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Sold to the Highest Bidder: 3 Used Space Ships
Last week there were used battleships for sale on e-bay, this week we've got used space shuttles. But not going as cheaply as the warships and not being turned into pots and pans either.
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IKEA Confuses Shoppers, Encourages Clutter, and Exploits Workers
It has been a hard week for IKEA in both the mainstream print and the internet media. There are many things to love about the company that made good modern design affordable and desirable, but I have often complained of what I call
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Do Lectures Launch Snazzy New HTML 5 Site + Stellar Speaker Line Up for 2011
It's a double dose of exciting news from the Do Lectures camp today. In true double-barreled doing style they are launching their new super snazzy HTML 5 website to the world this afternoon, plus the speaker line up for Do 2011. The new site is
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Jessica Jackley on Empowering the World's Entrepreneurs (Podcast)
Jessica Jackley co-founded Kiva.org back in 2005. Since then, nearly half a million people have used the micro-lending platform to offer money to fellow citizens, almost none of whom will ever meet offline. Jackley's passion is in empowering
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Hundreds of Indian Workers Trafficked to the U.S. for Defense Subcontractor Signal International
After Hurricane Katrina, Signal International lost a lot of its workforce. To fill in the newly missing spots, it had a recruiter to import workers from India: workers who were told they'd come to America for a great job and
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Top Tips for Attracting Green Investors
The recession has been tough for many. But given the news that ethical consumerism bucked the economic downturn, and that clean tech companies are seeing massive job growth, now might just be the time for green-minded entrepreneurs to realize their
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Renewables Sector Sees Massive Jobs Growth
We've seen reports before that switching to renewables could create 2.7 million jobs, and might create a whole new wave of green-collar employment, but it's only now that nations around the
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Sex in the Environmental Movement is Everywhere, According to Undercover Cops
The news story in the UK of the undercover cop who was posing as an environmentalist for seven years is getting very sexy.
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Environmental Activist Exposed As Undercover Agent and Expresses Remorse
For seven years Mark Stone was an important and serious environmental activist. According to the Guardian, he took part in every major protest in the UK from 2003 onwards and traveled abroad to demo's as well.
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Pedal Power: London's Boris Bike is a Roaring Success
London has introduced a bicycle rental scheme, officially called the Barclays Cycle Hire but affectionately called Boris Bikes after the mayor, Boris Johnson.
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Give Something Back in the New Year
It's new year's eve, time to think about those resolutions for 2011. Some for you (diet? gym? less computer?) and some for others.
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Close That Door--You're Wasting Energy
Here's an idea that is so obvious it should be a no-brainer: shut the door and save energy. The Close the Door Campaign is asking retailers to conserve energy by keeping their front doors closed.
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There Is More To The Local Movement Than Just Food
According to a study commissioned by Michigan's Local First, "when West Michigan consumers choose a locally owned business over a non-local alternative, $73 of every $100 spent stays in the community. By
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Comparing the Brit's and American's Ten Most influential Brands
It's a tale of two cities, well, countries. The annual list of the ten most influential brands in the UK and the US is out and the differences between the two countries are pretty interesting when it comes to the ethical
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Is Protecting the Environment a Conservative Concern?
From asking what Reagan would do, through discussing a green Republican movement, to looking at Margaret Thatcher's mixed record on climate change, TreeHugger has devoted plenty of column
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Steve Daniels on Remarkable Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy (Podcast)
In the US, do-it-yourself culture is counter culture, a playful middle finger to the silos of cookie-cutter consumerism (just look at Maker Faire). But in Africa, nearly everyone's a DIY-er to some degree. Steve Daniels became fascinated with the Jua
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Two Victories in One Week for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers - Are More Needed?
Pacific Tomato Growers, one of the largest tomato producers in the U.S., agreed last week to a penny-per-pound wage increase for the people who work the tomato fields. Some of the country's biggest tomato buyers,
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Swap Your Shop: Like House Swapping With Your Desk Thrown In
TreeHugger has noted before that swapping is good for your budget and for the environment. House-swapping and home exchanges are not new; one company facilitating swaps has been doing it since 1953. It was developed as a way of getting low-cost
