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Futuristic Classroom Is Mobile, Prefab and Passively Heated & Cooled
This futuristic proposal for a new kind of classroom envisions mobile, site-specific learning, that consume as little energy as possible.
Business
US Toilet Paper Choices Contributing To Indonesian Rainforest Destruction
WWF continues putting pressure on Asia Pulp & Paper, as the latter's toilet paper and tissue expand into the US market.
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- SolarCity IPO Expected Later in 2012
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10 Favorite Sustainable Lingerie Looks
Sustainable lingerie has never looked better than our 10 new favorites.
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Brickworks Renovation a Study in Green
Here's what a LEED Platinum building looks like when it's done right.
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10 Great Green Gifts for Valentine's Day
Spread the love with flower seed bombs, dark chocolate fondue, and more.
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Design
Architects Renovate a Tiny House and Keep It Tiny, Modern and Classic
Usually when someone starts with 600 square feet they make it bigger; Atelier Drome shows how you use what you have and make it better.
- Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
- Why Can't Our Public Toilets Be Like The Ones They Build In Norway?
- "Bird City" Habitat Hangs In Unused City Spaces -- Boosting Urban Biodiversity
- Agenda 21 Plot Exposed in the New York Times and Grist
- Professor Explains Why Planners Have to Take Agenda 21 More Seriously
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- The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To Work With industrial Relics, Graffiti and All
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Living
With London Monuments, Artist Shows Just How High Sea Levels Will be in 3012
Help! This is what rising oceans, due to climate change, will make London look like. Send lifeboats.
- Weekday Vegetarian: Slow Cooked Broccoli
- New York Fashion Week: CrOp by David Peck Goes Vibrant and Sporty for Fall 2012
- Swim Down Through a Sea of Trash With Dramatic, Eerily Beautiful Photos by Mandy Barker
- Art Installation Uses 55,000 LEDs To Create Psychedelic Cathedral of Light (Video)
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- The Best Plants for Problem Gardens
- Gum Painter Leaves a Chewing Gum Trail of Art
- Compulsive Crocheter Olek Yarn Bombs a Room and a Taxi with Stunning Results (Photos)
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Transportation
Female Cyclists Say They'd Give Up Sex Before Biking
A Bicycling Magazine survey of women cyclists showed them choosing to give up sex for a month rather than give up biking. So much for 'sexy' cycle chic.
- After 8 Years at Top of Green Car List, Honda Civic CNG Gets Bumped Down by Mitsubishi EV
- France Grants Cyclists the Right to Run Red Lights
- Congestion Charge Is Traffic-Cutting Magic in Milan
- Nissan Gives Sneak Peak of 'Invitation' Concept Car
- How Can We Make Chicago More Bike Friendly?
- SuitSak Is A Garment Bag For Your Back
- Toyota Predicts Plug-in Prius Will Get 95 MPGe
- New Yorkers, Help Decide Where Your Bike-Share Locations Will Be Located
Technology
Ikea Now Offers Wind and Solar Powered Outdoor Lighting
Cable-free lamps for outdoor use from Ikea are charged via wind and solar power.
- Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
- How to Build a Light Weight (9 gram) Alcohol Stove from Old Drinks Cans
- Hackathon Brings Together Eco-Minded App Developers
- Smart Paint Alerts People When Infrastructure Is About to Break
- Semprius Sets a New Concentrated Solar Efficiency Record with 33.9%!
- Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Nest for Smart Thermostat
- iPhone App Connects Your Trash Directly to Artists and Upcyclers
Science
When You Wash Your Clothes, You Release Microplastic Fibers Into the Oceans
Accumulating 'microplastic' threat to shores
- Last Decade's Ice Melt Would Flood the United States
- Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
- New Virus Spreading Through Europe's Livestock
- Maldives' Climate Champion President Forced To Resign At Gunpoint
- A Disturbance in the Force? Rare Snowfall Blankets Tataouine
- Mild Buenos Aires Climate of the Fertile Pampas Turning Tropical
- Court Hears Arguments in PETA's Lawsuit Against SeaWorld for Enslaving Whales
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Energy
What Can Landowners and Communities Do About Fracking?
Fracking is undoubtedly a contentious issue, even more so when your community is at stake. Here's what you can do about it.
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- Interactive Map Breaks Down NYC's Energy Use, Block by Block
- India Leads World In Green Power Growth For 2011
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