnson's Office Sleeper

Work/life balance is over-rated anyway.




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Elevated bike lanes will abound in Utopia

An annual Toronto event is pretty utopian, as two major highways are closed to cars and given over to cyclists.




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It's not womens' metabolism that keeps them cool in the office; it's the men in suits.

And Steven M. Johnson has the answer to the problem.




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Steven M. Johnson imagined the shower of the future 25 years ago

Once again our favorite visionary was ahead of his time.




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Steven M. Johnson solves the Amazon office bathroom problem

And the Seattle housing shortage problem at the same time.




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Steven M. Johnson designs transformer furniture for the home/office

We have been showing these for years, but the artist/inventor beats us to the punch again




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Pushmaster integrates a kitchen, laundry and tent into one mobile unit

Steven M. Johnson beat the GrubHub by 25 years.




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Steven M. Johnson's take on the wearable sleeping bag

Of course he has been there, done that.




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City of Fresno legalizes tiny homes, and Steven M. Johnson is on it

Our favorite cartoonist solves a major problem with tiny houses.




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Take your laundry to the spin class with the Bike Washing Machine

This gives the "spin cycle" a whole new meaning.




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Wallclimbers: an earlier attempt at people-powered elevators

Cartoonist and inventor Steven M. Johnson has us climbing the walls.




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Steven M. Johnson on Turn Signal Clothing

The inventor and humorist also was prescient about buses.




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Train vs Plane: Which is the better way?

A test, on a trip from Toronto to Quebec City.




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Go slow to help slow the climate crisis

It's a good time of year to look at the benefits of slowing down.




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Sold to the Highest Bidder: 3 Used Space Ships

Last week there were used battleships for sale on e-bay, this week we've got used space shuttles. But not going as cheaply as the warships and not being turned into pots and pans either.




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Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession

Cities and towns with good public-transit options offer more convenience for residents and are, of course, more environmentally friendly places to live. Now it




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Do Lectures 2011 - 5 Lessons on How to Love Life & Improve the World Around You

There is a man dressed in a silver lamé suit jumping about with extraordinary energy in a wind blown field in West Wales. His name is Steve Edge and his motto in life is:




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Do Lectures 2011 - What Can You Uniquely Do?

Yesterday I introduced the Do Lectures 2011 with a flash of party glitter from Steve Edge and the statement, Things are not just the way they are. This first emerging




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Do Lectures 2011 - Start Where You Live

So far in our Do Lectures 2011 series we've talked about the fact that Things Are Not Just The Way They Are, we always need to ask difficult questions and challenge the




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Do Lectures 2011 - The People's Take Over

Yesterday for our third post in the Do Lectures 2011 series we encouraged you to Start Where You Live. You never know quite how far you will travel. In the




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Do Lectures 2011 - The Importance of Independence

Over the past few weeks we've been sharing the amazing ideas and themes that emerged from the Do Lectures 2011. This year's inspiring talks are now being launched online in




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Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions

On the same day that protesters delivered petitions for better working conditions at Apple suppliers to Apple stores, hackers breached Foxconn security.




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How to Apply for the 'Best Internship on Earth,' in the Outdoors

Leave the office behind. Sierra Club is offering a wild summer ride. It even pays real money.




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Coolest Data Center Job Can Be Found At The South Pole!

If you think data center jobs are boring, think again! The IceCube Observatory's data center on Antarctica is an amazing opportunity for adventurous geeks.




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Keep on Trucking: How the Food Truck Concept is Spreading To Other Uses

It's hard to tell if this is a good thing or not, but mixing new tech with old trucks is changing business.




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Clean Energy Revives Communities, Gets People to Work

Clean energy is creating jobs and boosting local economies nationwide.




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Keep on Trucking: More Ideas Going Mobile, From DNA Testing to 3D Printing

The future is mobile as businesses dematerialize and hit the road




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At Free Geek, Computer Repair Paves the Path to Jobs

Free Geek is a non-profit reuse organization. Its mission: provide access to computers, the internet, education, and job skills to the local community.




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Will robots eat the entire middle class?

Christopher Mims describes how robots are changing manufacturing and eliminating jobs




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Yahoo to homeworkers: Get back to the office. Now.

The internet company thinks it is better if people work at the office rather than on the internet. Is this a good idea?




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Other voices on Marissa Mayer's "Back to the office" order for Yahoo! employees

Is she trying to "put together a 21st Century technology company using 19th Century workplace mentalities"? Or is this a smart move?




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TreeHugger is looking for interns

We're looking for treehuggers with a nose for a story.




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1000 US veterans to receive solar job training through Troops To Solar initiative

Thanks to GRID Alternatives and Wells Fargo, more than 1000 US military veterans and active servicemen will be getting solar industry job training and job placement.




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What happened to vocational training in schools – and can it come back?

Re-introducing vocational training in high schools could benefit students in countless ways, from preparing them for skilled, lucrative careers to giving them practical skills that make them feel useful.




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New US solar workforce development program will help facilitate the training of more skilled workers

The Solar Training Network will work to build a diverse, qualified solar workforce to meet the needs of the solar revolution.




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No need for sushi chefs to toil on the long weekend, robots will do it

Sushi is everywhere these days, and robots will soon be everywhere making it.




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Renewable energy jobs have almost doubled in past five years

The rise of clean energy jobs is outpacing the loss of fossil fuel ones.




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My journey as a woman in science and conservation

In honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, one scientist gives her tips on forging your own path.




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Photo: Triumphant monarch feeds on the ironweed

Our photo of the day comes from northern Illinois.




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NASA's Advanced Space Tech Gets Turned Into Self-Aware Eco Building

NASA is using decades of space exploration technology to build a new eco-aware base here in California.




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The First 3290% Energy Self-Sufficient Town In Japan

Yanaizu Town, Kawanuma District, Fukushima Prefecture is rural-at-best and about as far away as you can get from the big cities. The town recently made the news when Chiba




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Are We Running Out of Uranium? Let's Hope So

Can a nuclear weary TreeHugger really believe what she's hearing? Could uranium mines be facing shortages? Earlier this