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Biodegradable disposable plates are made from food waste

Here's a new take on disposable tableware: these are made from discarded food.




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Where to find all-natural chewing gum

Several companies now make biodegradable chewing gum that's free from synthetic polymers -- healthier for both humans and Earth.




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Take-out delivery giant trials sauce sachets made from seaweed

Perhaps more importantly, it's also giving customers the option of refusing such sachets in the first place.




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Corc Yoga mats are green and gorgeous, made from trees

Crafted from sustainably harvested cork in Portugal, these stunning mats will take your yoga practice to new eco-friendly heights.




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Your next shirt could be made from fruit and vegetable scraps

Circular Systems' innovative technology promises to transform food waste fibers into wearable fabric.




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The risks of single use plastic alternatives

As the war on plastics heats up, could the alternatives be worse for sustainability?




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Edible, plastic-free packaging is created with fermentation, like kombucha (Video)

Using the same fermentation and bacterial and yeast culture that creates kombucha, this packaging is edible and compostable.




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Shellworks creates sustainable packaging with seafood shells (Video)

This alternative to single-use plastics uses a range of custom-designed machines to create a recyclable and compostable bioplastic, sourced from discarded crustacean shells.




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Scandi design + Portuguese cork: Buy your next phone case from 15:21

It's so much nicer to feel a warm natural material in your pocket than cold slippery plastic.




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Paris opens first cemetery dedicated to green burials

No chemicals, synthetics, or gravestones – the goal is to return to the Earth as quickly and subtly as possible.




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The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to GlennBeckistan

Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs




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Agenda 21 Update: Tinfoil Hats in Iowa, Republicans Fight Back

It's Crazytown in Des Moines as Republicans fight Soviet style collectivism, AKA sustainable development




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State of Missouri bans Agenda 21; What would Harry Truman Say?

They are going to stop the UN from giving out free lawn mowers and blocking Walmarts.




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A year ago in TreeHugger, from zombies to shotguns

It was hot last year, too.




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Boy Scouts of America introduce sustainability merit badge

It's a surprisingly well-rounded and thorough view of sustainability that shouldn't be limited to boy scouts.




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Quote of the day ties Agenda 21 to everything from Benghazi to Paula Deen

We learn that Agenda 21 is part of a much larger Mainstream Media plot to hide the UN takeover of the American government.




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The farmer, poet and environmental legend Wendell Berry speaks with Bill Moyers about social change

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.




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This is why we can't have nice things. Like a functional government.

There is some exceptional the nonsense coming from Republican members of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Good grief.




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Cyclists are the new enemy of right wing politics

The War on Cars pitch wins conservative votes across North America.




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NRDC: Agenda 21 conspiracy theorists threaten cities' sustainability efforts

Jacob Scherr of NRDC (a group that helped write the Agenda 21 document) looks at the success that the conspiracy theorists are having.




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Build your own open source cargo bike (or buy it from XYZ Cycle)

It's more than just a bike; it is a different way of thinking about design and manufacturing.




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House of Representatives tells Pentagon to ignore climate change and Agenda 21

Just when you think it can't get any crazier in US politics, it does.




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New studies measure the true cost of sprawl, and it's more than you think

It costs a lot more to run a suburb than it does to run a city.




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Canada, USA and Mexico promise butterfly highway

Is this the thin edge of a much bigger wedge?




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Living with less car: three concepts for camping with your Mini

How to get away from it all while you take it all with you.




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Coca-Cola launches "natural" Coca-Cola Life.

After predicting that an Organic Coke would be the pinnacle of greenwashing five years ago, Next Nature Network reports that Coca-Cola has actually done it, launching a "natural" Coke called Coca-Cola Life in Argentina.




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These postage stamps are considered too dangerous for children's eyes

The US postal service is destroying the whole series because of safety concerns.




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Pittsburgh bike campaign is a lycra-free zone, showing cyclists as people

Why can't we all just get along? New campaign humanizes cyclists.




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Scenic America, and now Scenic Toronto, fight billboard blight

The new digital billboards taking over our cities bring a whole new set of problems. That's why we need these orgs.




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How to market an electric car in America: Bash urbanism, walking, and the French.

Americans don't walk and stop and cafés or take vacations. That's why they get to drive $75,000 plug-in hybrids.




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This bus shelter will keep you warm, but only if you hold hands with your fellow passengers

During this year's extremely cold winter full of ice storms and the effects of a polar vortex, moments of warmth between strangers are created in a bus shelter.




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Detroit Dirt and Ford do brilliant parody of Cadillac's ELR ad

If this is what advertisers do to promote electric and hybrid cars, I may just go buy a TV.




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How to reduce your energy consumption: Buy a glass monster home and fill it with green gizmos

Sometimes it is hard to know what these companies are really telling us.




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CarbonCure concrete blocks store CO2 for a lower carbon footprint

What to do about all that CO2 emitted when you make cement? Inject it back into the stuff and turn it back into limestone.




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Off-grid cooler brings cold Coke to Colombians. Maybe.

It's a mix of evaporative cooling and phase change that takes the temperature down 30 degrees celsius. But does it really work?




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Man to live on melting iceberg for one year to urge climate change action (Video)

To highlight the accelerating disappearance of Arctic sea ice, this man plans to survive alone on a melting iceberg for up to one year.




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City of Toronto pulls great anti-littering campaign

But really, they should have seen this coming.




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Give charities free ad space on your smartphone's lock screen with Screen Donor

This app gives free ad space to deserving charities and NGOs on one of our tech-centric culture's most common screens - our smartphone lock screens.




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How commercials get us to buy stuff we don't need

I've done it, you've done it, we've all done it. But why do we do it?




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Edible six pack ring for beers is made out of brewing byproducts (Video)

A Florida craft brewery is now offering its six-packs with these biodegradable, compostable and edible packing rings that are made with wheat and barley.




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Kids see far too many junk food ads on the Internet

Unlike TV, the online world has no limits when it comes to advertising junk food to children and teens. This needs to change.




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No more junk food ads on London transit

The mayor has cracked down on images portraying unhealthy food, in hopes that it will reduce child obesity rates.




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New Zealand climate change campaign calls for less

Finally, talking about lifestyle changes and using less instead of buying more green stuff.




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Hyundai introduces flying Ubers, rolling toaster-cars

I can't wait for this exciting new world of urban mobility.




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Bjarke Ingels Group and Toyota are building a wild, woven and wooden city of the future

It's actually rather elegant and understated for the Danish superstar.




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NHTSA keeps blaming victims instead of regulating SUVs and pickups

Activists everywhere were outraged by their latest public service message.




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Why we need fewer, smaller, lighter, slower cars: particulate pollution from brake wear is giving us "London Throat"

Got a froggy "city throat"? It might be from metal particles emitted from braking cars and trucks.




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The bike revolution needs safe and secure parking, like Oonee

As scooters and e-bikes proliferate, we need a place to put them.




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Your office is where you are: an update

The coronavirus may change the way we think about the office for a very long time.




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Architecture after the coronavirus

What happens when nobody wants to get on an elevator?