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Cornell Installs Indoor Lawn to Soothe Students During Finals (Video)

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.




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Students create 3D grass printer

The printer makes designs from soil, seeds and water that sprout and grow into lovely living artwork.




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How to cure lawn lust in 6 minutes (video)

Addicted to a lush green yard? It’s time to change the paradigm and kick the grass to the curb.




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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A Responsibility To Defend A Fragile & Glorious World: Judaism & The Environment

"A Jewish ecology is 'not




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The First Worldwide Green Hajj Guide & Eco-Mosques in Qatar: More on Islam & The Environment

Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to




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Map Documents World's Sacred Forests & Help Save Them From Destruction

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.




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Are Islam and Permaculture a Match Made in Heaven?

A Jordanian permaculture teacher is exploring the intersect between environmentalism and spirituality. Her work could take permaculture mainstream in the Middle East.




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What Is The Gift Economy & Why Do We Need It So Badly? Charles Eisenstein Explains (Video)

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.




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Duke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of battery storage

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.




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If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.




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Computer chips made from wood could biodegrade

The innovation could mean less e-waste at the end of our electronics' lives.




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2020 Tokyo Olympics medals will be made from metals recovered from e-waste

By reclaiming precious metals from its 'urban mine' of obsolete electronics, Japan may be able to produce the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from recycled materials.




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Google's new HQ, designed by BIG and Thomas Heatherwick, says a lot about the company

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.




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10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.




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INDEX: Google Cardboard may be the next very big thing.

It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go.




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Why millennials are destroying our infrastructure, and why bike lanes destroy religious freedom

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.




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Google Buys 781MW of Wind, Solar, and 73 more companies demand a strong climate deal

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.




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Google Street View cars turned into gas leak detectors

A fleet of the cars mapped methane leaks in three major cities and the results aren't good.




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Dandelion: an audacious and radical geothermal energy startup?

Alphabet's X moonshot factory spins out a ground source heat pump company.




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Sidewalk Labs releases its vision for Toronto's waterfront

It is a wonderful wooden and digital world, but will it ever happen?




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Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack?

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.




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Trudeau says Canada will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.




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So much plastic is being made that "recycling has no impact"

A Canadian scientist wants us to rethink our approach to plastic and challenge the colonial system that produces it.




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Super-fun bike adventures in Montreal! (videos)

What's more fun than riding with 25,000 people through car-free streets on a beautiful day (and night)?




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Montreal's 2014 Tour de l'Île: 25,000 people on a 50km bike ride around the city! (video)

One of the great North-American cyclist cities has a big bash to celebrate bike culture!




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Wild City Mapping: Interactive online sharing of wild urban spaces (Video)

This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces.




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Clean Ride Mapper helps cyclists avoid polluted air, find quietest route to destination

It's up to you to decide if you want to take the shortest route, the cleanest one, or the quietest one.




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Artist sculpts hyper-real landscape out of encyclopedia set (Video)

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.




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Why did Montreal get those twisty deathtrap stairs?

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.




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Montreal design studio exchanging free coworking space for food donations (Video)

You can work with other location independent workers and do some holiday good deeds at the same time.




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Converted minimalist work cabin comes with secret telescoping ladder

All work and no play? Here's a work space with some playful humor built in.




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Montreal supermarket opens huge organic rooftop garden

Talk about slashing food miles; 'fresh from the roof' is as local as it gets.




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These floral sculptures pay homage to the humble beauty of insects (Video)

Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden.




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Montreal considering separate traffic laws for cyclists

The age of vehicular cycling is coming to an end; cyclists want equity, not equality




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Ikea deliveries now 100% electric in Shanghai

Well, that happened fast.




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Lyft launches 'Green Mode,' allows users to request electric cars

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.




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Tesla finally releases its 'affordable' Model 3

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer.




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Electrification is not enough: Decarbonizing transport requires a systems approach

Lloyd Alter would be so proud.




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Nature Outsmarts Monsanto: Pests Develop Resistance to GM Corn

You just can't fool Mother Nature.




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Why scientific proof isn't always needed to justify concerns

The Guardian's Kara Moses asks, "Do we need conclusive scientific proof to become concerned about an issue?" I think not, because sometimes even conclusive proof isn't enough for government and society to act.




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EPA ruling on Roundup pesticides heavily swayed by Monsanto-backed studies

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.




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World's top herbicide in you, me, and our pee

The #1 most-used herbicide in the world is in you, me, and our pee. Should we do something?




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Nissan and Mackie deliver ice cream without diesel exhaust PM2.5 sprinkles on top

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.




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Volkswagen designs "micromobiles" for life after traffic collapse

From scooters to cargo bikes, a bunch of alternatives to driving that car.




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Electric Ford F-150 pickup truck tows a million pound train. Is this a big deal?

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.




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Pop-up charging hub borrows the sidewalk instead of stealing it

Docked electric cars can be worse than dockless scooters for pedestrians, but the UEone is a step in the right direction.




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Coming soon: weird but maybe wonderful alternative electric vehicles

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels




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Michael Pollan, Saul's Deli Secret Pastrami Hawker?

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice




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Eating At Your Desk Makes You Fat

Via Calorielab we learn of yet another thing that makes you fat: eating at your desk. It appears that when you are not paying attention to your food, you eat more and remember less.Researchers at The Universty