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Beautifully minimalist Sowelo tiny home is built using renewable energy

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.




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Ingenious micro-apartment renovation includes a 'disappearing kitchen' (Video)

Plenty of clever spatial overlaps and multifunctional pieces of transformer furniture in this renovation of a 376-square-foot apartment in Melbourne.




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SFI and Habitat for Humanity DC team up to build homes in the nation’s capital

A diverse team of women from the forest product sector got together for a green cause.




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Project Learning Tree takes teaching outdoors

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...




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Connecting kids to nature: Latest free activity downloads from Project Learning Tree

Does your family PLT? Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program for children and teens in all grades.




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Just in time for Teacher Appreciation Week: Project Learning Tree announces 2019 Leadership in Education Award Winners

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.




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Top 10 reasons to attend SFI’s annual conference: Forests of Opportunity

Every year, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative community comes together to exchange ideas, share innovations, and inspire those who have a vision of a world that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests.




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High school students MAP the future of forests at Michigan State University

Despite a great need for future leaders in sustainable forestry, there are difficult barriers for many youths interested in pursuing related degrees. The Multicultural Apprenticeship Program (MAP) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to change that.




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Gardening in outer space is going to be tough

People are talking about moving to the moon and Mars, but what is everyone going to eat?




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Burger King is running out of zesty sauce because of climate change

The 2019 horseradish crop was battered by unusually harsh weather, and the effects are showing up in fast food joints.




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Sri Lankan farmers have an ingenious way to deter wild elephants

It involves planting another surprising crop.




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Why is Silicon Valley planning so stuck in the 1950s?

Allison Arieff asks that and a lot of other questions.




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The rise of Silicon Valley's screen abolitionists

Many parents who work in the tech industry are opting to go screen-free at home.




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'RiverBlue' documentary wants to save our rivers from the denim industry

If you care about water quality and ethical textile production, then this is a project worth supporting. Watch the trailer and be inspired to help.




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Peacock begonia's mysterious iridescent blue hue lets it thrive in the dark

New research reveals that the plant's shimmering blue leaves allow it to survive in the dim rainforest floors of southeast Asia.




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Hello Kitty organic farm is obviously super cute

The cute-yet-cool Japanese cartoon promotes sustainable food at the Hello Kitty Go Green Organic Farm in Hong Kong.




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In honor of Cecil: 7 lion conservation organizations to support

Turn your anger into action by supporting lion-loving charities that are doing great things for big cats.




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Japanese furniture makers pivot to cats

Because why shouldn't cats get a beautiful sofa of their own?




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Boomer couple escapes harsh winters with minimalist van conversion (Video)

This tasteful van home features a comfortable interior, and includes a removable bed to allow for transporting larger cargo.




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Spacious Fox Sparrow tiny house is great for entertaining friends (Video)

Thanks to some careful, clever details, this 24-foot-long tiny house feels big, bright and open.




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Minimalist 335 sq. ft. tiny house is inspired by bike touring lifestyle (Video)

This couple applied precious life lessons -- learned from years of bicycle touring -- into designing their modern tiny house on foundations.




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Couple constructs stunning, ultra-modern tiny house together (Video)

This impressive home features a lot of great multifunctional ideas, plus a custom-built cat run for two felines in the back.




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Artist's 'Infinite Essence' affirms that we are all made of starstuff

These poignant and captivating images reveal the hidden beauty of our stellar origins.




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Off-grid solar in Africa is bankable. Crowdfunding initiative sets out to prove it.

Access to affordable capital is one of the biggest challenges for expanding a young industry. For solar in Africa, crowdfunding is helping to change that




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Startup is using heat generated from Bitcoin mining to grow food and fish

Merging energy-intensive Bitcoin mining with aquaculture, this project is experimenting with how technology might be used to develop better food systems.




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Is hydrogen back in the energy picture? Or is it all just shilling for oil companies?

The only people who benefit from the hydrogen economy are the oil and petrochemical companies that make the stuff.




