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Buster tiny house comes with removable trailer base (Video)

Here's an interesting idea: a tiny house on wheels that can be separated from its wheels.




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These 4D printed aquatic plants create an immersive organic experience (Video)

This industrial designer's 3D/4D printed, life-like forms ask the question of whether we can design and engineer "intelligent" plants that can adapt to environmental changes.




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Two-bedroom Archer tiny house is made for small families (Video)

Equipped with two bedrooms and a secondary loft, there's plenty of space to grow in this small home.




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'Nude shopping' boosts vegetable and fruit sales dramatically

When a New Zealand supermarket chain ditched plastic packaging, produce sales skyrocketed.




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Pedrail introduces a barrier to protect people walking and biking

It's always about the car, but this Florida company is thinking about the rest of us.




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Celebration, Florida may be destroyed in order to save it

The fire department demands trees and on-street parking be removed so that they can have 20' clear speedways




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Florida's official culture of driving blames pedestrians (and cellphones) for "vast majority" of deaths

A Today Show bit today is perhaps the grossest example yet.




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No, distracted walking is not causing the dramatic increase in pedestrian deaths

This is an urban design issue, a car design issue, and a demographics issue. Distracted walking is a rounding error.




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Florida manatees can survive for at least another century

In great news for manatees, researchers predict that the gentle 'sea cows' will endure for at least another 100 years as long as threats continue to be managed.




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Miami-Dade might move on Chinese bendy buses

Oh, I am sorry. I meant "trackless trains."




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Cuban treefrogs invade New Orleans; clog plumbing and cause power outages

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.




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Photo: Pelican flyby demonstrates perfect form

Our photo of the day comes from Florida's John D MacArthur Beach State Park.




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Four alternatives to drywall that don't turn to mush

They are healthier, they last longer, and they look better, too.




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Zara promises to use sustainable fabrics by 2025

But can fast fashion ever be green? Fabrics are easier to change than business models.




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Italy bans animals in circuses

No more elephant or lion acts. Those are now a thing of the past.




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A new food memoir explores the great cuisines of France, Italy, and China

While traveling, journalist Jan Wong opted for host families, not cooking school, when it came to learning about local food.




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Italian designer reinvents the classic Vespa for the electric age

So what if it doesn't have pedals and isn't as practical as an e-bike, it's so elegant and minimal.




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3D printed house displayed at Milan Design Week

Massimiliano Locatelli is writing a new language of design that reflects the new technology.




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Venice's mayor segregates tourists from locals in attempt to control crowds

But not all locals are happy, saying the mayor is treating the city like a theme park.




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Huge modular 3D printer creates $1,000 tiny house out of mud (Video)

This affordable tiny house was 3D printed using mud, rice husks and straw to create a "zero-kilometre" structure.




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Beautiful, historic town in Sicily is selling homes for $1

Sambuca, the "City of Splendor" is hoping to save its historic structures and revive a waning community.




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5 Fair Trade shoes for fall from Oliberté

This Fair Trade company has new cold-weather footwear for men and women.




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Coclico’s gorgeous shoes come with carbon offsets

These designer shoes embody traditional craftsmanship and a Slow Fashion aesthetic.




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Petite Marin repurposes men's dress shirts into beautiful and durable children's clothes

This new California-based company is run by two entrepreneurial moms who understand the value of local production, quality fabrics, and reducing one's environmental impact.




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Two women turn upcycled fashion into an award-winning business

Look At Me Designs transforms old sweaters and tee shirts into fresh new styles.




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8 slow fashion dresses for spring and summer

Ethically sourced dresses for this spring, summer and many more sunny days to come.




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Slow fashion advocate Zady launches “Essentials” collection

Zady is working to build a better clothing company from the ground up.




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Apparel brands need to be more transparent about where clothes come from

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.




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10 companies making ethical and eco-friendly swimsuits

From recycled yarns to fair-trade sewing to reclaimed fabrics, these swimsuits will make you feel good, both inside and out.




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RubyMoon makes 'gym-to-swim' wear using recycled fabric

After all, why shouldn't you wear the same top to the beach as you do to the gym?




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Native Americans protest tar sands pipeline with horseback ride along proposed route

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.




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Tastes Like Tar Sands: Crashing the Corporate Beach Party

Activists deliver a "No Tar Sands!" message to Sustainable Brands corporate conference via kayak flotilla




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U.S. House approves Keystone XL pipeline

House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority.




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U.S. Senate votes down Keystone XL pipeline

After the House of Representatives approved legislation pushing the Keystone XL forward, the Senate has rejected it.




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Mounties call 'anti-petroleum movement' a security threat to Canada

Most people think of them as environmentalists, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have other ideas.




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Church of England divests from dirtiest fossil fuels

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...




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United Church of Canada divests from fossil fuels

In the grand scheme of things, $5.9 million is not a huge amount to take from fossil fuels. But when you reinvest in renewables...




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Oil giant quits tar sands, embraces offshore wind instead

This is a prime example of divest-invest in action, folks...




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Tiny House Warriors building tiny homes to block construction of oil pipeline (Video)

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.




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Eco Touch: Waterless Carwash

Eco Touch is providing an old product to a new market. While waterless car washing products have been available for over a decade, demand for them in America has been slight. While similar products have taken off in areas with strict water regulations




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New Hampshire Moves Closer to Renewable Energy Standard

Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a




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Warming Temperatures Stunt Autumn Leaf Colors

Tourists and residents in New England used to receive a spectacular display of color on the second October of every year. However, in recent years, the show has been a bit duller and a bit later than usual. The culprit? What else - area temperatures




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Presidential Campaign Update: Al & Arnold At The New Hampsire Primary

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC




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Five Questions You Should Ask the Presidential Candidates

This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential




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Contemplations On Obama's DeSmogBlog "Award," Blogging, And Presidential Politics

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama




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Finally: Environment Plays a Role in a Presidential Election

For the first time in my lifetime the environment is a top-tier issue in a presidential race, as was clearly in evidence in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. It was next to impossible for a candidate to have any sort of press event




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Mion's Floodgate Takes Recycling In Its Stride

Two years ago when Mion footwear won an ecodesign award we described them as something "you might expect the Jetsons to wear on the weekends." And we wanted the company to be more overt in their green product design. With their new models they've




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Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970

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Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -




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Real Bear Breaks Into Home to Rescue Stuffed Bear

Homeowner Mary Beth Parkinson came home to quite a surprise, a black bear had been rifling through her kitchen before it fled the house taking a stuffed toy bear with it. The bear had entered her home through an unlocked door, helped