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Photo: Dark-eyed junco is the picture of spring

Our photo of the day comes from Jackson County, Oregon.




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Photo: Burrowing owl and a moonrise

Our photo of the day comes from Davis, California.




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Photo: Hummingbird pauses on a pink banana bloom

Our photo of the day comes from a cloudforest in the Andes of Ecuador.




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Studded with sea debris, these wild paintings are ocean 'portals'

Aiming to spark conversations about marine conservation, these beautiful works reimagine the oceans in their pristine state.




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Photo: Beautiful batwing slug flies through the sea

Our photo of the day comes from the watery wilds of Wilsons Promontory in southern Australia.




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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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Blooming 3D jelly cakes are made with seaweed (Video)

Made carefully by hand, this food artisan's edible works of jelly art are bursting with colorful flora and fauna.




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322 sq. ft. micro-apartment has a transforming 'function wall'

This apartment's built-in 'function wall' maximizes a small space by incorporating sleeping, sitting and storage.




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Nanopad is a 236 sq. ft. micro-apartment in historic building (Video)

This redesigned space in a 1920s Art Deco building features a new layout that better maximizes space and light.




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Australia drops food to hungry wallabies

Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.




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Watch these sharks WALK around looking for food (video)

Four species of walking sharks have been discovered in the waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.




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7 things you didn’t know about Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day didn’t always involve buying cards, flowers, and candy, but it’s always been about showing moms love and appreciation.




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Calling all birders: A new study is seeking participants in the Southeast U.S. this summer

Though it sounds like a technical term more suited for computer programming, avicaching is actually a growing practice that encourages birders to collect and share their data from bird-watching through an internationally known phone app.




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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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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: How forests bring us together

The United Nations established the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 1994 – the day is observed every year on August 9.




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Smart! Cornell engages kids with nest box building workshops

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. But the vast educational opportunities it offers aren’t reserved only for Ivy League students.




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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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New webinars engage the marketplace on responsible forest sourcing

GreenBlue is challenging companies throughout the United States and Canada to change their thinking about sustainable sourcing.




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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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Sustainable forests work to address climate change

People committed to sustainability understand that there are many complexities to our global challenges. But one often overlooked fact is how valuable forests are in mitigating climate change.




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Video: The importance of forests in mitigating climate change

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is working with partners like American Forests on important global issues, including climate change.




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Thankful! Five ways the National Wild Turkey Federation is preserving tradition

The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey in the United States and the preservation of our hunting heritage.




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Fast food is fueling Brazilian wildfires

When you buy a burger, it could be from a cow raised on Brazilian soy feed. That's a problem.




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How to support farmers with your food shopping

Your focus should be on local growers, rather than those overseas.




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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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5 things everyone can do to protect the planet's soil

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.




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5 simple steps for soil-friendly eating

If we don't take care of the soil, the soil will lose its ability to take care of us.




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America is facing a sugar shortage

But is that a bad thing?




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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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Is the climate crisis coming for your wine?

In case you're thinking of numbing your way through our dystopian future with a good glass of pinot...




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These dogs may save the citrus industry from a devastating pandemic

Researchers find that dogs can be trained to sniff out the bacteria that causes citrus greening, with 99+ percent accuracy




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Lab-grown meat is coming to your plate

Memphis Meats will soon start construction on a pilot facility that will scale up production.




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Staggering quantities of food are being destroyed due to coronavirus

Markets have shrivelled, storage is full, and redistribution networks are lacking, putting farmers in an awful predicament.




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Latest drone view of Apple HQ shows a building as shiny as a new iPhone

Things are moving quickly; Apple employees might get updated offices before Mac users get updated computers.




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Latest drone videos of Apple parking garage shows landscaping being installed

Oh, and the donut building on top is coming along nicely too.




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Apple's new product launch: Introducing Apple Park

I have complained about this building forever, but will admit that Norman Foster has designed a masterpiece.




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Apple Park is almost complete; it is still beautiful and still wrong

It is a jewel in suburban isolation.




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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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Is wireless charging the most important thing announced by Apple?

Our never-ending search for convenience comes at a cost.




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Former Facebook exec says social media is "ripping apart the social fabric"

At a recent talk Chamath Palihapitiya said he "doesn't use that sh**" and his kids aren't allowed to either.




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Smartphones have made parenting harder than ever

Giving a kid a phone "feels a little like trying to teach your kid how to use cocaine, but in a balanced way."




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Apple employees keep walking into those gorgeous glass walls at Apple Park

C'mon guys, look where you are going. This is an Apple product and you are clearly using it wrong.




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With a push from Apple, a "revolutionary" process removes CO2 from aluminum smelting

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.




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Resist disastrous planned obsolescence by making old iPhones sexy again

Fight Apple’s annual seduction dance by buying a perfectly restored iPhone from a company rallying against thoughtless consumerism and e-waste.




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Is it time to rethink green building (and other) standards?

Standards are supposed to make things easier and more consistent, but they keep proliferating.




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Climate change is top threat, says US Navy commander

Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the US Pacific Command says that the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region is climate change.




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TreeHugger in Mongolia: How a Warming Climate is Changing Business in Mongolia

We're traveling with UNEP to cover World Environment Day and document how the host country of Mongolia is adapting to a changing climate.




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Second best job ever taking applications now

And what happened to the guy who won the six figure salary to serve as caretaker of a barrier reef island anyhow?