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Xylophone of the Forest, Stunning Ad for Docomo's Wooden Cellphone

This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me




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William McDonough at Dwell on Design: A More "Effective" Not Just More "Efficient" Future

A compact chicken coop for city dwellers that wheels around the yard and fertilizes soil is on display at "Dwell on Design" this weekend. The show's awards recognize




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William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle, a Terrestrial Space Station, and What Went Wrong in China (Podcast)

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.




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Who Would Have Thought That My Presso Coffee Maker Is The Most Repairable Thing I Own? (Photos)

These days when your coffe machine breaks, it is usually cheaper and less hassle to just buy a new one. I was therefore pleasantly surprised about the repairability of my Presso coffee maker, which still keeps serving me off the grid!




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The Green Chair by Oscar-Nominated Design Studio Mariscal is Affordable and 100% Recyclable (Photos)

An affordable, long-lasting and attractive chair made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic, designed in Barcelona by Estudio Mariscal. Need it far away? Then just buy the seat and get local legs!




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Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't Cradle-to-Cradle Design Caught On Yet?

It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers.




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You CAN Be Too Thin: Apple Dumps Sustainable Design Principle For a Few Millimeters and A Smooth Bottom For Design Fetishists To Fondle

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.




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New Japanese House by Alts Design Office is influenced by traditional design

It is all about the progression through the spaces.




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The prefab dream: Talented architects working with a great builder offering original designs

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes




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8 of the easiest houseplants to care for

Looking for indoor plants that are hard to kill? These green troopers are resilient and don't demand too much from their keepers.




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8 houseplants to avoid if you have allergies

Learn which indoor plants are capable of causing allergic reactions.




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How to help trees survive the summer heat

Especially when trees are newly planted, they need all the help they can get.




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Doctors are prescribing houseplants for anxiety, depression, and loneliness

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.




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Put a houseplant on your desk to decrease anxiety significantly

A new study reveals stress-reducing benefits for office workers when even just viewing a small plant on their desk.




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How 14 flowers got their names

From saucy to the divine, the origins of some flower names add even more to the loveliness of their blooms.




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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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The e-bike revolution advances with the Swytch conversion kit

There are some significant advantages to an affordable kit like this.




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Jeep introduces a big electric mountain bike

Bill Murray looks like he is enjoying the ride. Others might go a bit faster.




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Does recycling waste precious water?

Photo credit: jcheng @ Flickr




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GreenCookingPots Offer Le Creuset Designer Style Without the Designer Price Tag

Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen




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Hungary Declares State of Emergency As Toxic Industrial Sludge Covers Villages (Photos)

Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A




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Hungary Toxic Sludge Flood Reaches Danube River

The flood of toxic red sludge, which burst forth from a containment pond in Ajka, Hungary and covered several villages earlier in the week, reached a branch of the River Danube today. According to the head of the




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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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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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Reusable water bottles are not as green as you think

Made from virgin materials that require resource-intensive manufacturing processes, reusable water bottles aren't the perfect solution that you may think.




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Is using recycled aluminum sustainable and green? A new book raises questions

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.




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Japanese aluminum company fabricated data about strength, durability

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.




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Rivian introduces 3 ton "electric adventure vehicles"

Is this really the future we want?




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Declawing linked to chronic pain and aggression in cats

Declawing cats often leads to long-term pain and unwanted behaviors.




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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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Lawsuit filed over awful changes to Endangered Species Act

Environmental and animal protection groups have sued the administration over the Trump-Bernhardt 'extinction plan.'




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Wildlife selfies are a terrible idea

The animals get distracted and distressed. Oh, and you could get your head bitten off.




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You can now virtually walk among the elephants of Samburu National Reserve

Google and Save the Elephants teamed up to bring Street View to the Kenyan wildlife reserve to show its residents and spread the need for conservation.




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Computer program solves mysteries of fossilized leaves

The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.




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Computer program perfectly replicates your handwriting

Now you can handwrite letters on your computer.




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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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Computer models show how ancient people responded to climate change

The findings could help us deal with environmental changes happening now and in the future.




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Growing virtual plants could teach farmers how to best grow real ones

Researchers are developing computer simulations that can improve agricultural success.




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New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ brings new features to the tiny computer

A suitable celebration of Pi Day.




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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: The magnificent eyes and ears of a black-tailed jackrabbit

Our photo of the day comes from Merced, California.




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Photo: Fuzzy bumblebee takes a break

Our photo of the day is a study in details.




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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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Photo: Badgers are awesome

Our photo of the day comes from Los Banos, California.




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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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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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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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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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Accessible tiny home helps elderly woman age in place gracefully (Video)

This lovely little home was built for a woman who wants to be closer to her loved ones, without losing her autonomy.