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The House on Limekiln Line
An extraordinary off grid home built with local materials, that fits right into the rural Ontario landscape.
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University of Toronto's new Instructional Centre is green inside and out
Perkins + Will builds copper-clad classrooms at Mississauga campus of the University
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10 cool NASA projects for studying the environment
From unmanned drones to sensor-packed satellites, NASA has the best tools for studying Mother Nature.
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Cell phone towers disguised as sad trees
South African photographer Dillon Marsh has a beautiful set of photographs of cell phone towers awkwardly disguised as sad trees.
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10 Most Popular Tech Stories from March
The most popular stories in technology from the last month. Catch up quick!
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The Month In Design, from Googlelandia to Usonia
Megaprojects from Facebook, Google and Apple are covered in solar panels and trees, but are they really green?
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Photographer turns rusty fire hydrants into beautiful planets
With a little photography and a lot of Photoshop, artist Adam Kennedy creates entire worlds for us to ponder.
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300,000 mirrors: World's largest thermal solar plant (377MW) under construction in the Mojave
The scale of this concentrating solar power plant is awe-inspiring. Hundreds of thousands of mirrors are used to focus solar energy unto giant towers, generating clean electricity via steam turbines.
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Make a solar garden lamp out of a jam jar
This DIY project would be a great intro to green tech for kids or just a fun way to light up your garden with solar power.
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Living With Less, Frank Lloyd Wright style in the Haynes House
How the great architect (with a great client) squeezed so much into 1411 square feet.
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Horse trailer converted into stunning 80 square foot people trailer
Traveling with a Rottweiler? You need a rolling hotel. Designer Bill Southworth built one that rocks. And rolls.
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9 ways business can help save bees
Our economy relies on pollinators more than we care to admit. Here's how the business world can help save them.
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Man braves 2,000-degree lava flows for amazing photos
Sean King is a daring and budding photographer, and the images he brings home as trophies will make your jaw drop.
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9 small (and one big) ways that big box stores can go green
Big box grocery stores aren't usually thought of as green. But from "people powered cash registers" to deliveries by barge, there are ways to make them greener.
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Yes, that's Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the subway
It remains to be seen how green (or not) new Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be, but this photo of him riding the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, certainly makes a good ad for public transportation.
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2013 Evolo Skyscraper Competition entries are out of this world
Every year the entries in this ideas competition get get a bit more out there.
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Stunning photography of To The Arctic book and film
The work of photographer Florian Schulz is complied in an IMAX film and companion book. We highlight some of the best of his images.
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How to make a 35 watt solar panel out of broken solar cells
Do you have a bunch of broken solar cells hanging around from all of your DIY projects? Here's a great way to put them to work.
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Study shows a walk in the park fixes a fuzzy brain
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Build your own log lounge chair for $30
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Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S is 'best car we've ever tested' (Score: 99/100)
As if things weren't going well enough for Tesla Motors today, they just ...
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Do shipping container houses make sense for disaster relief housing?
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Climate hits 400ppm of CO2 for first time in 3 million years
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