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Attractive Puget Sound home doubles as tsunami-resilient fortress

While its name might evoke scenes of Mother Nature at her most destructive, the Tsunami House on Camano Island, Wash. revolves around comfort and resilience.



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Sustainable Forestry: a timeline

Sustainable forestry. Here's an overview of how the sustainable forestry movement has evolved from the 1960s to the present.



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How to find environmentally friendly wood

Some lumber is not eco-friendly; the trick is to find sustainable forests and other alternatives.



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Green Books campaign: The Homesteader's Kitchen

Wholesome recipes and motherly advice in a responsibly-printed cookbook.




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Tropical forest management improving

A new report suggests that while many countries are getting better at managing their tropical forests, deforestation remains a very real danger.



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What does 'sustainable supply chain' mean for the planet?

As commerce becomes increasingly global, American corporations are taking steps to develop sustainable supply chains that span the country and the planet.



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Wood meets the waterfront in Timber in the City design competition

A winner is announced for Timber in the City, a design competition that challenged entrants to design a wood-centric mixed-use complex for Red Hook, Brooklyn.



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Vote to name two of Pluto's moons

If you've ever wanted to leave your mark on the heavens, here's your chance.




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Pluto moons get new names

It's official! Two tiny moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto finally have new names: Styx and Kerberos.




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New Horizons phoned home after Pluto flyby

​The first-ever flyby of Pluto was a big success.




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Pluto's planetary purgatory may soon come to an end

NASA scientists hatch proposal to redefine what it means to be a planet in our solar system.




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NASA selects nickname for next celestial target

NASA asked the internet for help in choosing a nickname for the Kuiper Belt object named '(486958) 2014 MU69.'




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Evergreen homes: House of the Immediate Future

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, Habitat for Humanity constructs a prefab-hybrid home that incorporates various future-t



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Big business for Miami-based purveyor of prefab micro-homes

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr



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Southern California's first Blu Home prefab unfolded in Joshua Tree

With Sonoma County in the bag, affordable prefab builder Blu Homes unveils its first project in Southern California: a remote, low-impact desert retreat owned b



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Grow Community: Evergreen homes

Thar she grows! The first three model homes at Grow Community, a net-zero energy development centered around gardening and low-impact modes of transportation, a



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Blu Homes beefs up iconic green prefab with Sidebreeze

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh



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The Solar Homestead: Now coming to a 'range' near you

The Solar Homestead, a nifty homage to early Appalachian mountain settlement camps that wowed the crowds at the 2011 Solar Decathlon, is now available from Ashe



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Slaying the dinosaur: Low-cost, high-performance prefabs from Unity Homes

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe



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LivingHomes launches LEED Platinum-aspiring CK series

LivingHomes once again teams up with manufactured home heavyweight Cavco for a trio of low-ish-cost, high-quality green prefabs that have nothing to do with Mar



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Blu Homes taps into mod outbuilding market with new acquisition

In conjunction with Greenbuild 2012, prefab firm Blu Homes announces the acquisition of Modern Cabana, a family-run company specializing in stylish accessory dw



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When Pharrell met Zaha: Duo to collaborate on prefab housing?

Architect Zaha Hadid is "touring around" a prefab concept with musician/design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.



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For the first time, iconic green prefab 'breezes' onto the Eastern Seaboard

Blu Homes celebrates the East Coast debut of the iconic Breezehouse with an open house weekend in New York's Hudson Valley region.



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Homes of the future, today [Infographic]

Prefab builder Blu Homes details a few considerations — energy-efficient and climate change-ready among them — when thinking about your future home.



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Self-build, surprise-free starter homes offered to newbie Dutch homeowners

The oldest city in the Netherlands attracts first-time homeowners with flat-pack prefab abodes free of hidden costs or complications.



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With new model home, Breezehouse gets SoCal treatment

Blu Homes arrives on the L.A. market with a Breezehouse model home boasting SoCal specific features including bigger walk-in closets and more windows.



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Railway arch-repurposing housing scheme in London nothing to laugh at

Despite the unfortunate acronym, the London Original Loft (LOL) proposal cleverly repurposes unused railway viaduct arches into cave-like residences.



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Stack 'em up: A prefab apartment tower rises in Manhattan

Check out this video of NYC's first prefab residential building coming to life over a 4-week span in Manhattan's Inwood section.



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From Spain, a minimalist micro-home that's the 'extreme of abstraction'

Watch a tiny prefab home be 'dropped' into a vacant lot outside of Madrid with not much more than an electric screwdriver and a crane.



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Blu Homes unveils infill-ready green prefab

Blu Homes tackles the suburbs with Balance Metro, a new take on a 3-bedroom design that's geared for infill lots.



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In Arlington, a free historic home with one not-so-small caveat

A pair of preservation-minded architects are giving away a historic 1926 bungalow sold as a mail order kit home by Sears with one big catch ...



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YMCA unveils flat-pack abodes for Londoners transitioning out of homelessness

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.



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With latest design, Blu Homes does modern green prefab Wright

Blue Homes' view-ready Balance prefab finds a most appropriate home on the ancestral stomping grounds of Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin.



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'Prefabulous World': New book highlights cream of the crop in prefab homes

The gorgeously illustrated "Prefabulous World" highlights some of the most cutting-edge, eco-friendly modular homes in the world.



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This low-cost Vietnamese abode is a half-prefab, half-DIY affair

From Vo Tong Nghia Architects comes a finish-it-yourself dwelling that can be delivered throughout the Mekong Delta via long-tail boat.



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Denmark's Maintenance-Free House is protected from the elements by glass skin

Assembled on site in just 2 days with the aid of screwdrivers, this boxy plywood beauty is designed to last at least 150 years.



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In Washington, legal skirmish over view-marring modular cabin comes to a happy end

A judge in Okanogan County, Wash. rules that an ill-sited prefab hut must be moved from its landscape-altering perch above the Methow Valley.



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Egg-shaped hideaway gives whole new meaning to 'escape pod'

Powered by the wind and sun, Ecocapsule is the ultimate off-grid micro-home for vagabond vacationers.



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How the Thanksgiving meal evolved

Turkey gradually became the centerpiece of the holiday, alongside the additions of regional favorites, to create the modern feast we know today.




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DIY Spiced Caramel Apple Cider

It takes only a few minutes to whip up this delicious cold-weather drink at home.




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How to avoid a Thanksgiving dinner meltdown

Get a jump on Thanksgiving prep with these pro tips and avoid holiday meltdowns.




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Show that gratitude, no matter the time of year

We practice thankfulness on certain holidays, but why not all the time?




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DIY centerpiece: Pinecone and wheat arrangement

Decorate your table with this inexpensive, natural arrangement that also happens to be compostable.




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Unusually popular Thanksgiving foods reveal America's love of non-dairy whipped topping

NYT and Google teamed up to find the most distinctive Thanksgiving dishes by state. Some of the more unusual ones have whipped topping in common.




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What's the difference between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving?

It's colder up here and the harvest is earlier, but that's not the only reason Canadian Thanksgiving is different than American Thanksgiving.




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How to freeze pies and get ahead of the game

Get ahead of the holidays by making and freezing unbaked and baked pies, crusts and filling before the rush.




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Make-ahead dishes for your Thanksgiving menu

Take some of the stress out of the big day by preparing some of your menu days, even weeks, ahead.




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Why Black Friday is such a sign of the times

As the middle class disappears, the rich go hiking and the poor fight over bargains.




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Frozen remains of missing couple emerge from Swiss glacier

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.



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Why some people love animals and others, not so much

Loving animals may have been passed down genetically from ancestors who appreciated their services.