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10 houseplant decor ideas for big impact

You don't have to have an entire garden room to make a statement with your indoor plants.




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14 houseplants perfect for Valentine's Day

From love potion plants and heart-shaped leaves to love goddess blooms, these plants are like a valentine from Mother Nature.




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Gogoro launches the VIVA, a lighter, cheaper, electric scooter with a swappable battery

This could take a lot of smelly gas mopeds off the road.




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Want to buy a high-tech, low-carbon electric vehicle company? Organic Transit is for sale.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.




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Vedanta Resources' Orissa Bauxite Refinery Expansion Blocked by Indian Government

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the




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Alcoa, Major World Polluter, Brings Sustainable Transport to Bauxite Mine & Feeds Energy into Grid

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco




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Third Time Lucky, the NeoRomántico Bench Goes Cradle to Cradle (Photos)

Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench




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Zero Energy Christmas Decoration Lights Up Under Existing Streetlamps

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!




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Portraits of rescued farm animals allowed to grow old

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.




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California bans sale of fur clothing

It will soon be illegal to sell, trade, or donate furs of any kind.




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Citizen scientist website could reveal how jellyfish are reacting to a warming world

Jellywatch.org has tapped into the power of citizen scientists to collect data on jellyfish populations and you can help.




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The mini-computer market just got a lot more crowded with this $15 64-bit entry

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.




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Interactive map shows you the weather forecast for 2100

Spoiler: your city will be much warmer year round.




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Computer program creates city tree inventories

Using satellite and Google maps images, the program can count and identify the city's trees.




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Image recognition software for sharks tells them apart by their fins

A shark's fin is like its fingerprint, with each animal having its own unique patterns and scars.




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IBM to homeworkers: Get back to the office. Now.

Telecommuting just isn't fashionable anymore; the "water cooler effect" is.




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Forecasting urban inundation with a sunny day flood of tweets

Researchers combine social media and artificial intelligence to better predict damage from global sea level changes




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Microsoft submerges data center off Scotland's Orkney Islands

This is the second deployment of the tech company's underwater data center project.




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Photo: Caterpillars, a love story

Our photo of the day comes from the romantic rain forest 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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Cardboard architect Tobias Horrocks builds a Cardboard Metropolis

Forget about wood construction; cardboard could be the Next Big Thing.




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Photo: Carijoa coral is a vision of snowflakes

Our photo of the day delivers a bit of winter reverie from the waters of Australia.




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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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Photo: How are seashells formed?

Our photo of the day provides a lesson in the origins of seashells.




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For first time, Australian court rejects coal mine because of CO2

Think global, act local.




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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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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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Have you gone screen-free yet? Get 7 Tips for Screen-Free Week

Screen-Free Week lasts until May 6, so it’s not too late to unplug and play. Born out of a concern that digital entertainment dominates the lives of too many kids, SFW is a call to spend less time online.




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Go inside the Carbon Vault: why it’s critical to know what’s beneath the Boreal Forest

Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ...




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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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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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Look for the label: the SFI logo is a sign of sustainable forestry

Where did your paper coffee cup come from? Does it support a red-cockaded woodpecker? Or a gopher tortoise?




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New forest research project works to conserve caribou in western Alberta

Woodland caribou are an iconic but threatened species throughout Canada. They’re natural prey to bears and wolves, who can gain easier access to Caribou habitat through forest roads, pipelines, and other human disturbances.




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Why you should go to bat for … bats

Did you know the countdown for Halloween coincides with Bat Week? An annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature, Bat Week is in flight Oct. 24—31, 2018.




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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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How sustainable forestry can help the legacy of African American Landowners

As we recognize African American History Month, it is important to highlight a lesser known part of this history - the legacy of forest ownership among the black community, and the leaders who are working to preserve it.




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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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Forests are easy to love: how to show it for the International Day of Forests

The theme for 2019 is “forests and education,” with the goal to increase understanding that sustainable forests are critical to our future.




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On World Water Day – forests are the answer

Whoever you are, wherever you are, water is your human right. That’s the theme of World Water Day 2019. It’s a day made official by the United Nations General Assembly that takes place every year on March 22.




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Forest sustainability by the acre: 300M+ certified to SFI

More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard.




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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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Three great ideas for the outdoorsy dad

About one in six men in the United States are fathers. That’s more than 70 million dads . It can be tempting to focus their Father’s Day on finding the perfect camping gadget, the best new fishing rod, or the latest hiking gear.




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53 schools win the Green Ribbon for 2019

Great things are happening for the environment at schools across the U.S. Thirty-five schools, 14 school districts, and four postsecondary institutions have been honored as U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) for 2019.




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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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Sustainability and future forests at the World Scout Jamboree

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.




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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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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: Well-managed forests provide habitat for at-risk species

Through forestry, SFI provides the essential security of long-term habitat conservation for at-risk species.




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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.