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7 Volunteer Vacations...in Warm Climates
Right about now, winter is getting a little old -- especially for residents of the Northeast U.S. and Western Europe who've been pounded with snow, slammed by wind, and chilled with freezing temperatures for more than
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Makedo. Kool Klever Kreation Kits For Kids
The Makedo connector set. TreeHugger's Roberta picked it as one of her 10 Best Green Toys at last years international toy fair. Then when readers selected it as their top Industrial Design or Design Idea for
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First Bottled Water Free University for Australia
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra announced on Friday 21 January that its campus will discontinue the sale of bottled water by World Water Day (22 March 201). The initiative started by students, assisted by
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Australia Gives BP Deepwater Oil Exploration Approval, As US Revamps Offshore Drilling Oversight
Two on offshore oil drilling: 1) The US Department on Interior has announced long-coming restructuring of the Mineral Management Service with the goal (among other things) of increasing oversight of offshore drilling; 2)
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Green Tax Shift & Other Environmental Issues Cartoon-Style by Stuart McMillen
Here is someone who gets the message across, in a funny and beautiful way. Australian Stuart McMillen takes topics around environmental sustainability and turns them into catchy cartoons.
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Bystander's Video of Flash Flood Sweeping Away Cars Goes Viral
The amateur video above was filmed by some unwitting observers of a striking -- and pretty terrifying, really -- flash flood in Australia. The flooding in Australia made the rounds in the news late last month and during the beginning of this one, with
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Frog Rides a Snake to Escape Floods in Australia
Sure, they've had their differences in the past, but when times are tough even frogs and snakes can share in a little cold-blooded solidarity. Amid the devastating floods in Queensland, Australia, computer technician Armin Gerlach
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"Inland Tsunami." An Area of Australia Equal to Two Texas's Declared Flood Disaster
Almost two years ago Australia endured its worst bushfire catastrophe, when over 400 wildfires engulfed the state of Victoria and claimed 173 lives, injuring over 400
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Airline to Launch Massive Biojet Fuel-from-Waste Project
British Airways is already working on a goal of running planes on 10% made-from-waste biofuel, Air New Zealand has a goal of using one million barrels of sustainable biofuels by 2013, and
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Andrew Maynard's Portable Pod-Shelter Has Green Roof
Images credit Andrew Maynard Architects Best of Green 2010 Young Architect Andrew Maynard never got to build his BOB popup-camper car, but now is getting to do the next best thing: a pop-up portable pod-shelter for the Royal Botanic Gardens in
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Knog Boomer Bike Light Recharges in Your USB Port
Continuing our recent exploration of newish bike lights (see links below), we turn our attention to the Knog Boomer Rechargeable. The Boomer has an integrated lithium-Ion polymer battery, which when you pop the light out of its
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Cane Toad Sneakers. Put A Little Spring in Your Step
Sneakers crafted from Cane Toads is such a perfect companion story to our piece on footballs made from feral camels. Cane toads are an introduced pest in Australia that are so toxic they kill the native wildlife that attempt
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Green Landlord Awards. Would You Nominate Yours?
What sets Renew magazine apart from the myriad other eco technology and green lifestyle publications on newstand shelves, is that it has no 'puff pieces', no light reading articles. Rather it's full of gritty, information
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10 Urban Spaces Around the World Reborn as Vibrant Green Parks (Slideshow)
In some cities, parks are replacing asphalt, and city dwellers are suddenly discovering new green space just steps away.
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10 Urban Spaces Around the World Reborn as Vibrant Green Parks
In some cities, parks are replacing asphalt, and city dwellers are suddenly discovering new green space just steps away. To make cities more livable for an often growing population, government officials, activists and citizens are reclaiming unused or a
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Binishells At The Happy Mutant Retreat and Preschool
I would have loved to send my kids to the Happy Mutant Retreat and Preschool, being built at an undisclosed location and revealed for the first time on BoingBoing. It's being built of Binishells, which, I noted earlier,
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40 Tons of Life in One Acre of Soil: Geoff Lawton on the Magic of Soil (Video)
Whether learning that I am only 10% human, 90% bacteria, or musing on the concept of composting as animal husbandry, my life has taken a decidedly microbial turn of late. And not without good reason. As the video
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Fibre Flare - Long Line LEDs for Velocipede Visibility
Nearly 70% of all nighttime Bicycle-Car collisions are due to inadequate side visibility, according to information garnered by Fibre Flare. A firm, who as coincidence would have it, happen to make a high intensity omni-directional
