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Friday, January 13th, 2012Glowing Artichoke Lamps, Made From Recycled Book Pages Can We All Join Grandmother Heidemarie Schwermer in Living Without Money? Recipe: Kale chips Thrifting 101: How to find great furniture Thrifting 101: How to find the best clothes Built on Stilts: Tom Kundig’s Sol Duc Cabin Semi-Veganism is Nonsense (But It’s Still a Good Idea) Weekday [...]
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Friday, January 6th, 2012Mike Tyson inspires Alan Cumming to go vegan 14 Best DIY Gadget Projects of 2011 This weekend, NYC celebrates the magic of mulching Why you should run outdoors this winter - and how to enjoy it Bike Share Bikes Around the World Real Life Flintstones House Lures Tourists in Portugal DIY Solar Powered Cockroach Toy [...]
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011The world’s first solar menorah Grand Canyon Reconsidering Plastic Water Bottle Ban, Could Be Implemented By Springtime Rare Footage of Wildlife in Thailand’s Forests Shows That Anti-Poaching Efforts Work (Video) This amazing off-grid hobbit house cost less than $5,000 to build Flat-Pack Christmas Tree Made of Corrugated Cardboard is a Keeper The Big Apple takes [...]
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Friday, December 16th, 2011Bolivia and the Law of Mother Earth Self-Cleaning Clothes May Make Your Washing Machine History Whippersnappers unite: Young farmers work to change 2012 Farm Bill Ellen DeGeneres launching vegan pet food brand? One hot idea: Coffee cup concept eliminates plastic lid Solar Power Becomes Cheaper Than Diesel Generators in India Veggie-Fueled Pickup Truck Sets New [...]
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011No Turkeys Here: Mark Bittman’s Gratitude List (Editor’s note: though Thanksgiving has passed, we are always thankful for Mark Bittman!) Patagonia: Don’t Buy Our Jackets Original “Tumbleweed” Tiny House For Sale: Take a Tour (Video) Solar solutions for renters Illinois town becomes official ‘dark sky’ community Completely Knitted Hotel Room Keeps You Cozy at Brighton, [...]
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Friday, November 25th, 2011Farmers share cow photos, tips on new social network A Recycled Plastic Bottle Vertical Garden Charging electric cars in New Jersey about to get easier Turning vacant lots into parks reduces violent crime Wheely, wheely thankful Floating “Solar Cucumbers” Form Artificial Reefs That Desalinate Sea Water (Video)
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Friday, November 18th, 2011Girl Scouts can now win ‘locavore’ merit badges 9 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Carnivores Will Eat Too It’s Official: Sharing Makes Us Happier Bike Swarm! It’s the Occupy Movement’s New Tool Meet the 2013 Prius C Hybrid (50+ MPG in City Driving) 10 Chic, Futuristic Bike Lights Changing Bike Safety as We Know It iPhone App [...]
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Friday, November 11th, 2011* Neat article about how agricultural trust programs are, literally, saving the family farm. * Super attractive and neat urban bee-keeping set up, but we can’t help but wonder: is this the urban equivalent of a hollow tree? there’s not much ability to finesse or care for the bees in this pretty globe. * Some [...]
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Friday, November 4th, 2011Major Victory: Dangerous Leaded Gasoline Now Banned Worldwide The Northern lights as you’ve never seen them before (Video) 6 ways to stay warm without central heat UFO Lands and Welcomes Earthlings At Sweden’s TreeHotel The life of a seaweed gatherer [VIDEO] Shloppity Shlop! Here Comes Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” on the Big Screen! Daily Show [...]
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Friday, October 28th, 2011Karina’s local utility is testing out plug-in hybrid pick-up trucks! NYC MTA has implemented a leave no trace “carry in carry out” policy in the subways, piloting the program by removing trash cans from a couple of subway stations! An oil tanker sunk in WW2 was investigated at the bottom of the ocean and it [...]
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Friday, October 21st, 2011President of Iceland: Our Clean Energy Economy Helped Us Survive a Financial Crisis Students Explain Why They Care About the Environment (Video) Use peer pressure to make your friends go green The Hidden Eco-Benefits of Working from Home 12 healthy homemade candy recipes Revenge of the Electric Car (Movie Review) How to start a carpool [...]
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Friday, October 14th, 2011Disadvantaged teens build 160 MPG hybrid car Living off the grid: SUPER FUN X Challenge Oil Spill Cleanup Winners Beat Industry Standard Tech By 400% Activists Break Up a UK-Canada Tar Sands Meeting with an “Oil Orgy” (Video) Architect recycles a 747 jet into a house Detroit everyman uses DIY moxie to turn his town [...]
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Friday, September 30th, 2011U.S. demand for gasoline hits a 10 year low! it’s due to the bad economy, however, not conservation measures. As skeptical as she is about facebook, Karina does appreciate that Mark Zuckerberg is only eating animals that he has killed himself. The latest iteration of the Toyota Prius will be cheaper AND way more fuel [...]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011Going Vegan with Ellen NYC’s bikeshare will have 10,000 bikes (Editor’s Note: Yayyyyyy!) Orange Gold: Citrus Peels Move from the Landfill to the Engine Guatemalan Schools Built from Bottles, Not Bricks Over 100,000 Americans work in solar industry Simple And Cute Vertical Garden With PET Bottle Tops Idea From Brazil Energy genius wins MacArthur grant [...]
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Friday, September 9th, 2011Behold the Toilet-Sharing App California passes bill to ban shark fin soup Ultra-Rare African Golden Cat Caught on Video for the First Time (Slideshow) Aussie Police Refuse to Execute Dive-Bombing Bird Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Breadcrumb Gremolata Dolphins ‘talk’ like humans, scientists say Get Interest Paid in Cheese and Cider: The Surprising [...]
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011New EPA rules will shut down lots of dirty polluting coal fired power plants! (Thanks Alyssa for submitting this!) Did you know that the military is a hotbed for green technology innovation? Oh hey look! a $15 LED bulb? The USDOT is testing a smart transportation system - while it’s geared towards crash warning now, [...]
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Friday, August 26th, 2011Solar Cheaper Than Kerosene for Many Poor Rural Communities Enormous Underground River Discovered in the Amazon Coming Soon: Batteries That Run On (And Clean) Used Toilet Water Weekday Vegetarian: Indian Butter Chickpeas White House bees deliver record crop 14 Million Electrified Vehicles on the World’s Roads by 2017 ‘Missing’ lager yeast discovered in Patagonia UK [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2011The blog Brooklyn to West is charming, and shows off the amazing carpentry and vision of two women who traveled cross country buying up scrap and discarded wood and other items, and are now repurposing these materials into an incredible restaurant. The Navy is starting to use solar power to make their bomb squads (who [...]
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Friday, August 12th, 2011If you’re in MN or WI, check out these upcoming seminars on sustainable farming for and by women! Or check out the Farm School for Women in NC, a ten month program beginning in January. Check out the Konbit Shelter project, which is bringing affordable and sustainable earthen bag structures to Haiti for residential shelters. [...]
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Friday, July 29th, 2011The Dalai Lama guest judges ‘MasterChef’ Could you use the internet to heat your house? Go ahead: Confess your Eco-Sins! Floating hydroponic farm makes food with zero waste London Public Transit Directions Now Available on Google Maps Nice Shades: Tips From The Pros On How To Keep The Heat Out Fast trains are way safer [...]
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