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  Best of Inhabitots: Eco-Friendly Play Food That Looks Good Enough to Eat

  + Indulge your budding foodie with LoooLo Textiles organic munchy toys, which in addition to being beautifully designed, are biodegradable. A set of bagel, lox and cream cheese, a fresh PB & J, and a burger piled high with the works will infuse

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  Best of Inhabitat: Solar Decathlon 2011

  The competition between the hottest solar homes in the nation at the 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC has been heating up all week and the winners will finally be announced tomorrow. Green design experts will be judging these student-built houses

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  Best of Ecoutere: Top 5 High-Tech T-Shirts

  + Your Hanes Beefy could one day protect you from a spray of bullets.

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  Best of Inhabitots: Green Back-to-School Gear

  + Overwhelmed by all the gear your kid needs to head back to school? We'll streamline your shopping endeavors with the best eco-friendly back to school supply basics.

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  Best of Inhabitat: 6 Must-Know Tips to Survive Hurricane Irene

  As you may have seen on every major news channel out there, Hurricane Irene is barreling up towards eastern cities like NYC and Washington DC and from the looks of it, it ain't gonna be pretty. Many New Yorkers are evacuating and those who are staying

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  Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Friendly Leather Alternatives

  Think you know your faux leathers? More options abound beyond icky-plasticky PVC and virgin polyurethane. From the stuff that keeps your vino stoppered to a 100 percent recycled microsuede made from old TV screens (yes, TV screens), here are seven

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  Best of Inhabitots: 7 Eco-Friendly Birthday Party Ideas

  + Inhabitots just turned three years old! My how quickly baby blogs... and babies grow up! Celebrating your little one's third birthday? Here are six green gifts your tot will love!

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  Best of Inhabitat: Interview With Metropol Parasol Architect Juergen Mayer H.

  If you've been following the world of architecture, you've probably feasted your eyes on the Metropol Parasol, which has been one of the most popular and talked about structures of 2011. Currently the world's largest wooden structure, the Parasol's

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  Best of Ecouterre: 6 Ingenious Ways to Recycle Unwanted T-Shirts

  + Carry your produce home from the farmers' market in a reusable "mesh" bag, made from a single castoff T-shirt.

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  Best of Inhabitots: 7 Best Outdoor Green Play Gear for Lazy Summer Days

  + We all dream of lazing a summer day away in a hammock, so why not set kids on the path to the art of R&R with a handmade recycled fabric version of the swinging refuge?

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  Help Inhabitat Donate $10,000 to Japan With a Single Click

  Inhabitat, with the help of Yahoo!, is working on donating $10,000 to Architecture for Humanity to aid in the work they are doing to rebuild in Japan - but we need your help to do it. Supporting the cause is easy - just click right here to make Yahoo!

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  Best of Inhabitat: 9 Summery Green Ways to Beat the Heat in NYC

  New York City is one of the hottest (both literally and figuratively) summer vacation spots, but whether you're visiting the Big Apple or if you live here, there are tons of "cool" destinations and activities to keep you occupied. Check out Inhabitat's

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  Best of Ecouterre: 7 Weird Edible Fashions

  + A Chanel handbag made from beef jerky? At least you can eat it when the Zombie Apocalypse comes.

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  Best of Inhabitots on Treehugger: Cloth Diapering How-To & Gear

  + Eco babes can crawl fashionably through summer in only their skivvies with these 6 stylish green diapers that may stand alone as a darling outfit.

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  Inhabitat Announces Winners of the Philips Bright Ideas Lighting Contest

  If you've been browsing Inhabitat for the latest in green design, you've probably seen the heated battle taking place to crown a winner in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition to find the best and brightest new eco lamp design. Well, the judges

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  Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Friendly Swimsuits for Summer

  + Cast off with a nautically notioned bathing suit, handmade in California for your inner bombshell.

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  Best of Inhabitots on Treehugger: Top 7 LEGO Designs to Wow Kids

  + Who better than a PIXAR animator to try his hand at LEGO construction? Angus Maclane did so with aplomb, and the result are these awesome CubeDudes.

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  Enter the Philips x Inhabitat Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition

  Calling all designers and innovators! If you've got a shining example of energy-efficient lighting that you want to share with the world, here's your chance. Inhabitat and Philips have teamed up to launch the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition