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Streamflow iPhone App: Mobile Monitoring of Streams and Rivers
When ice melts from the world's glaciers, antarctica and the arctic all that water evaporates and has to come down somewhere as rain. So with record flooding on the Mississippi, Austrailia and elsewhere, the new free iPhone app Streamflow is a good tool
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Daily Show: Canadian Chrysotile Fiber is Safe. Asbestos Fans Rejoice. (Video)
In a recent segment entitled "Ored to Death," The Daily's Show's crack enviro news team puts to rest all concerns and fears about asbestos mining and use. First of all, even though there's a town in Canada named Asbestos,
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Bee vs Mobile Phone: Electromagnetic Fields Confuse Honeybees
A new paper from Daniel Favre, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, provides more ammo to the argument that mobile phone signals are contributing to the decline of honeybees. Experiments with nearby
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Youth Bike Summit NYC January 14 - 16, 2011
Recycle A Bicycle's upcoming Youth Bike Summit is January 14th - 16th in New York City. The conference is a 3 day gathering geared towards students, educators, and advocates aiming to inspire people from different educational disciplines to explore,
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How Big is the Home Efficiency Improvement Market?
Recently Con Edison sent me a letter warning of rate hikes, thus giving us a green kick in the pants when it comes to finally doing those home upgrades. So this graph caught our eye. Based on research from Green Grid Analytics and Strategy Group it is
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TONIGHT: Lucid Food Book Release Party to Benefit Just Food!
Just Food is an organization that connects local farms to New York City neighborhoods and communities to bring city folks of all economic backgrounds fresh, seasonal, sustainably grown food. In celebration of Just Food and the launch of Louisa Shafia's
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New York Foundation for the Arts Pre-Holiday Swap Meet TONIGHT
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is holding a pre-holiday swap meet tonight. Of course the exchange and reuse of items is a better idea than letting good stuff going to waste or tossing it into the landfill. Plus it just might be a great way
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Adrian Grenier Rocks NAU
Adrian Grenier plays the drums with The Honey Brothers at the NAU Pop Up Store. iPhone Photo credit: geo Adrian Grenier & Honey Brothers rocked the NAU house on Tuesday night. If you in the NYCity again tonight GOOD has another line-up at the NAU
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NAU Clothing's Ian Yolles Interviewed on TreeHuggerTV
Ian Yolles, VP Marketing & Brand Communications, says NAU considers its modus operendi to be conducting "business un-usual." At the heart of the company are sustainable practices, and Yolles holds forth with this money quote describing NAU as: an
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NAU Pop-Up Store - Event Tonight, Dec 1 (Video)
If you're in New York City tonight night, stop and shop at the Nau pop-up store at a special night of speakers including Center for Urban Pedagogy's John Mangin & Glen Cummings, desigNYC, Karin Fong from Imaginary Forces, Robert Sherman & Gideon
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THTV: Alexandra Cousteau on Inextricably Linked Energy & Water - Interview Part 1 of 2 (Video)
After the recent announcement of the Live Earth 'Run For Water,' Treehugger Emma sat down with Alexandra Cousteau for a chat at The Lighthouse on the shores of the beautiful Hudson estuary. Water and energy are Inextricably linked: without water we
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THTV: Bill McKibben On 350, Winning Change & Encouraging Signs
Last spring, the day after PowerShift 2009, I caught up with Bill McKibben in NYC. Tired and exhilarated, Bill shared the feeling of having won the victory of shutting down the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant in Washington D.C. Well guess what? The
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350.org Organic Cotton T-Shirts for October 24th International Day of Climate Action
Don some do-gooding duds for the 350 International Day of Climate Action with organic cotton t-shirts. Click through to purchase and folks in New York: please plan your day accordingly for the BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK. When: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
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THTV: Pro Surfer Rob Machado on Indonesia, Wells & Drinking Water Part 2 (Video)
THTV: Rob Machado & Graham Hill -- The Drifter -- Part 2 from susty.tv on Vimeo. Hot on the heals of yesterday's Live Earth Run For Water announcement from Kevin Wall and celeb supporters in do-goodness Jessica Biel, Alexandra Cousteau, and Pete Wentz
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THTV: Pro Surfer Rob Machado is 'The Drifter' in New Surf Flick, Part 1 (Video)
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill sat down with professional surfer and now "drifter" Rob Machado. The film The Drifter follows Machado in Indonesia as he surfs and attempts
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Google Data Center Uses No Chillers - Will It Soon Follow the Moon?
A Google data center in Belgium is taking a cool, new approach to keeping from over-heating on hot days. The facility has no electricity-sucking chillers to support its cooling systems, relying instead on air from outside. Google anticipates this
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Fabien Cousteau: Ocean Exploration, Industry & You
For World Ocean Day 2009 today, TreeHugger is bringing you special coverage such as the 9 biggest issues facing our seas, coral reef conservation as well as our announcement of Planet Green's Blue August on-air and on-line programming focusing on our
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THTV: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Interview - Enviro Aerial Photography Beginnings (Part I)
Earth From Above aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Betrand speaks to THTV about how he began shooting from the skies. Siting Jane Goodall as "his hero," Bertrand tells of traveling to Africa to study lions. Needing to earn a living, he took a job on a
