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Delhi bans disposable plastics

India's capital city has taken a strong stand against plastic pollution, but now it needs to convince its residents.




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You could be fined for possession of single-use plastic in India

The state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, collected nearly $6,000 in fines this past Sunday from businesses that haven't gotten rid of banned plastics yet.




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White Castle becomes first fast food chain to serve plant-based Impossible Burger

The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days.




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So, what does White Castle's plant-based 'Impossible Slider' taste like?

A few intrepid film makers went to check it out. Their responses were not exactly uniform.




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How do 7 million pounds of beef get contaminated?

Another massive recall raises questions about food safety standards -- and how animals are raised.




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Cheap food harms public health and the environment, UK report says

Report also provides a blueprint for how to overhaul the food system to improve wellbeing all around.




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London Pop-up Shop Showcases Best of British Design

Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.




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Transformer tiny house automatically expands with RV-inspired pop-out

It's one answer to the complaint that tiny houses are too small: build it with an electrically operated, expandable slide-out.




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Florida development is a trifecta of solar power, size and efficiency

Finally, Net Zero done right.




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Embodied carbon is in the spotlight

Architects are finally taking it seriously. It's about time.




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The top ten posts of the week, from good apartments to bad eggs

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.




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The top <s>ten eleven</s> twelve posts of June from yoga mats to wind turbines

With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.




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Top ten posts of the week, from no poo to cozy rooms

Plus two ways to go green as we upgrade our popular series.




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Top ten posts of the week, from eating bugs to rolling coal

Not to mention getting buried in dirt or building with it.




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The top ten posts of the week, from Teslas to tiny houses

Plus lots of green things.




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Top 10 posts of the week from cupboards to toilets

With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.




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The top ten posts of the week, from fair trade undies to fair trade coffee

And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.




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The top ten posts of the week by the pound

Also, much ado about nothing.




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The ten most popular modular and shipping container projects of 2014

We love little boxes!




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The top ten posts of the year on TreeHugger

You picked them! We hug'em!




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The top ten TreeHugger posts of 2016

From tiny houses to busy bees




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Our 10 most popular stories of 2017

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.




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Our 10 most popular stories of 2018

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.




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Our 12 most popular stories of 2019

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.




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Is it possible to be a frugal and ethical shopper?

These two values can feel deeply at odds with each other, which can make shopping decisions very challenging.




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Carpool with Facebook

The new Facebook applications feature allows people to add all sorts of functions to the website. One interesting one that we've seen is the Carpooling add-on. Users can post their journeys, where they become searchable. People can then get in contact




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Audubon Releases Birding the Net, the Opposite of Angry Birds

Tweet tweet. Collect enough virtual birds and you could make it to the Galapagos.




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Facebook and Opower Launch Social Energy App

Ready to share kilowatts? Facebook launched its social energy app today that will enable users to share and compare their home energy consumption.




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Comedy video spoofs Facebook's Keystone XL support

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.




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Amazing glass that tints on demand is now solar powered

This glass makes your window treatments obsolete.




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Pedia-Pod aims to "make kids feel like they're not in a hospital"

This pediatric care unit showcases how sustainable and kid-friendly design can come together.




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Pope Benedict quits; Was advocate of a cleaner, greener lifestyle

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.




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Saudi Prince building solar powered city with robots, glowing sand and an artificial moon

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?




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Meet the Plastisphere: Ocean plastic pollution is so bad, it is now its own ecosystem.

Scientists have named a new marine ecological community, the Plastisphere, comprised of, you guessed it, plastic -- and all the organisms that now call ocean plastic home.




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Whales: The great poop pumps of the ocean

Turns out whales have been contributing to rejuvenating the ocean ecosystem this whole time!




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3 ways to help a post-Earth Day depression

The world is divided into the optimists and the pessimists. Here are two methods for the latter group to deal with the inevitable gray mood after reading all the depressing news about the state of the earth.




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This 2,000-year-old message from Pompeii's ruins is freaking me out

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.




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Do You Carry Black or White Pebbles In Your Organic Pockets?

Based on the belief that we carry black or white pebbles with us, depending on the choices we make in our lives (black pebbles represent self-focused, irresponsible decisions; white pebbles represent a life of sound,




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Green Power Sports Tour 2008

One man. One veggie-oil powered car. Four months. 20,000 miles. Today Joe Connor, freelance sports-writer, leaves San Diego for his 3rd Annual Green Power Sports Tour, kicking off at a pre-season Raiders game in Bakersfield. Loaded




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San Diego Fun Runs Support Solar Projects in Africa

Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the




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San Diego Homeowners, Unite for Cheaper Solar Power: One Block Off the Grid Expands Program

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will




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Los Vecinos: First Platinum LEED-Certified, 100% Solar Powered, Affordable Housing in San Diego

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors




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Tiny solar cells placed under the skin could power pacemakers and other implants

A typical pacemaker could be powered by solar cells as small as 3.6 square centimeters, which could be implanted under the skin, thereby avoiding the need for periodic battery replacements.




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Big problems with popular turmeric and echinacea supplements

Lead? Aerobic bacteria? Misleading labels? Consumer Reports tested popular brands of the widely used supplements; here's what they found.




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Potomac River Named as America’s Most Endangered River of 2012

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.




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Proposed floating NYC beach would sit on reclaimed barge

Lazy New Yorkers who want to stay on the island and sunbathe will get this floating artificial beach on the Hudson River if this scheme gets crowdfunded and approved.




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Self-powered fish tag tracks fish for as long as they swim

Long-living fish can now be tracked for their whole lives with a single tag.




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Two transportation tragedies show how it is time to put pedestrians first

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.




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Self-driving car gets stuck in the slough of despond

In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism.




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Is It Time to Consider 'Energy Sprawl' When Discussing Future Energy & Climate Policy?

A new article published in the online journal PLoS ONE takes on the issue of energy sprawl -- namely how much land is required to produce energy from different sources -- under different potential US energy and climate policies in 2030.