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7 Gorgeous Eco Celebrities We Can't Believe are Single

They're hot, they're celebrities, and they believe in saving the Earth. But what's better is that they all have one thing in common (besides the environment) -- they're single! We've listed some of our favorite eco-hotties below




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The Year in Celebrities: The Biggest Green Hits and Misses

From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landf




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Leo's most important role yet? DiCaprio pledges $7 million to ocean conservation projects

This is DiCaprio going back to his first love, in a way, as before becoming an actor, he thought about becoming a marine biologist.




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Conservation group gets into the rubber business to save the rainforest

100,000 acres of Sumatran rainforest to be protected in Indonesia by a new type of zoning, which will generate sustainable revenue from non-timber forest products.




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Sleeping octopus's changing camouflage narrates her dream (video)

Watch a remarkable clip of Heidi the octopus as she sleeps and dreams – from the new PBS series, Octopus: Making Contact.




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Isoude: Gorgeous Green Fashion That's Built to Last (Slideshow)

A couple of years ago, I made the New Year's resolution that my new clothing purchases would be limited to green garments. With the quality and selection of ">green fashion that's become available recently, it's been a promise




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$200 Earthen Geodesic Dome Cabin Uses Salvaged Materials

This cozy cabin in the woods was an exercise in resourcefulness and even bartering of skills for a community of natural builders in Oregon.




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TreeHugger's Greatest Hits, 2004-2012 (with a Soundtrack by Bruce Springsteen)

I wrote my first TreeHugger post more than seven years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of water under the bridge. Here are some of the many highlights.




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Riverside 433 sq. ft. guest cottage is a roomy floating retreat

The smart arrangement of spaces and natural daylighting help make this cottage's relatively small footprint feel quite big.




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Oregon's Lost Lake is disappearing through a strange hole

Bye bye, lake. Where it's going, nobody knows for sure.




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Desert Rain House gets Living Building Challenge Certification

This is not easy to do.




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Couple's mortgage-free lifestyle includes a van conversion & garage as home (Video)

This couple have found a balance between financial security and freedom, by renting out their house, living out of their renovated garage, and traveling in their van conversion.




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Etsy Debuts Handmade Kids Series, Treehugger Reviews

Etsy invited TreeHugger to write about their favorite green baby items in the Handmade Kids series; clothes and accessories made for children by independent designers. Etsy is that wonderful website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by




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Etsy Handmade Kids Challenge

Etsy is holding a contest to pick web readers' favourite choices of handmade children's items in seven different categories: furniture, toys, eco-friendly, art, home decor, clothes and accessories. All are made for children by independent designers.




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Etsy Handmade Challenge Award Winners

Etsy, the website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by artists and artisans, held a contest to pick web readers' favourite choices of handmade children's items in seven different categories. These were: toys, eco-friendly, furniture,




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iPhone Docks Built from Vintage Upcycled Cameras

A photography fanatic creates beautiful iPhone docks as a homage to old cameras.




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Etsy might not change the world, but it's the best we've got for now

The shopping world is rife with corruption and exploitation, and while it would be lovely for companies to mend their evil ways, that's highly unlikely. In the meantime, Etsy provides a decent alternative for conscientious shoppers.




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Natural treasures preserved in gorgeous hand-cast resin jewelry

Feathers, shells, leaves, flowers and even bark are encased in resin to create this lovely collection of handmade, resin-based jewelry.




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Forget about green building. Let's talk about a new Living Standard

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.




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Want an avocado tree in New Zealand? Get in line!

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.




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'Nude shopping' boosts vegetable and fruit sales dramatically

When a New Zealand supermarket chain ditched plastic packaging, produce sales skyrocketed.




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Tired iguana lost at sea gets ride to shore from kind kayaker (video)

Four miles from the shore of Key West, the fatigued iguana eagerly scrambled aboard the kayak and hitched a ride home.




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Ride out climate change and rising waters in your ARKUP floating home

It's sustainable!




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Cuban treefrogs invade New Orleans; clog plumbing and cause power outages

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.




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Florida lifts ban on front-yard vegetable gardens

One couple's infamous battle over the right to grow vegetables has resulted in a new bill.




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Italian designer reinvents the classic Vespa for the electric age

So what if it doesn't have pedals and isn't as practical as an e-bike, it's so elegant and minimal.




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Don't eat on the street in Florence or you might get fined €500

A controversial new ordinance tries to deal with another consequence of mass tourism.




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Huge modular 3D printer creates $1,000 tiny house out of mud (Video)

This affordable tiny house was 3D printed using mud, rice husks and straw to create a "zero-kilometre" structure.




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Coclico’s gorgeous shoes come with carbon offsets

These designer shoes embody traditional craftsmanship and a Slow Fashion aesthetic.




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Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high levels of carcinogens in air.

A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air.




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Teenager invents faster way to clean up toxic tar sands waste using sand and bacteria

The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award.




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Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970

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Contest Time! The Crisis of Civilization Remix Challenge

The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.




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Can a Bike-Powered Blender Really Change the World?

Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.




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Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor

The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost.




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Australia will be home to world's largest single-tower solar thermal power plant

The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power.




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The 1948 Dover Sun House used phase change materials to store heat

Pioneering solar house was designed and engineered by women




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When smart devices jump the shark: An 'intelligent device' for your garbage can

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.




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Next-gen smart sprinkler controller from Rachio integrates with Amazon Echo

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.




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In praise of the dumb fridge

A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer.




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EcoChic Design Award Challenges Chinese Fashion Designers to Face Local Problems

The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.




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The biggest illegal ivory stockpile in the world will be destroyed by incineration

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are being killed each day by poachers to meet the growing demand for ivory in Asia.




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The poor whales can't get away from all our plastic trash

The dead ones washing up on beaches are "just the tip of the iceberg."




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Exploring Community Resilience in Times of Rapid Change: Inspiring Animation (Video)

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.




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Irish Passive House gets built on a budget

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.




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Even mail without an address gets delivered in Ireland

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.




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City Bees Go to Church in London and Get Saved

The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said




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A Funny Flow Chart to Help You Choose Your Sweetener (Or Avoid One Altogether)

If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence




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Watch 50,000 Honeybees Being Removed from Los Angeles Home (Video)

What happens when you find bees have made your home into their hive? You call Mike 'The Bee Guy' and document it their removal.




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Should The Galapagos Be Taken Off The Endangered Sites List?

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding: