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Folding Electric Bike Design Sets The Bar On Functional And Beautiful
Is it possible to fall in love at first sight...with a bike? I think so. Conscious Commuter has come up with a bike that brings together the compactness of a folding bike, the extra oomph provided by an electric bike, and a
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Uninhabited Island Bought on Craigslist to Become a Haven for Artists (Video)
One of the greatest places to be inspired for art is smack in the middle of nature, with no other evidence of human habitation. Rob Gorski found a listing for the 91-acre island on Craigslist last year and bought the untamed
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The Most Eco-Friendly iPhone Speaker Made from Bamboo, Uses Zero Electricity
I think this just might be the greenest speaker for iPhones that we've come across yet. It's a piece of bamboo. And that's it. Just a piece of bamboo...but it works wonderfully. The bamboo speaker is essentially a 1-foot length
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Two Chances - Kickstart The Women's Bike Revolution
You've heard it before, right? Safety and convenience are among the top reasons women don't take a larger piece of the bicycling pie. Thus far, nobody's found a foolproof way to ensure that cycling is safe, (though we'll say it's
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Saving Abandoned Buildings With a Hyperlinked Novel, a Wiki-Guide and Homemade Tapioca Glue
Usually, when we talk about saving old buildings from demolition and redesigning them as green buildings, we talk about the architect who did the work, the city that commissioned it, or the family that
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An 8 Ounce Kettle Makes Boiling Water a Cinch and Takes the Gasoline Out of Camping
The weather's getting warmer and camping season is upon us. So as you break out the tent and the sleeping bag, there's a new design coming to market that's worth a look. It's the Backcountry Boiler™, an ultralight (8
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Converted Diesel Truck To Be Greenhouse on Wheels for School Kids
An old 18-foot truck is about to become a valuable resource for school children learning about sustainable gardening, thanks to two entrepreneurs from New York who are converting it into a mobile greenhouse. The truck will
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Ingenious B-Squares Let You Create Your Own Modular Electronic Devices (Video)
Jordan McRae, a designer from Seattle, has come up with a very clever idea for making electronic devices. He's created tiny squares that have different functions, which can be linked up to one another via magnetic corners to
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Carbon Zero: A Short Tour of Your City's Future
... Is one of the most important books that hasn't been written yet. And you, good TreeHugger reader, can help ensure that it does get written -- and soon. Alex Steffen, the creator of the essential Worldchanging,
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How You Can Help Create A Documentary Investigating Polluted Water
Filmmaker Luis Trueba has his sights set on a new project: traveling the country and digging deeper into the problems of how polluted water is impacting people and ecosystems. He writes, "Hundreds of documentaries have been done about water pollution
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'All Thrifty States' Photo Project Documents America's Consumption Habits (Video)
When I was growing up my older sister often joked that my parents had actually found me at a flea market--which, for the record, is just not true-- and so when I first read about
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Cups Made of Jell-O To Become a Real Product
Back in July we showed you Jelloware, cups made from Jell-O that make a far less wasteful solution for parties, festivals, and other events where minimizing trash is a must. The cups can be eaten, or simply tossed on
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Creating a Greener City, One Rooftop at a Time
Putting a green roof on a landmark building -- the city hall in Toronto or Chicago, a convention center in Vancouver, San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences -- has long been a highly
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Creating a Cycling Culture in the World's Cities
A city doesn't truly become bike-friendly until more people ride in it, which they likely won't do until it becomes more bike-friendly. But change has to start somewhere.
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Help an Eco-Designer Make It to New York Fashion Week!
With the clock counting down to New York Fashion Week, Tara St. James of StudyNY and 5 in 1 needs your help to make it down the runway. The former creative director of Covet wants to launch her first solo collection this
