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At IDS16: an affordable, minimal and ergonomic standing desk

It's really all you need in this era of notebook computers.




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A new study says standing desks don't have any benefits. Or does it?

It actually seems to say that you can give someone an adjustable desk but you can't make them stand. That's a very different thing.




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Can't stand a standing desk? The New HOVR might get you moving

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.




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Standing desks are so yesterday; try a treadmill desk for a really energizing experience

After 52,696 steps, a review of a LifeSpan treadmill desk.




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New study says using a standing desk doesn't burn calories

Just standing isn't enough; you gotta move.




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Researchers at Texas A&M develop a bossy and nosy standing desk

It tells you when to get up and to sit down, and checks up on you too.




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New study confirms that adjustable standing desks make you happier, healthier and more productive

Because people gotta move.




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Sit-stand desks get mixed reviews

They're good for some things, but researchers say they're not the magic bullet solution for health that many would like them to be.




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Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.




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"Extinct" Bird Eaten by Mistake: Not an April Fools Joke

A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was until it was identified as a Worcester’s Buttonquail




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Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them




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Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling

Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have




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Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow)

This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a




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MyShelter Foundation: Lighting Up Homes With A Plastic Bottle and Some Chlorine

If you live in a home without electricity and few or no windows, it's always incredibly dark inside, even at high noon. Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) is a sustainable lighting project that is trying to help people




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Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees

As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs.




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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine

Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island




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TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu"

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."




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Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.




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Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board

It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.




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Typhoon Haiyan: 'State of calamity' in the Philippines, 10,000+ feared dead

Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got.




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$1 fire extinguisher fits in a pocket, can be life saving (video)

The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones.




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Intensely layered papercuts highlight plight of endangered animals

The art form of papercuts is taken to another level with these intricate works that draw attention to some of the world's threatened species.




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'Naming and shaming' is a powerful tool in the fight against plastic waste

Companies will do anything to protect their brand – maybe even redesign packaging.




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Canada agrees to take its trash back from the Philippines

A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.




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Students in the Philippines must plant 10 trees to graduate

A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship.




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Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie

Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of




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What To Do With Discarded Christmas Trees? A Habitat For Fish And For People

While many cities have programs that turn leftover Christmas Trees into mulch and wood chips, (in NYC they call it Mulchfest, and you can go home with a bag of mulch). But in recent years, other uses such as structural aquatic




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Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half




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Campbell Soup Announces 9.8MW Solar PPA for Ohio Factory

Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease




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Walgreens Plans 130 Solar-powered Stores Nationwide

With research showing the installed cost of solar dropping 11% in just 6 months, it's little wonder that corporations like Wal-Mart are ramping up their plans to go solar aggressively. Walgreens made headline back in 2006 for its commitment to solar,




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A Christian Perspective on Organic Dairy Farming and Positive Child Labor (Video)

From retiring dairy cows to asking whether




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Dozens of Exotic Animals Escape From Ohio Wildlife Farm

Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly




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49 Animals Killed After Suicidal Owner Released Them

For more than twelve tense hours, heavily armed police officers near Zanesville, Ohio scoured the region for big cats, bears, and other exotic animals set loose from a local wildlife farm -- ultimately killing nearly 50 of the 56




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The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow)

Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.




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Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Buys Earthquake Insurance After Quake Caused By Fracking

Two days after the earthquake caused by a nearby fracking well the mayor said, "I called my insurance man and got earthquake insurance.”




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States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do

Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.




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Midwest Coal Plants to Shut Down Sooner Than Expected: One Step Closer to a Clean Energy Future?

10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected.




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Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.




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Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America

Analysis bridges differences between various climate change models to predict North American climate change with high certainty. Will skeptics finally be convinced?




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Groundhog EV Day: Ohio car dealers want to prevent Tesla from selling in the state

It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers...




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Ohio car dealers are fighting tooth and nail to keep Tesla out of the state

It's déjà vu all over again, again! Auto dealers have been fighting Tesla Motors on multiple fronts for a while now, trying to either force them to do business with the traditional sales model, or be prohibited from selling in certain states.




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Ohio Senate passes bill banning LEED certification

The wood and plastics industry prefers Green Globes and is designing laws around it. Paging Jerry Yudelson.




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30 ft. swing is the focus of this man's creative renovation

Swing-lovers will appreciate this massive art installation that combines art, architecture and play.




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LeBron James promises a bicycle and helmet for every student at his new school

The basketball star has a soft spot for bikes, which he says gave him important freedom as a kid.




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Philadelphia Wants to Join New York & Paris in the Park in The Sky Club

Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are




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Expanding and Redefining The Idea Of Home

Nic Darling is part of Postgreen Homes, builder of the 100K house and others that I have raved about; Postgreen is a different kind of developer, working in gritty urban parts of Philadelphia, doing smaller, more affordable




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Smart Windows Fix Dumb Problem of Too Much Noise, Too Much Light: Sage Electrochromic Glass Changes With Flick Of Switch

Open terrace in Kimmel Center was too hot or too noisy; now it's fixed.




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Touring The Gutsy and Green PostGreen Homes In Philadelphia

Another model for the development industry: Smart young people using their own money




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Philadelphia's solar-powered trash cans: Great green idea or flawed design?

Are solar-powered trash cans a fuel-saving, money-saving way to keep the streets clean? Or are they worse than regular trash cans?




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Why is Philadelphia such a bike success story despite having few bike lanes? (video)

Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.