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On MNN: Water heaters and Legionnaires' Disease

And more blaming the millennials, robots and boomers and kitchens are exhuasting.




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ON MNN: More on kitchen exhausts, exploding hoverboards and fire trucks

Why are our cities being designed around the needs of the trucks instead of vice versa?




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On MNN: The maple syrup bubble, soundproofing your apartment, and the library of things

and lessons in management from Renaissance Florence




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On MNN: We are all Flint (NOT), ban disposables and your thermostat is spying on you

And dancing robots!




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On MNN: Clueless boomers, and in praise of Tim Cook

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.




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Boomer alert: How cities must adapt to an aging population, and vice versa

A review of posts about aging baby boomers on the Mother Nature Network.




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Mussels test positive for opioids and chemo drugs

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.




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Tiny entangled seahorse rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the sea

Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around.




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Fish and chip shops in UK are serving endangered shark meat

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.




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'Artifishal' doc film explores the murky world of salmon farms and hatcheries

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.




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Bianca Jagger, George Monbiot + Vandana Shiva Attend Be The Change

The 2007 Be The Change Conference is fast approaching and has an amazing line up of speakers to inspire you with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". For the fourth year in a row the BTC conference brings together world leaders in sustainability and social




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Quote of the Day: George Monbiot on Handouts Resprayed Green

In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George




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Monbiot: Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine Shouldn't Mix

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to




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EvanEco goes to the Carnival, Monbiot on Biochar, Accidental Eco Maniac Highlights Women + Water, and More

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant




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Let's Do The Time Warp Again: Monbiot and May vs Lomberg and Lawson

It is the battle of the M&Ms; vs the L&Ls; the Munk debate in Toronto about the statement "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate international response" with Bjorn Lomberg and Nigel Lawson duking it out




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George Monbiot on Junk Science, Rational Thought, and The Tragedy of Giving Up Nuclear (Podcast)

The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear.




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Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars?

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.




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Crazy-looking eco development powers 10% of the island of Tenerife

It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...




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Sawmill House by Olson Kundig wins COTE award for "design and sustainability"

I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?




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California feeds the duck with mandatory solar panels on new houses

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.




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Go ahead and AVA Byte of fresh produce from this countertop garden

This soil-free smart garden promises fresh greens and veggies that are grown as local as it gets.




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Solar powered supercapacitor produces hydrogen fuel and electricity

The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.




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Enough with the Smart Home and Smart City already

Has anything really changed since 1939?




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A New "Lost Generation" Cycles Across Scandinavia To Understand North America

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Gothenburg to Boras, Sweden Doesn't Strip

Sarah and I have spent the better




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Rudolf Steiner Found, Thanks to James Turell

Leaving Boras takes us past a




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Stockholm's Vision for Urban Life

We are at the end of our LostGen2 quest for the world's best city




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'NaturePlay' film reveals Scandinavia's amazing nature-based education system

This new award-winning documentary reveals the stark contrasts between America's obsession with standardized tests, at the cost of everything else, and Scandinavia's embrace of all things nature-based. It's clear which is the more successful approach.




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Norway wants tourists to slow down and travel more sustainably

Cruise ships and Disney's 'Frozen' have led to crowds of unprecedented size, about which Norwegians are not entirely happy.




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'There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather' is a Scandinavian mom's guide to raising kids

Written by one of my favorite bloggers, this new book will inspire and guide readers to instill a love for nature in their children.




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Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons

For three days this summer, a local host could show you why their country consistently ranks among the happiest in the world.




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How Impossible and Beyond Burgers are weathering a tide of food snobbery

Once these plant-based meats showed up in fast food chains, they ceased to be cool.




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Helicopter converted into one-of-a-kind hotel in Scotland

Another instance of creative adaptive reuse, where a decommissioned Sea King is transformed into a deluxe mini-hotel.




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Meet the sea sheep of Scotland's North Ronaldsay island

Semi-wild and isolated to a 270-acre stretch of shoreline, the North Ronaldsay sheep are one of only two land animals that live exclusively on seaweed.




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World's first floating wind farm now operating in Scotland

This technology might open up many new areas to offshore wind.




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Scotland bans plastic-handled cotton buds

The ban on buds (swabs) is expected to reduce Scotland's marine plastic pollution by 50 percent.




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Scotland is subsidizing electric bikes to encourage sustainable and active travel

This is something North American governments should copy.




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Documentary tells story of one tiny house family living on remote island (Video)

This family lives, works and travels in this modern tiny house, now located on a remote Scottish island.




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Scotland's wind turbines generated '98% of electricity demand' last month

On some days, wind generated as much as 234% of demand.




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Scotland introduces 20p deposit on all cans and bottles

Every country everywhere should be doing this.




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Scotland bans parking on sidewalks

One would think this would be obvious, that sidewalks are for people, not cars.




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Solartab is back with a more powerful (and waterproof) solar tablet charger

The newest version of this solar charger & battery is lighter and offers a more powerful solar panel, and includes dual USB ports and a USB-C port.




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This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets

Another large-sized solar charger and battery system is about to hit the market, as an off-grid solar generator in a briefcase.




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Lightweight thin-film solar charger is rollable, and includes a battery bank

These ultra-thin solar charging devices use amorphous silicon technology, which is said to be effective even in shady or lower-light conditions.




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No Sun? Get a GoSun Fusion solar cooker and live better electrically

The GoSun Fusion probably won’t save the world, but the design thinking behind it might.




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This is the world’s ugliest color … and it’s on a mission

Tasked with finding the most heinous hue known to humans, researchers arrived at Pantone 448C – and the Australian government is putting it to good use.




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Looking up to radiant ceilings for heating and cooling

It's counterintuitive, but this prefab panel system from Messana makes a lot of sense.




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Plug-and-play radiator integrates a battery to help lower electric bills

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off-peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.




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Create a cozy escape (and save on heating) with a grown-up blanket fort

Everything you need to know about building a proper blanket fort.




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2 rallying cries for a green building revolution: Reduce Demand! and Electrify Everything!

Previously titled "4 reasons why heat pumps are not going to save the planet" which was mean to heat pumps.