Tag: Christmas - Page 3
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A Home at the Zoo for Old Christmas Trees
Though the holiday lights are still up on many houses, the first week of the new year means it's time to
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The Green Drinks Tokyo Holiday Dispatch
It's time when everybody thinks how they can spend a fun, entertaining and warm time with friends and families. But it's also a time to re-think how fortunate we are to be able to celebrate
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Christmas Bird Count: Is that Two Turtle Doves or One?
It's time for the 110th Christmas Bird Count, the annual holiday tradition when tens of thousands of volunteers, from Alaska to Antarctica, look and listen for birds, counting populations for
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Wind Turbine Becomes Colossal LED Christmas Decoration
Images: Siemens digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/wind-turbine-becomes-worlds-largest-led-christmas-star.php'; After a year of engineering, modeling, and trials, the world's largest Christmas star now hovers above the A9 Autobahn near
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Om Nom Nom!! Christmas Tree Made Entirely of Bread and Cookies
It's hard enough for me to pass a bread shop without going in. But it's utterly impossible when I see this in the window. Walking by a bakery in the Castro in San Francisco, I stopped dead in my tracks and stared slack-jawed at this masterpiece: a
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Burn Calories and get your Christmas Nougat Candy from the Vending Machine
The Spanish inventor Pep Torres from the studio Stereonoise, who also created the flowerpot that automatically rolls your plants into the sunlight, has thought up a vending machine that only dispenses the snacks once you have burned enough calories.
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Zoo Sells Jewelry Made From Reindeer Droppings
There's no more enchanting sight during the snowy weeks leading up to Christmas than that of the majestic reindeer--delighting the fancy of children who long for a just a peek at one of the creatures that make up Santa's fabled team. Perhaps you've
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Santa's New Eco-sleigh Imagined by Automakers
Adding to this year's Christmas cheer, Germany's Spiegel magazine has asked eight top automakers to envision a new design for Santa's sleigh. Under the subtitle "Santa's faster, finer and more eco-conscious ride," all of the car
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Christmas Tree Constructed of Recycled Mountain Dew Cans (Video)
Talk about a recycled Christmas Tree. This one is made from 400 Mountain Dew cans. Drinking soda isn't a green or healthy thing to do - but skipping a fake plastic tree or a chopped-down pine tree and constructing your own out of
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Readers, Send Us Your Green Holiday Photos!
Are you dreaming of a green holiday this year? Giving only green gifts sans wrapping paper--if you haven't already check out our Gift Guide--to family and friends? Planning to partake in outdoor fun like sledding, skiing, or
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From the Forums: Which is the Greenest Holiday?
greenvert has a question: So between Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hannukah, Thanksgiving and New Year's, which is the greenest, in terms of resources used? I'm thinking trees, turkeys, airline travel, and all the other
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Santa's Arctic Visitors Curb Emissions
Daily flights to see Santa Claus will now produce fewer emissions. Ho. Ho. Ho. No kidding. Isn't that a nice gift to the planet? A total of 35 planes soar in each direction to and from the UK and the
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The Uniform Project's Holiday Fundraiser, Donations Matched by eBay's Green Team
Credit: U.P. The Uniform Project, a fashion forward fundraiser for the Akanksha Foundation where Sheena Matheiken wears the same dress 365 different ways for a year, has launched a holiday initiative to raise even more funds--they are at the $40,000
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Zhu Zhu Pets: How Toxic...Or Not?
The must-have Christmas toy, Zhu Zhu Pets are pronounced safe, according to US federal safety regulators. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which tested the furry faux hamster that every toddler in
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Angels, Reindeers, Pigs and Christmas Trees; sustainable wood decoration by Lovi
more images below Matteria, good design+smart materials online store, suggest a spicy Christmas this year, without forgetting the environment. Apart from the gorgeous cork advent candle holder, the cosy Finnish red felt slippers, and giftbags to spoil
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7 Gorgeous Green Ways to Decorate for the Holidays--Without Blowing the Budget
Stuck to white lights, green wreaths, and an 8-foot-spruce? Perhaps this is the year to start changing things up. Don't worry: We're not suggesting you get rid of that ornament your newlywed son made in first grade, but
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Pragmatic Environmentalism Hosts Carnival of the Green
This week marks Carnival of the Green #205, and it's being hosted by Pragmatic Environmentalism, a blog that explores urban sustainability. Thanks so much to Brenda Pike, who runs the site, for a last minute Carnival round-up. Through her blog, Brenda
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Gifts That Keep On Giving
Today is "Cyber Monday" and, let's be honest, you are doing more holiday shopping online that actual work, right? Don't worry, we won't tell your boss. This holiday season why not give a gift that keeps on giving? Too
