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- First Look: GE's New Efficient Water Heater
- Is Green Home Construction Booming?
- Recycled Washing Machine Lamps Stand Out
- New Cars Have 14% Better Fuel Economy
- How a Village Became a Hub for Resilience
- Tesla Unveils Model X Electric Crossover
- GMO Crop Cultivation Rising Around the World
- Whale Neighbors Sing Different Tunes
Amazing Spiraling Bamboo Science Tower To Observe Amazon Rainforest
A British charity and conservation group hopes to build a science center and tower out of locally-grown bamboo in the remote Amazon jungle.
Business
How a Village Became a Hub for Resilience and Rock and Roll
From a "five star gas station" to a leading music venue, some old cotton mills in rural NC are becoming a hub of a new economy.
- The Real Komen Controversy Remains After Planned Parenthood Fiasco
- US Toilet Paper Choices Contributing To Indonesian Rainforest Destruction
- Will Collaborative Consumption Thrive in Africa?
- Students, Join the Green Your School Challenge!
- SolarCity IPO Expected Later in 2012
- Local T-Shirts, Organic Cotton and Serious Renewable Energy: TS Designs
- Cheap Natural Gas Reshaping Power Generation and Home Heating
- Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm
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The Week in Animal News
We have a crab making sweet sand art, PETA's anti-slavery lawsuit, and more
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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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10 Favorite Sustainable Lingerie Looks
Sustainable lingerie has never looked better than our 10 new favorites.
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Design
Hanging Gardens Make Sleek Use of Small Balconies
German designer Manuel Dreesmann's 'Skyfarm' concept turns the unused space above urban dwellers' heads into attractive, easy-to-tend floating gardens.
- Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
- Architects Renovate a Tiny House and Keep It Tiny, Modern and Classic
- The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To Work With industrial Relics, Graffiti and All
- House Built From Shipping Containers is High Tech Chic
- Modular "Classroom of the Future" Is Mobile, Prefab and Passively Heated & Cooled
- Student-Run Competition Redesigns a Public Space in 120 Hours
Living
This Week's Vegetarian Meal Plan, February 13th to 19th
Where last week's meal plan was inspired by Pinterest, this one is inspired by Reddit. The site has many subreddits about cooking, food porn, vegan recipes and more.
- England has a New Nation on a Newly Discovered Island, Just for the Olympics
- New York Fashion Week: Gretchen Jones' Desert Dreamscape for Fall 2012
- The Real Komen Controversy Remains After Planned Parenthood Fiasco
- 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
- 10 Ways to Spice up Your Knickers With Sustainable Lingerie
- Garden Guru Gayla Trail Talks Small-Space Gardening, Herbs, and Edible Flowers
- 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
Over Past Four Years, New Vehicles Became 14% More Fuel-Efficient in U.S.A.
Finally some movement in the right direction after years, even decades, of stagnation.
- Tesla Finally Unveils Model X Electric Crossover (0-to-60 in Less Than 5 Seconds, Seats 7 Adults, AWD)
- Electric Bike RV is Tiny House on Wheels
- Female Cyclists Say They'd Give Up Sex Before Biking
- 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
- Toyota Predicts Plug-in Prius Will Get 95 MPGe
Technology
Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets.
- Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions
- New Wastewater Treatment Tech Ditches Chemicals, Generates Clean Energy
- Lighting Startup Unveils Game-Changing LED Bulb
- Ikea Now Offers Wind and Solar Powered Outdoor Lighting
- 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
Science
The Week in Animal News: We're Making Raccoons Smarter, a Tiny Crab Makes Awesome Art and More
A PBS documentary alleges that human activities are honing raccoons problem solving skills. We also have a crab who makes sweet sand art, PETA's anti-slavery lawsuit and more.
- Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean Basin Singing Different Tunes
- Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D Map of the Amazon
- New Photograph Proves Wildlife Corridors Work For Bengal Tigers
- When You Wash Your Clothes, You Release Microplastic Fibers Into the Oceans
- 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
- A Disturbance in the Force? Rare Snowfall Blankets Tataouine
Energy
Super Efficient Water Heater is First New Product to Roll Off GE Appliances' Assembly Line in 50 Years
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.
- Energy News Recap: 367 MW Offshore Wind Farm Opens in UK, More...
- How to Break the Grip of Fossil Fuels (Video)
- What Can Landowners and Communities Do About Fracking?
- Viral Video Calls for Mass Exodus from Fossil Fuels
- China Leads World in New Wind Power Installations for 2011
- Unearthing the True Cost of Fossil Fuels
- Interactive Map Breaks Down NYC's Energy Use, Block by Block
- India Leads World In Green Power Growth For 2011
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