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The Week in Pictures: Parisian Industrial Island to Become Green Cultural Hub, Elf-Powered Christmas Tree, and More

An island once home to a Renault car factory will be sustainably transformed. We also have a Christmas tree powered by jumping elves, a hydrogen-powered tractor, and more.




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Flat-Pack Christmas Tree Made of Corrugated Cardboard is a Keeper

This Christmas tree by Giles Miller will keep on going, year after year.




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Christmas Trees Recycled Into Fish Habitats Across the Country

Around the country, Christmas trees are recycled for an unlikely purpose: they make for good fish habitat.




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Multi Purpose, Flat Pack Aluminium Christmas Tree for the Ultimate Minimalist

Created by Argentine designer José Manuel Rebert Alarcon, the sleek alternative to a dead tree allows other uses during the year.




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Let's Have A Real War On Christmas Excess And Revive SPUG, the Society for the Prevention of Useless Gifts

Why should Fox News have all the fun?




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Natural Trees Come With Christmas Critters

A new twist in the ongoing debate over the best Christmas tree: live, natural, artificial, or other?




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Green the holidays. Eat your Christmas tree.

Live Christmas trees are a great way to keep the holiday spirit alive into the New Year. But what if you could eat them too?




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It's a floating Christmas tree

An old boat and nets are recycled into a lovely surprise.




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Awesome Christmas tree from an old ladder

We've done them all - the organic Xmas tree, the re-plant live Xmas tree, the bike-delivered Xmas tree. This one feels the greenest of them all.




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When it comes to Montreal's "ugly" Christmas tree, we're TreeHuggers.

Because it is really a Solstice Tree, and it is all about life in a harsh climate.




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How to care for a living Christmas tree

Instead of buying a cut tree that gets used once, choosing a potted or burlap-bagged living Christmas tree can yield years of enjoyment.




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How to have the greenest Christmas tree ever

These eco-friendly decorating tips will make your tree greener than the color of its pine needles.




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Christmas tree shortage will be felt for a long time

When it comes to live Christmas trees, we're still feeling the effects of the Great Recession ten years ago.




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Beautiful South African Christmas tree is made of recycled materials

Every year, the town of Barrydale makes a magnificent tree using upcycled plastic, ribbons, and interactive lighting.




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WISHING YOV AND YOVRS A HAPPY SOLSTICE AND SATVRNALIA

It is the winter solstice today, celebrated in Rome as part of Saturnalia.




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What's wrong with Amazon selling fresh Christmas trees?

The e-behemoth has just announced (IN SEPTEMBER) that it will be selling and shipping 7-foot trees this year. Here are the problems with that plan.




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Living Christmas tree rental takes off in England, too

Pot-grown trees are a nice idea. Especially if someone else looks after them.




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Why I always choose a real Christmas tree

It comes down to the plastic. I want as little of it in my life as possible.




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A Canadian forester argues in favor of real Christmas trees

From supporting local farmers to boosting happiness, there are many reasons to use a real conifer in your house.




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Look out for wild animals in your Christmas tree!

A few households have had surprising visitors.




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Taking baby to the beach? Don't spend a fortune on dumb gadgets

After reading an article that recommended spending $1,300 on 'must-have' beach gear, it's time a serious talk about what's necessary and what's not.




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Brand new shoes are washing up on beaches around the Atlantic

Scientists and concerned beachcombers are looking for answers.




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Plastic cutlery makes top 10 list of trash items found on beaches

This dismal finding shows that our eating culture needs a serious overhaul.




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Plastic-stemmed cotton buds are now illegal in Scotland

It's one less form of plastic pollution on beaches and coastlines.




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The coronavirus and the cold chain

So much of our diet comes on refrigerated trucks. It consumes a lot of fossil fuels and puts out a lot of CO2.




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Ten years ago today: Natural gas could be as bad as oil and coal

A look back at when we started learning the truth about natural gas.




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Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center is built out of wood nobody wants

Juniper is an invasive species that's tough to work with.




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First Contact: How will we deal with doors after the coronavirus?

It's a problem when nobody wants to touch anything.




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Plant Prefab introduces two new sustainable modern prefabs by Koto Design

It would be nice to hang out in one of these right now.




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Should every apartment or flat have a balcony?

Maybe, but we need balconies done right.




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European engineers' recommendation: Stop recirculating air in buildings

Almost every American office building and home has this.




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Bring back the Open Air School

One way to keep kids healthy is to give them light, air, and openness.




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New study shows how the coronavirus moves around an office

We are definitely not going back to the way we were.




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After the coronavirus, we have to throw out The American Way of Building

Why now, more than ever, all new building should be Passive House.




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This May Day, celebrate the front-line workers

It's Loyalty Day in America, but International Workers Day in much of the world. That's what we should celebrating right now.




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New study confirms that gas stoves are bad for your health

Just using them for an hour pushes pollution above legal limits.




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Yet another study concludes that gas stoves are really bad for kids' health

Serious cooks are serious about gas, but it's time to give it up.




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Will the office be killed by the coronavirus?

Looking at how one firm, Bergmeyer, is returning to work raises some questions.




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Frugal green living: Seven tips to get recession ready

There are some ideas that come around again with every economic crisis.




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"Intertwined homes" are efficient, healthy, prefab and all-electric

Toronto project pushes every TreeHugger button




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Are gas furnaces and boilers the new diesel cars?

The age of diesel and petrol cars is ending. It’s time to do the same for fossil fuel heating.




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In defense of the pumpkin spice latte

Especially when civility is in tatters, why do we feel the need to judge little things that bring others joy?




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This luxurious tiny house is powered by coffee grounds (Video)

Compact but comfortable, this small home features clever small space design ideas and uses coffee grounds as fuel.




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Boulder embraces a radical solution to disposable coffee cups

Check out an insulated stainless steel mug for free, as you would a library book.




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We can't just change our coffee cups, we have to change our lives

Why design fancy cups that work like disposables? Just sit down and smell the coffee.




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Coffee stand folds out of a 60-year-old Morris Minor woody wagon

Talk about creative and adaptive reuse!




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London coffee shop turns their cups into biochar

Does this make any sense, and is it truly circular?




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No, Italy's coffee culture does not need to modernize

The Washington Post has proposed the worst idea I've heard in a while.




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To get to a circular economy we have to change not just the cup, but the culture

Single use plastic waste is a fundamental driver of a linear system that is hard to bend.




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Climate change is wiping out coffee

Most wild coffee species are at risk for extinction.