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These basic black leggings are made from recycled water bottles

Your favorite clothing item just got even better. These new leggings from Girlfriend Collective tick all the boxes when it comes to eco-friendly and ethical production.




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Why rapid decarbonization is the only choice we have

The longer we wait, the more expensive (and dangerous) it gets.




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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Energy

Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.




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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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Best of Show, Booth Design at Greenbuild: Kohler And Living Machine

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials




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Rick Fedrizzi Defends LEED, Attacks The Naysayers and Delivers Barn-Burner Defense of Green Building

The CEO of the USGBC brings it on and fights back against the Plastic People their poodles in Congress




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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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Scottish architect's Design-Build company MAKAR is doing wonders with wood

MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.




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The Shakers' Design Sense is Still an Influence in America

The Shakers may be long gone but their simplicity of design still has an influence on American furniture.




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Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.




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Ship noise makes it harder for crabs to eat, easier for them to be eaten

Researchers have discovered that the problem of ocean noise pollution extends all the way up to the shoreline. And shore crabs face a double-edged sword from too much noise from ships.




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Efforts underway in one of most extensive US river restorations ever

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.




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Giant Asian tiger shrimp invade US waters

Well, giant shrimp the size of your forearm are now a thing we can worry about.




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Honeybee waggle dance tells researchers about the health of the ecosystem (Video)

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.




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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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Rethinking death to better understand the effects of chemicals

Thought experiments worked for Einstein. Can they help protect the environment too?




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What if all the spiders disappeared?

Although some may wish it so, a world without spiders would be a miserable place.




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Scientists just discovered billions of organisms underneath the land and sea

Not in the ocean. Below it.




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Why you shouldn't buy ladybugs for natural pest control in your garden

Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.




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Inferno: 10-minute video from a lucky survivor of Lac Megantic's catastrophe

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.




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Canada's first tiny house festival debuts as part of planned tiny housing development

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.




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Winterproofed houseboat with a rooftop deck is a tiny hotel on the river (Video)

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.




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Perhaps those Falcon Wing doors on the Tesla Model X are not so terrible after all

I predicted trouble in winter, but they appear to still open even when buried in snow.




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Curious? Rent this mini-earthship in a permaculture community (Video)

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.




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Thanks to a solar air heater, it costs $100 to heat this tiny house all winter (Video)

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.




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Forest cabin enlarged into small birdhouse-like wilderness retreat

An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form.




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Sakura is a luxurious modern tiny house for cold climates (Video)

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.




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Well-crafted 28' tiny house is a beautiful modern home

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.




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Cold-climate tiny house built for mother and daughter (Video)

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.




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The Magnolia is an extra-wide 'park model' tiny house (Video)

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.




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Adventurous couple's van conversion packs in a lot of outdoor gear (Video)

This winter-proofed van is now home to two engineers who love the outdoors.




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Canadian grocer to allow reusable containers for meat, seafood, deli

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.




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UC San Diego Installs Unique Solar Shade-Trees

UC San Diego is using one of its free gifts - some of the best solar exposure in the country - to further power and shade the campus. Several solar trees (solar panels installed on a vertical racking system that supports




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Event: Recycled Swimwear Designer Aaron Chang Opens Green Art Gallery

Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with




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EcoZoic: Cycling Clothing Made From Bamboo Charcoal

Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to




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The Week in Animal News: Long Lost Cat Comes Home, Animals Bathing, and More (Slideshow)

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.




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Genetic mutation gives this "tetrachromat" artist superhuman color vision (video)

Ordinary humans can see about 1 million colors, but thanks to a genetic mutation, this artist can see an estimated 100 million colors.




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Man lives rent-free in $950 home on tiny urban homestead (Video)

In exchange for cultivating someone else's backyard for a year, this activist is experimenting with an increasingly simpler lifestyle, documented step-by-step online.




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Mobile coworking bus lets professionals work, hike, bike & surf (Video)

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.




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The Independent Looks at The Green Movement at Fifty

The UK newspaper dates the movement back to the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; I contribute with a guest post on architecture and design




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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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No more dental fillings? Drug found to stimulate tooth regrowth

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug triggers dentine regrowth, eliminating need for fillings.




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9 lifestyle choices to help prevent dementia

With one in 3 cases of dementia preventable, a sweeping new report identifies modifiable factors in early, mid- and late life that make a difference




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The cheapest homemade lasagna is also the tastiest

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.




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7 ways to prepare delicious kohlrabi

Sometimes the most boring vegetables are the most versatile.




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Homemade lemon ice cream is a perfect summer treat

This recipe is creamy, sweet, and wonderfully refreshing.




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On MNN: The year in urban design

Stories from TreeHugger's sister site about how streets are for people.




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The Colorado River named most endangered river in America [Video]

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.




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Quick-thinking obstetrician delivers a drowning baby moose to safety

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.




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Dynamic map of river's 15,000 history is made with lasers & data

Data is not just for the internet giants; using remote laser-sensing technology, it can generate lovely maps of a river's long-past history too.