Tag: Cats - Page 5
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3 of the Fastest Electric Cars Meet for Lunch at Buck's
Three of the Fastest Electric Cars Now that's a nice family reunion. From left to right, the Tango (0 to 60 in around 4 seconds), the Tesla Roadster (0 to 60 mph in around 4 seconds), and the Wrightspeed X1 (0 to 60 in 3 seconds). What they have in
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Pet Topic: Pet Fashion Week 2008
Pet Fashion Week may be a bit of a misnomer for the two-day pet-lifestyle trade show that took place in New York City over the weekend, but don't tell that to the dogs who roamed the floors of the sprawling exhibition space dressed to maim, if not to
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Reduce Your Cat's Carbon Paw Print With CatGenie's Self-Flushing Litter Box
TreeHuggers everywhere are working to lighten the carbon load on the planet. Some of us are doing a little, others a lot. Whether it's through offsetting your flights, taking public transport or by buying energy efficient light bulbs, there are some
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Stair of the Week: For Cats
And why is this on TreeHugger? Um, by inserting an interstitial feline milieu one achieves greater density and utilizes previously unavailable resources, namely the ceiling. ::The Cat's House via
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Pet Topic: Big Shrimpy's Whisker-Wide Recycled Cat Dishes
Big Shrimpy's Whisker-Wide Bowl ($24) for fusspot felines is handcrafted in the United States using 100 percent recycled glass. It's defining feature? The bowl is shallow and wide enough to fit the entire width of your kitty's distinguished whiskers, so
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UnTreeHugger: Bamboo Feed N' Toss Pet Bowls
Awww c'mon, unless you're traveling across America with a caravan of performing dachshunds, or you're running an animal shelter in the middle of the Sahara, do you really need the so-called convenience of disposable plastic pet-bowl liners? (We don't
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UnTreeHugger: Sgt. Podge the Itinerant Cat
Twelve-year-old Sgt. Podge, a Norwegian Forest Cat, vanishes from his owner's home each night. The next morning, he can be found in exactly the same place: a pavement about one and a half miles (2.4km) away.
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Scratchable Wall Art for Kitty
New from Marmalade Pets: The Wallflower Cardboard Cat Scratcher, made from recycled corrugated cardboard (with a minimum of 35 percent post-consumer content). Providing over 3 feet of scratchable surface and completely recyclable at the end of its
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O.R.E. Originals: Recycled Rubber Pet Mats
If only Snookiepuss and Mrs. Fluffypants knew how to clean up after themselves. Keep pet-food areas neat and organized—and food bowls from sliding all over the kitchen floor—with O.R.E Originals' non-skid mats.
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Sew a Pet Bed
Dog and cat beds—especially eco-friendly ones made of hemp, organic cotton, and recycled PET—can get pricey, costing upwards of at least $60. So when it became obvious that recent adoptee Mir needed a place to snooze other than our seriously peeved
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Kattbank: An Odd Multi-Tasker for the Cat Lover
Though sort of an odd pairing, Kattbank is a multi-tasking bench that might be perfect for cat owners short on space. Realizing that nobody wants to have to stare at a litter box in the living room (or wherever it is), they designed this clever bench
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Petroleum Furnishings Give Kitties and Kiddos Higher PBDE Exposures
If you've got cats or kids crawling around on rugs and furniture, lets do the good news part first...natural fiber area rugs, natural flooring materials, and natural fiber upholstered furniture items are, in general, are very fashionable. And green. A
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Square Cat Habitat: Green Living (and Lounging) for Your Cat
Because modern pets (and their owners) sometimes prefer modern furniture, Square Cat Habitat has updated the scratching post and kitty bed with a modern, sustainable alternative. The Portland, OR-based cat lovers chose bamboo plywood and water-based
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Everyday Studio Cat Tree
If your cat's aesthetic is more Frank Gehry than, well, Petco, then Snookums is going to dig designer Susan Kralovec's cat trees. Handcrafted in San Francisco and made from 100 percent corrugated cardboard (with 35 percent minimum recycled content),
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First Organic Gardening Book to Take on Climate Change
We've written about the Centre for Alternative Technology, or CAT, a number of times before. We've interviewed the Centre's development director Paul Allen here, and reported on their scheme to help their employees buy bikes here. However, we've
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Cats More Lethal to Birds Than Wind Turbines
Are wind turbines benign carbon-free power sources or avian death traps that blight the landscape? New numbers have been tossed into the fray, yet we're no closer to achieving common ground. (No surprise there.)
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Global Warming Causes Cute Overload
Humane Societies around Toronto are overrun with cats and climate change is to blame.
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How to Go Green: Pets
Ah, the pitter patter of four-legged feet as they whip through your living room at overclocked speeds or uproot your prize gladiolas with manic fervor. But Snookiepuss and Mrs. Fluffypants are practically family, right? So why should they settle for
