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Fan MNN on Facebook and win an eco-friendly picnic basket set

Become a fan and win this wine and cheese picnic basket set with accessories.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Win canning supplies from Ball® to preserve the season's bounty

Fans of Mother Nature Network's Facebook page can win a box full of green, limited-edition Ball® canning jars and much more.




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Backyard Picnic Bradford: A foraged cocktail

Honeysuckle and lemon balm foraged from the backyard or your farmers market flavor this vodka cocktail.




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Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam Vodka Tonic

You make jam in the summer, but you can enjoy it year-round when you make this tasty drink.




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Raise a glass to Robert Burns on Burns Night

Break out the whisky and the haggis for this celebration of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.




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How to see Mercury in March's morning sky

For the next few weeks, about half an hour before sunrise, Mercury will peek over the southeastern horizon for observers in the northern hemisphere.




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9 magnificent images of Mercury

Mercury, named for the Roman messenger of the gods, is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the sun. Check out these amazing images




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Can you identify the animal by its foot?

From paws and hooves to claws and talons, a variety of animal feet walk upon the Earth. Can you recognize the animal based on its foot alone?




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How much do you know about nightmares?

When your head hits the pillow at night, do creatures lurk? See how much your know about terrifying dreams.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Can you guess the animal by its tail?

Take the tail end of a hint and see if you know the answer!




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Can you name the baby animal?

There's no confusing a giraffe baby with any other creature. But some animal infants don't always resemble their parents.




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How were these iconic landforms created?

They're massive, they're all-natural and, in most cases, they're millions of years older than we are. So how were these amazing landforms created?



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Some animals have Superman-like senses. What do those senses do?

Animals use their senses to detect other animals, communicate and do some wild things. Can you identify the super senses of these animals?




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How fast do these animals go?

From the cheetah to the hare, so many creatures are wickedly quick. Test your trivia smarts on what makes them so swift.




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Lightning: How much do you know about this striking weather phenomenon?

Lightning is more than just a stunning spectacle. Take our quiz to see how much you really know about this electrifying natural wonder.



  • Climate & Weather

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Van Jones just tapped for senior White House Council position

UPDATE: Van Jones clears up the 'green czar' buzz.



  • Research & Innovations

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Finnish cleantech, Oy

Finland's cleantech sector traces innovative industry back to ancient roots. A blogger tour of Helsinki and surrounds.



  • Research & Innovations

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'One Hundred Mornings' without electricity

A dramatic film explores the physical and emotional challenges of living in a peak oil scenario.



  • Arts & Culture

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Spanish island first to be powered only by wind, water

El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, is becoming energy self-sufficient by relying solely on wind turbines and hydroelectricity.




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Mardi Gras beads are an environmental nightmare — but they don't have to be

Ubiquitous Mardi Gras beads can be made of other things: Biodegradable seed bombs, anyone?




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Ikea to combat air pollution in India by turning farming waste into home goods

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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15 amazing camouflaged animals

Can you spot all of these incognito critters?




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Brain-training games may work, or they may not

In case you want to give brain-training games a shot, here are 4 to try.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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The real meaning of those stolen climate e-mails

The pilfering of e-mail correspondence among climate scientists from a major climate center in Britain two weeks ago has grown into a very public controversy un



  • Climate & Weather

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Hackers break into university in attempt to revive 'Climategate' scandal

'Hackergate' — a desperate attempt by climate skeptics to revive the manufactured 'Climategate' scandal in advance of U.N. climate conference — will backfir



  • Climate & Weather

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Toxic tech: Greenpeace rates Nintendo last in eco guide

Nintendo gets the lowest score on the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics for its failure to address e-waste or cut CO2 emissions.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Planet Pundit: The dark side of electronic efficiency

Increasingly efficient computers belie the truth that our virtual world is using more and more electricity.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Electronics companies get recycling grades

Dell makes recycling its old laptops fairly easy, but most companies make it tough for customers to return no-longer-usable electronics for safe disposal.




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Holiday shopping guide for greener electronics

Center for Environmental Health's new guide attempts to consolidate electronic buying guides from many nonprofits.




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Electronics recycling

The future of electronics recycling may be in donating used items. With the proliferation of household as well as personal consumer electronics, there’s a ser




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What happens to the electronics we recycle?

There are many reasons to recycle electronics, including copper, steel, gold, silver. The wiring in some older desk tops may yield up to 5 pounds of copper.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Weird Japanese animation: Casio's anime signs

Casio shows off realistic animated messages at Consumer Electronics Show




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Elastic batteries could power bionic implants

A new style of tiny lithium battery that can charge wirelessly could help make cyborg grafts an imminent reality.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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How new electronics can withstand body fluids

Innovative technology enables electronic devices to function in contact with body tissues.



  • Research & Innovations

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When gadgetry meets do-goodery: How Habitat for Humanity benefits from CES

Sustainability played a key role at this year's CES with both the CEA and Bosch donating materials and funds to Habitat for Humanity green building efforts.




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The Aros: Goodbye clunky old window unit, hello smart AC of the future

Invention start-up Quirky and GE launch the Aros Smart Air Conditioner, a window unit with added brains and good looks.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Charge it: IKEA builds inductive charging into furniture

Wireless inductive charging built into furniture is a good idea whose time has not yet come.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Ultra high-definition TVs might use $1 billion worth of additional energy per year

But there are things you can do if you find a big 4K TV under the tree.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Why is it so hard to find 'green' electronics?

Greenpeace reports what the world's leading consumer electronics companies are doing to address their environmental impacts.




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In Florida's Everglades, prescribed burning helps head off larger wildfires

Carefully managed fire is used as a tool to protect wildlands from invasive plants and other threats.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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5 things that probably aren't killing honeybees – and 1 thing that definitely is

Scientists scramble to understand the causes of colony collapse disorder.




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Wildlife corridor is a road to survival for animals in Brazil's Atlantic Forest

A wildlife corridor in Brazil's Atlantic Forest will help animals like the golden lion tamarin thrive in its preferred environment.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Rain Organics vodka

Here's a vodka that treads lightly on the earth and deliciously on the palate




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Blue Ice American Organic Wheat Vodka

How does an all organic vodka hold up at a neighborhood cookout?




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Organic sales see impressive rise in 2008

Despite the recession, organics made an impressive showing in 2008. Find out how impressive.




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Are organic foods really about better nutrition?

A trip to Costa Rica reminds the author of the chemicals you avoid when buying organically grown products.




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A huge, organic gingerbread house

The Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte uses organic ingredients, LED lights and a green vegetated moss roof on it’s holiday house.




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H&M's 'organic cotton fraud'

A testing lab finds genetically modified cotton in H&M and other European brands' eco-friendly lines.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Getting to the roots of organic hair dye

Find out if organic hair dye stacks up with our fashion and beauty correspondent, Jolene Eyre.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Review: Organic Cotton Bedding by Gaiam

The Organic Cotton Percale Bedding from Gaiam takes a few washes to soften up, but then settles into being a wonderfully comfortable set of sheets.



  • Wilderness & Resources