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Surplus breakfast cereal is turned into delicious beer

UK brewer Seven Brothers has partnered with Kellogg's to use some of its less-than-perfect cereals.




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Beautiful wind turbine trees generate clean energy in urban environments

The turbines leave no room for the eye-sore excuse.




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Facebook 'likes' clean power, new Texas data center to be powered by 100% wind energy

All those cat pictures and viral videos won't harm the Earth.




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Viaducts could be the best new place for wind turbines

A new study says that placing turbines under these high, already-built structures could be an easy way to incorporate wind energy in areas around the world.




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World's largest wind turbine to be built in the UK

The powerful 12-MW turbine is being developed and tested now.




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Your phone could be made with child labor

Smartphones, laptops, and electric car batteries rely on cobalt, most of which comes from Congolese mines that employ children.




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Watch zebras being released in Tanzania after 50-year absence (video)

Half a century ago zebras were hunted to extinction in the region, now the area is being rewilded and the zebras are leading the charge.




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'How to Raise an Adult' is the best parenting book you'll ever read

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.




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Berkeley's 'adulting' class reveals parental failures

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.




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Sprinklers save lives, and should be in every home

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country.




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Devastating Spruce Beetle outbreak in Colorado linked to drought, climate change

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.




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Colorado Governor promises $100m to make his state the "best for biking"

Who said politicians never did anything good?




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Finally! Tiny home subdivisions and developments are becoming a reality.

Another good reason to move to Colorado.




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Salida, Colorado, will be the home of the largest tiny home community in the US

200 tiny homes, a community building, an exercise facility, a restaurant, and other amenities will be built along the Arkansas River in Salida.




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Elevator bed & folding porch grace this tiny house builder's home (Video)

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.




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The Hideout tiny house has both fold-down master bed & loft

This contemporary small dwelling has both a main-floor bedroom and a secondary sleeping loft.




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Nature Loo composting toilet puts some distance between the person and the poop

This simple Australian design has some interesting features and benefits.




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You (and your poop) will be transported by this French composting toilet

Here's the hot poop on a toilet with a conveyor belt to move the stuff out of sight, out of mind.




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Chinese Fruit Bats Demonstrate Unusual Sexual Behavior Never Before Seen in Adult Animals

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has




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Little Brown Bat Will Be Pushed to Extinction by Spreading White Nose Syndrome: New Study

photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr White nose syndrome, a disease caused by exposure to a particular fungus, first discovered in 2006, has been afflicting bats in the eastern United States and appears to be spreading. Considering that it's




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Amazon Tribe Battles Rabid Vampire Bats

At the edge of the Amazon, a remote tribe suffers a plague of rabies spread by desperate vampire bats. It sounds like the plot from a bad B-movie, but the reality is far more grim: More than 500 people have been




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The Week in Animal News: Epically Lost Sea Turtle to be Released, Sylvester Stallone Movie Harms Bats, and More

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.




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The Week in Animal News: Powerful Sea Cucumber Poo, Giant Pythons Invade Florida and More

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.




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Become a bat detective with this plug-in device for your smartphone

The Echo Meter can detect, record and identify the sounds of bats nearby.




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Clean tech is better for economic growth than fossil fuels (take that, Big Oil!)

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.




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Leo DiCaprio plays it safe with his new film, 'Before The Flood'

In his new climate change documentary, DiCaprio opts for caution and polite concern at a time when outrage is desperately needed.




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FireBee Power Tower turns any heat source into an electricity generator

This 5W thermoelectric generator converts heat from a chimney or camp stove into electricity for charging USB devices.




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Your next shirt could be made from fruit and vegetable scraps

Circular Systems' innovative technology promises to transform food waste fibers into wearable fabric.




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The humble beeswax wrap is a zero waste superstar

These clever, all-natural wraps cut down on plastic use and make food last longer, too.




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The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to GlennBeckistan

Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs




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Sustainable Development could be outlawed in Kansas

A bill is introduced that would make it illegal to "to promote, support, mandate, require, order, incentivize, advocate, plan for, participate in or implement sustainable development."




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Goodbye, Michele Bachmann, you will be missed

She was a never-ending source of amusement, with more quotes of the day than any other politician.




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Quote of the day ties Agenda 21 to everything from Benghazi to Paula Deen

We learn that Agenda 21 is part of a much larger Mainstream Media plot to hide the UN takeover of the American government.




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The farmer, poet and environmental legend Wendell Berry speaks with Bill Moyers about social change

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.




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The green split between the city and the suburbs is real, as new study shows we are increasingly polarized.

A new study from Pew Research is totally depressing, showing how left and right are moving further apart.




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Dudes in pickup trucks are deliberately blocking Tesla superchargers

And yelling profanities in the process.




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New ad reignites war between clean energy provider and big utilities

Ecotricity's collapsing cooling towers return. This time, they're tapping into popular anger over utility profits.




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Off-grid cooler brings cold Coke to Colombians. Maybe.

It's a mix of evaporative cooling and phase change that takes the temperature down 30 degrees celsius. But does it really work?




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Man to live on melting iceberg for one year to urge climate change action (Video)

To highlight the accelerating disappearance of Arctic sea ice, this man plans to survive alone on a melting iceberg for up to one year.




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Edible six pack ring for beers is made out of brewing byproducts (Video)

A Florida craft brewery is now offering its six-packs with these biodegradable, compostable and edible packing rings that are made with wheat and barley.




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No country is doing enough to protect children's health and wellbeing

A damning report says children face two main threats globally, and most nations are failing to address these.




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Behold the bare-handed bee whisperer who is saving the honeybees

Michael Thiele is 'rewilding' honeybees in California, returning them to more natural nest environments in order to help them survive.




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Hyundai introduces flying Ubers, rolling toaster-cars

I can't wait for this exciting new world of urban mobility.




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New book, 'Feel the Wild,' is a beautiful love letter to nature

This is what happens when a solo wilderness explorer, who also happens to be a professional photographer, creates a book about nature.




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The tourism industry needs carbon footprint labels

Because not all vacations are created equal.




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Photography bans could be a deterrent for overtourism

It would weed out the people who just want a picture from those who actually want to see a famous site.




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Tesla CEO Predicts More Than Half of New Cars to be Electric in 20 Years

It usually doesn't pay to bet against Elon Musk. He's not only brilliant and he never gives up, but he's also shown great insight into technological trends.




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'Tesla' of Electric Motorcycles is Carbon Fiber

Norwegian engineering students debut an electric motorcycle made from carbon fiber. They say it will be fast, cheap, and get 100 kilometers to a charge.




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The Week In Design: Shotguns, Computers, Plastic People On A Rampage, Beating the Heat and More!

Agenda 21 crazies, poison plastic people and hey, some green buildings and furniture!




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Merritt Crossing In Oakland Might Well Be The Greenest Home in America

Seniors residence so green and attractive that the government and nonprofits should jump up and say "We built it!"