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TreeHugger Readers Select Jane Goodall as Person of the Year
After we decided to select a TreeHugger Person of the Year, we also wanted to see which of the eco-heroes of 2010 our readers would pick from our short list ballot and after a week of voting the response was
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TreeHugger's Person of the Year: The Shortlist
The results are in: TreeHugger's 2010 Person of the Year, chosen by our readers.
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Champion of The Natural World - Sir David Attenborough Wins Life Time Achievement Award at The Green Awards
Last night in London the Green Awards put on a spectacular evening to celebrate the best creative sustainability communications work of the last year. There were many of the great and good from the world of design,
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From Pure Water to Better Building Materials, Cleantech Open Awards Newest Wave of Green Thinkers
The Cleantech Open, one of the most prestigious events for start-ups in the industry, has announced the winners of this year's competition. The winners earn the sort of recognition from venture capitalists that most start-ups
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Get a Grip With EcoForce Recycled Clothes Pegs
We've mentioned before that electric clothes dryers are a household's second greediest hog of electricity, alone using 6% of all residential electricity in the United States. When weather conditions permit, using sunlight and a
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Small Homes We Operate Like We're Sailing: Sanctuary Magazine
Inside the 13th issue of Sanctuary Magazine you'll find design notes on passive cooling, which is harder to achieve than passive heating. And a companion article argues that whilst fixed
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Friends of the Earth's Nnimmo Bassey Wins 2010 Right Livelihood Award
"For revealing the full ecological and human horrors of oil production and
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Do You Want To Be A Winner at the Global Green Awards 2010? Last Call for Entries
The prestige of the UK's annual Green Awards appears to be growing year on year. As the awards get glitzier, with bigger name celebrities involved on the judging panel and as presenters, so the profile of the event rises. This
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The House that One Man Can Lift. Sanctuary Magazine Showcases This and More.
When it came time for our architecture writer, Lloyd, to select the Best Shelter Magazine for TreeHugger's 2010 Best of Green Awards in Design and Architecture he quickly
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Timberland's Earthkeepers Grant Goes to Worthy Projects
What a great name for a grant: the 2010 Timberland Earthkeepers Grant. The winners of the prize really are keepers of the environment; they include an urban orchard, a guerrilla gardening scheme, a city farm and an
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Filtered Water In 2 Minutes with New UV Light Bottle Invention
Most portable water filters use carbon filters, special membranes with microscopic openings, or chemicals like chlorine or iodine to clean the water and make it save for drinking. However, one of the best systems for
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Webby Winners Don't Mince Words on Gulf Disaster
Webby winner Gilbert Gottfried's insurance duck cried fowl - "Who needs five words?" Photos courtesy of Webby Awards BP got lambasted by Congress with lengthy tirades yesterday after the CEO apologized profusely for the oil gusher's devastation to the
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Recycled Cassette Tapes Worn at Global Green Awards
Global Green's Matt Petersen shows off his new suit made with old cassette tapes. Photos by Charley Gallay Global Green handed out its annual Millennium Awards last weekend, recognizing the EPA's 40th anniversary, green buildings and James Cameron's
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Unplugged: Organic and Affordable Solar Power
Back in 1991, Professor Michael Graetzel from the Lausanne Polytechnic invented what's now called the Graetzel Cell, a non-photovoltaic solar cell made of a layer of titanium
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From Soap Nuts to Solar Lilies: Green Dot's Innovations Awards
The Green Dot Awards threw a reception on Thursday for winners of its biannual honors for innovative environmental projects, products and services. An international group of impressive
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Toyota Prius Named Top Green Car
It's been a rough year for Toyota, which has been plagued by recalls, but the Japanese car maker's top selling Prius is still scoring points for the embattled company. Kelley Blue
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From Saving Seeds to Battling Shark Finning, Goldman Environmental Prize Honors 2010's Top Activists (Video)
Last night, the Goldman Environmental Prize announced the 2010 winners during an evening celebration. Six activists from across the globe were honored, and each has an incredible
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Best of Green: Travel & Nature (Slideshow)
When it comes to reducing our carbon footprint and paying attention to how we treat the planet, we're doing it for two main reasons - so that we can provide a healthy home for all the flora and fauna of the globe, and so that we get to enjoy those very
