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World's Largest Rodent Shows Up in California, Spurs Viral Internet Craze (Video)
Okay, so if you're on Twitter or read the blogs or pretty much go online at all during the course of the day, you probably encountered the R.O.U.S. meme spreading like wildfire yesterday. A man in Paso Robles,
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Turn Your Bike Rims into Running Lights: Aura and Revo
If you're tired of regular ol' bike lights, and appreciate a clever verb, check out these two ideas for illuminating your bike on the road, via the rims. One is called the Aura
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More Detail On Apple's New Foster-Designed Headquarters
I am a huge fan of Norman Foster and an Apple fanboy, but no fan of Apple's self-centered, isolated new office park hidden behind a wall of parking garages. But after the
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Getting GMO Labeling on the Ballot in California
The fact that 165 million acres of GMO crops are currently being cultivated is made even worse by the idea that it's difficult and sometimes impossible to avoid these foods in your grocery store. As a nation we have vastly more GMO
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California Conservationists & Developers Begin Court Proceedings Over 399 MW Solar Power Plant
Bound to rile people up so keep your knee-jerk in check: Mercury News reports on another example of the needs of balancing the equally pressing (and interlinked) needs of expanding renewable energy projecting and conservation. The Santa Clara Audubon
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Oso Libre: Winery Fights County for Renewable Energy, Wins!
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch Oso Libre Winery, which means "free bear" in Spanish, is a small boutique vineyard and winery located in the heart of Paso Robles. The winery gets 100% of its energy from renewable sources, an achievement that played out like a
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The Carbon-Constrained Business World is Coming. Shape Up.
While there was some uncertainty over the status of cap and trade in California back in May, the largest State in the US is only months away from potentially adopting a hugely comprehensive cap and trade bill. Of course Tea Partiers will protest the
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California Unveiled New Ecoplate To Mixed Reviews
This past Tuesday, after twenty years, California unveiled a new ecoplate. The new ecoplate looked a lot like the old one, but with a more modern touch, some water drops and a bit
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Hawaii's Wild Donkeys to Be Airlifted to California
Hawaii is a state known for its sandy, sun-kissed beaches, lush tropical forests, and aquatic biodiversity -- but it's unlikely sort of species that's been the focus of attention recently. The Big Island is home to
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Excess Farm Harvests Gleaned to Feed the Hungry (Video)
What to do about hunger is a complicated business. While some people are arguing that food banks are part of the problem, others are calling on supermarkets to waste nothing and donate what they can't sell. Some
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California EPA Sets 1st in U.S. Goal For Pollutant Chromium 6
Chromium 6 or Hexavalent chromium is a carcinogenic pollutant made famous by Erin Brockovich. California's new goal for the pollutant, set by the state's Environmental Protection
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Peachy Canyon Winery: Old Jesse James Hideout Turns Sustainable Winery
Photo via Peachy Canyon digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/peachy-canyon-winery-old-jesse-james-hideout-turns-sustainable-winery.php'; Peachy Canyon Winery is a sustainable, family-owned winery located on the westside of Paso Robles'
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How to Become a Farmer, and Why Drought Can Be Good (Video)
From young farmers farming with horses to backyard slaughter in West Oakland, we've seen plenty of ways that idealistic young people try to break into the farming game. Here the Perennial Plate folks pay a visit to
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Cutting-Edge Animation & Video, Made in Off-Grid Treehouses (Video)
From anarchist bed and breakfasts to communal woodland dwellings, we've featured a fair few DIY, low impact communities in our time. One of the most common criticisms we hear of the crunchier end of hippy living is
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Help Choose The Winning Architect Barbie Dream House
When I wrote about Architect Barbie I complained bitterly about her house, sort of cross between Karim Rashid and Charles Addams. The folks at the American Institute of Architects didn't think much of it either, and having a lot of time on their hands
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Growing is Forever: Poetic Homage to the Redwood Forests of Northern California (Video)
Jesse, who shot and edited the video, and Kallie Markle, who wrote
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Cyclists Beat Airplane in a Race Across Los Angeles
Carmageddon may have come and gone without causing too much chaos on in car-driven city of Los Angeles, but that's not to say there were no winners resulting from the closing of a busy 10-mile stretch of freeway over the
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Find Your State on the National Register of Big Trees
Size matters. Big trees are signs that "progress" hasn't paved over everything. The latest, 2011 National Register of Big Trees
