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This robotic lawnmower fuels itself with the grass it cuts, then harvests excess biomass for later use

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?




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Leaf blowers are still a scourge of humanity

Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines?




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All of Existence Should Be Revered: Hinduism & The Environment

Hinduism is the oldest




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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We Are An Intrinsic Part Of Nature, Not Separate From Anything Else: Buddhism & The Environment

For many




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A Responsibility To Defend A Fragile & Glorious World: Judaism & The Environment

"A Jewish ecology is 'not




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Spirit, Science, Art, Reverence Combined Will Build a Better Green Movement

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant




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108,000 Trees Planted at Buddha's Birthplace in Nepal

Some nice symbolism here... WWF-Nepal reports that it has just completed its target for 2011 of planted 108,000 trees in the Sacred Garden of Lumbini, where the Buddha was born roughly 2,500 years ago. Over the next ten years the




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World's First Green Pilgrimage Network Launches At End of October

An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in




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What Is The Gift Economy & Why Do We Need It So Badly? Charles Eisenstein Explains (Video)

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.




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Buddhist monks are protecting snow leopards from poachers

A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats.




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Evangelical Christians call on Obama to protect public lands from oil and gas leasing

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.




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Bank signs one contract, goes 100% renewable by EOY

Fifth Third Bank shows us just how easy it is becoming for corporations to source all of their electricity from renewables.




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UK's National Grid supports 2030 petrol/diesel car ban

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.




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In California, people without rooftop solar panels pay a $65 per year subsidy to those with them

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.




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Duke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of battery storage

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.




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It's Bitcoin in a box as Nordcoin introduces Mobile Mining Containers

It's a moveable feast of cheaper, cooler, greener electricity for building blockchains.




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California utility offers rebates and incentives for going all-electric

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.




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Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?




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What's all that stuff on Sir Adam Beck's head?

It's an interesting art installation that brings some attention to an electrifying man.




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Why we need "all of the above" carbon-free power sources

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.




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If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.




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Microsoft puts disposable wifi routers into magazine advertisement

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.




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New report card for best electronics recycling shows Staples in the lead

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.




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Phoneblok is radical vision of what tech could be

Critics have been quick to say that Phonebloks isn't realistic with the current market. What they are missing is that this is the entire point of the project. Phonebloks aims to alter the present, but re-imagining the future.




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Old CDs could be re-used in sewage treatment

The disks are coated with zinc oxide nanorods that break apart organic molecules in sewage.




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‘Tis the season to recycle your electronics: Project Reboot

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.




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Eco-Mobius is a modular, 'forever' smart phone

Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius.




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Why old-school cell phones are making a comeback

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.




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Computer chips made from wood could biodegrade

The innovation could mean less e-waste at the end of our electronics' lives.




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Fungi can recycle your smartphone battery

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.




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2020 Tokyo Olympics medals will be made from metals recovered from e-waste

By reclaiming precious metals from its 'urban mine' of obsolete electronics, Japan may be able to produce the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from recycled materials.




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Battery recycling machine gives grocery store coupons in exchange for your old batteries

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.




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The awful reality of e-waste as told in numbers

From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering.




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Staggering e-waste numbers revealed in grim new report

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.




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Google's new HQ, designed by BIG and Thomas Heatherwick, says a lot about the company

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.




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How a cheap plywood temporary building became the inspiration for Google's new headquarters

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.




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10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.




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Google to transform carcass of Alabama coal power plant into clean-powered datacenter

Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure.




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Virtually climb El Capitan with Google Street View

The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers.




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INDEX: Google Cardboard may be the next very big thing.

It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go.




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Why millennials are destroying our infrastructure, and why bike lanes destroy religious freedom

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.




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Google to encircle the globe with internet balloons next year

The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below.




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Google Buys 781MW of Wind, Solar, and 73 more companies demand a strong climate deal

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.




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If you get all your news here, you may be living in a bubble

We're all friends here, right? So I can talk honestly?




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Big tech companies join fight for clean power standards

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.




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Google's Project Sunroof now available in 42 states

Want to know if you can go solar? Now there's a good chance you can easily find out.




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Google's Project Ara modular smartphone is finally being released

But is it truly modular?




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Nevermind, there won't be a modular smartphone after all

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.




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Google will be able to offset 100% of electricity needs with renewable energy in 2017

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.