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Spread the love with flower seed bombs, Mexican dark chocolate fondue, reclaimed housewares, organic textiles, and more.
Business
Cheap Natural Gas Reshaping Power Generation and Home Heating
Combination of a warm winter & increased natural gas production is making natural gas the fuel of choice.
- Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
- Sierra Leone Tries to Increase Mining Industry Transparency With Online Database
- Environmental Extremists Are An Asset to Our Movement
- Supermarket May Cancel Carbon Labeling Scheme
- Will Global Insurance Industry Be The Next Financial Bubble To Pop?
- How Clinging to Economic Growth Stifles Our Imagination
- Despite $41 Billion in Profits Last Year, Exxon Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than You
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Global Warming Sled Doesn't Need Snow
In a warming world, a sled with wheels might be the ticket to winter fun.
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Amazing sculptures carved from old books, a cycling highway, and more.
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TreeHugger Radio: George Monbiot
Monbiot talks about junk science and the tragedy of giving.
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Design
Build a Solid Wood Safe Room In Your House with the HabiFrame Storm Shelter
Your house may blow away but you won't, if you are in this Laminated Strand Timber room.
- Interface Studio Architects Break Out Of The Box With Wild Parking Garage Design
- Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
- Stylish Carbon Filter Water Bottle by Black + Blum Taps Ancient Japanese Techniques
- From Flat To Table in Seconds, The Snappy Table Is A Clever Transformer
- Inspiring Woman & Her 27 Adopted Children Get Awesome Home Makeover with Recycled Materials
- Hausboot, The Stunning Houseboat From Confused Direction, Is Back In Wood
- There is More to Transit Than Just Trains; There Has To Be Something at the Destination.
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Living
New York Fashion Week Preview: The Inside Scoop on Fall 2012 Style
Here's a complete list of the not-to-be-missed green fashion shows. Plus, exclusive pre-New York Fashion Week interviews with designers including Costello Tagliapietra and David Peck.
- How Refugees are Cultivating a Garden and Growing Community
- Compulsive Crocheter Olek Yarn Booms a Room and a Taxi with Stunning Results (Photos)
- Windfall: Anti-Wind Documentary Looks Way Overblown (Video)
- Funky Patchwork Daywear with a Peruvian Twist From Green Fashion Label Awamaki Lab (Photos)
- Does Belly Armor Block Pregnant Women from Radiation?
- The Week in Pictures: Newt Gingrich's Colony on the Moon, a Folding Microcar, and More
- Robot Godzilla to Invade Coachella, Excrete Recyclables
- Savvy Alternatives to Peat-Based Products for Starting Seeds Indoors
- The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gets a 10,000 Square Foot "Roof Meadow" (Video)
Transportation
Toyota Predicts Plug-in Prius Will Get 95 MPGe
This is up from the previous estimate, which was 87 MPGe. But this being a plug-in, that number can be misleading, and there are a few things you need to know about it...
- New Yorkers, Help Decide Where Your Bike-Share Locations Will Be Located
- Phase One of UK's Nationwide Electric Car Charging Network Complete
- Injured Journalist Inspires London's The Times Newspaper to Launch a Safe Cycling Campaign
- GROW, the Bicycle that Grows with Your Kids
- Even Lebron James Bikes to Work!
- Watching Transit in Action: Rush Hour Squeezed Into Less Than A Minute
- All-Electric Minicabs - You Can Hail One in London
- Watch Revenge of the Electric Car for Free on Hulu!
Technology
Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Nest for Smart Thermostat
Everyone is excited about the new Nest thermostat, which learns your habits to save energy -- well, everyone except Honeywell.
- iPhone App Connects Your Trash Directly to Artists and Upcyclers
- MIT Designing Solar Panels Out of Plant Cells
- Hawaii Using Smart Grid Controls to Turn Lights Off When the Wind Stops Blowing
- E-Waste Isn't Cute: Singing Cards Illegal to Throw Away in CA
- Web + Sustainability = Future
- Furniture Made of Encapsulated E-Waste Is Perfect for Geeky Abodes
- So Neat! iVictrola Gramophone Printed on a 3D Printer Magnifies Your Music
Science
Puerto Rico Wants to Feed You Its 4 Million Iguanas
The island territory hopes you're hungry -- and that you've got a hankering for reptile meat.
- How Compost Gets You High (Literally)
- How Much Did Japan's Fukushima Disaster Harm Wildlife? Scientists Get Ready to Find Out
- Yellow Cedar Die-off in Alaska Linked to Global Warming
- NASA Image Shows New York City-Sized Glacier About to Split from Antarctica
- Coal Industry Group Organizes Campaign to Harass Top Climate Scientist
- The Week in Animal News: Powerful Sea Cucumber Poo and More
- Controlling Invasive Species Through Brunch and Birth Control
Energy
Interactive Map Breaks Down NYC's Energy Use, Block by Block
A map produced by Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science provides the energy use of each NYC block, broken down by purpose and quantity.
- Energy News Recap: Dems Want Keystone XL Oil Export Ban; How Are Fossil Fuels Like Slavery?
- India Leads World In Green Power Growth For 2011
- States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do
- China's Largest Freshwater Lake Dries Up: Is the Massive Three Gorges Dam to Blame?
- Intel, Kohl's, Walmart Top List of US Green Power Purchasers
- New Wave Energy Device Could See 200 Commercial Units in the Next Five Years
- Obama Admin Fast-tracks Offshore Wind Power in Mid-Atlantic
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