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Meet the woman building stunning sustainable homes from bamboo

Elora Hardy and her team of designers, artisans, and builders at Ibuku are reimagining sustainable building, using one of nature's strongest and most versatile materials.




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Meet the Earthship film examines off-grid living in a unique Taos community

The Earthship movement is more than just a bunch of dirty hippies living in a Mad Max-esque compound in the high desert of the American Southwest, as this short film illustrates.




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Tiny flat-packed off-grid homes aim to be bridge between renting and owning

The Big World Homes project aims to be a new model of affordable housing, and its modular mobile design could make it a good fit for 'pop-up' communities on unused land.




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Live in this charming seaweed house on a Danish island

On the market for $416K, this beautifully restored historic cottage comes complete with a roof traditionally crafted of local seaweed.




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El Nebot del Persianer, a Project by Salva Nadal to Save the Spanish Sunblinds from Disappearing

Designer Salva Nadal learned how to turn canes into blinds from his uncle and is now designing a collection of products to save this Spanish craftsmanship from dying out. The results are beautiful eco-friendly lamps and a table for now.




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"Why bother knitting a scarf?"

Because there's far more to it than meets the eye. Here's why I knit.




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Knit 52 kinds of mushrooms in glowing colours

If you love knitting and even just like mushrooms, these creations will be addictive.




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Don’t stop knitting! It keeps you healthy.

Who knew that knitting could have such a positive impact on our physical and mental health?




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CustomMade is an electronic matchmaker for customers with an idea and craftspeople with the skills

This is how the internet is supposed to work.




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Digitally fabricated & handwoven chair revives old weaving techniques

Combining the latest in digital design tools with time-honored rush-weaving techniques, this sculptural chair marries modernity with tradition.




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Ecuadorian Farmers Organize 'Illegal' Fairs to Bring Healthy, Fair Priced Food to Communities

A local regulation forces all food to go through a terminal controlled by big business, but a group of small producers found a way to bypass the rule.




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Organic Food Debate Continues: Pleasure Over Sustainability?

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?




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Multi-Purpose Folding Screen Doubles as Library, Rack, Mirror and Ironing Board

In an attempt to re-think the original function of the folding screen, Argentine designer Leonardo Fortunato created the Diecut Screen multi-purpose piece.




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Pallets, Tires, Garbage Bags and Plastic Drums Turned into Lovely Playground in Niamey

Spanish collective Basurama arrived in Niamey, Niger, to assist locals in the construction of new leisure spaces with local, low cost materials.




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Oscar Niemeyer's Bold Response to Latin American Suburban Sprawl in the XX Century

Of all of Niemeyer's impressive works, the 1960s Copan building in Sao Paulo is the one speaking directly to contemporary urban trends.




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9 everyday products you didn't know had animal ingredients

If you thought that by quitting meat or at least going weekday vegetarian you were doing your part to avoid factory farming,




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Cute Animal Bulletin Boards Deliver a Serious Reminder About Mass Extinction

Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a




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Innovative Student Furniture Design at ICFF Steals the Show

Actually, the student designs steal the show every year at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held annually in New York. This year was not quite up to Pratt's spectacular exhibit from last year, but was close. Parsons I think Parsons the




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Cork Furniture and Cardboard Bars by Marina68 (Photos)

At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at




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The Cork House by Arquitectos Anónimos (Photos)

Image Credit: Ivo Canelas Cork has fascinated me for a long time; it's fully renewable and you don't even have to cut the whole tree, it's biodegradable and has curious characteristic such as insulating and shock absorbance. I came across many ugly




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5 Little Designs That Make Life Nicer, Fresh from the Valencia Design Week (Photos)

Different themes seemed to be embedded in the Valencia Design Week. After spotting 6 great wooden flat-pack designs, I also found these little




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Portuguese Designer Builds Stunning Little Shelter Out Of Cork

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.




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Sit on this sustainable minimalist cork wallet

Keep your cards, your cash, and your iPhone safe with these durable, water resistant accessories made from a renewable and sustainable material.




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Clerkenwell Design Week shows the latest in contemporary furniture design

Chairs are us and there are lots of them on display at the Clerkenwell Design Week.