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Could Electric Cars' Range Be their Biggest Benefit?
Whether it is cnet uk arguing that electric cars still suck, or Top Gear's allegedly deceptive review of the Tesla Roadster, range is often one of the biggest flaws that critics of
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High Poverty Neighborhood Tackles Peak Oil - First "Transition Slum" Launched
Image credit: Transition Culture The Transition Movement has spread like wildfire across the planet. Yet when the Transition USA movement was featured in the New York Times, some interviewees grumbled that the touchy-feely hippy aspects were only
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Beware Excess Capacity - the Guest Bedroom as Enemy of Sustainability
With the holidays over, many of us are returning from visits with family and friends. And while some of us will have crashed on couches, camped on the floor, or taken over our uncle's
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Any ideas for a more sustainable mobile telecom industry? (Video)
Here's a challenge for the new year: Help co-design solutions for mobile phones to improve sustainability. Imagine a phone that does not need to be charged, one that measures the drinking water quality in remote areas,
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The Axes of Public Peeing - a Novel Way to Look at an Old Issue
Some time ago, I asked whether peeing in public was green. With issues ranging from nasty smells to social disapproval, it's clear that the appropriateness of peeing in public is a far from cut-and-dry matter. We
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Can Trolls Be Green? The Role of Debate in the Green Movement, Pt. II
From discussing the role of debate in the green movement, to advocating that environmentalism must remain tolerant of differing viewpoints if it is to succeed, I like to think
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Extreme Container Gardening - Prinzessinengartens in Berlin (Video)
Emma has already shown us some beautiful edible container gardens, courtesy of our readers; we've seen a gorgeous urban orchard complete with a repurposed dumpster/ping pong table, not to mention an under-used train
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Climbing a Tree Every Day for a Year. With Interesting People.
We like trees here at TreeHugger. And we like to do interviews too. So it's only natural that UpTrees caught my eye. It's a project by Norwegian Henrik G. Dahle, an artist and "social engineer", who has decided to climb a tree
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Could Housing Developments Fund Nature Reserves?
Lloyd has noted that sprawl is the death of us all, and we know that managing sprawl is more about proper planning than it is about fancy LEED-certified buildings. But given the fact that new housing continues to be
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Reuse Community Takes Facebook By Storm - With More to Come
Image Credit: Reuse Connection Repurposing a stove into a high-powered entertainment system might not be to everyone's liking, but we still love reuse—warts and all. When I asked how we identify that fine line between reuse and hoarding, the
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An Inside Look at LA's Community of Visionary Activists
It's interesting to me that many people judge Los Angeles without really knowing her. She really is the City of Angels. I've lived in Los Angeles for going on a dozen years now,
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With Congress Approaching Green Gridlock, Let's Seize the Moment to Regroup, Refine & Redefine
Now that hopefully everyone has regained their breath after last week's elections, and the resulting overload of the sky is falling for the environmental movement, we're never ever ever going to get anything done
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In the City or Off the Grid: Which is Greener? Lloyd Alter and Nick Rosen Debate (Podcast)
Nearly a million Americans (ranging from eco-purists to gun-toting isolationists) live off the grid, unplugged from the sprawling infrastructure that the rest of us have learned to both love and hate. But how green is it, really? This week we pit our
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Big Trees May Make Communities Safer, Says Study
They might not be too effective when it comes chasing down vandals or spooking away would-be burglars -- but it turns out that our humble city trees may be apt crime-fighters, nonetheless. According to the findings
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Sociopolis, the Rurban Housing Project Brings the Campo to the City (Photos)
Inhabiting the Huerta. Photo Credit: Guallart Architects Five years ago, we first heard about Sociopolis, a "shared habitat" in Valencia (Spain). This housing development is to trigger social interaction between inhabitants, propose a new type of
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Not Just for Grannies Anymore: The Rise of The Urban Sewing Lounge
Just as community gardens all over are bringing together urban gardeners, there's an updated version of the old-fashioned sewing circle popping up in many city neighbourhoods: the sewing lounge.
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Barcelona Design Week 2010: Designs For Dementia Make It Easier To Eat (Photos)
Around 700,000 people in the UK have dementia, over a third of which live in care
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The Community Behind Europe's Leading Eco-Centre (Video)
As one of Europe's leading renewable energy education centers, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has featured regularly on TreeHugger. From its experiments with DIY biochar through building the
