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Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?
With over a million left homeless and its capital city all but destroyed, Haiti is set to become the focus of an enormous rebuilding effort. Internationally, many are calling for a full-fledged "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Tom Darden of Make it Right (Video)
Tom Darden steers Make it Right, the green building non-profit that Brad Pitt sparked after Hurricane Katrina. The mission: to bring 150 sustainable (and storm resistant) homes to the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. We pinned down Darden, Make it
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Rebuilding a Green New Orleans: An Interview with Matt Petersen, President of Global Green USA (Part 1)
"This wasn't just folks with a bunch of good ideas and a Hollywood star" Global Green USA, a charity founded in 1993 by Mikhail Gorbachev, may be best known for its initiatives with celebrities like Leonardo di Caprio. But far from the glare of
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Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation Unveils Floating House
The Float House, designed by Morphosis Architects, is the latest design to be built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, which is helping families rebuild eco-friendly homes in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Photo courtesy of Morphosis
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How Brad Pitt Could Spark a Green Building Revolution
Brad Pitt started the Make It Right foundation in 2007 to rebuild homes for residents in New Orleans who lost theirs to Hurricane Katrina. Which would have been plenty admirable if that was the extent of the mission. But the foundation figured, since
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8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About
While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustainable
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Society of Environmental Journalists Announces 2008-2009 Award Winners
Cue the horns: The Society of Environmental Journalists has announced the winners of the
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Gehry Designs Shotgun House for New Orleans
There is a lot of disagreement about why the narrow, deep houses common in New Orleans were called "shotgun" and where they came from. There are no halls and one room connects directly to another,
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Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Unveils New Duplex Designs
Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Foundation has released a new set of duplex designs for New Orleans, by yet another
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Thieves Target Xof1 Solar Car Team in New Orleans
Well, That Sucks... It wasn't so long ago that we wrote about the Power of One (Xof1) Solar Car breaking a world distance record, and that's the kind of story we like to write about. But via our friends at Autobloggreen, we learn that someone broke into
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its-laS-tik Bags Head to the White House
As Earth Month celebrations kick into high gear, Sue Princiotto, the designer and CEO of What'S ur Bag, has sent complete sets of her ultrastretchy its-laS-tik bags and pouches to the White House, in the hopes that President
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Brad Pitt Visits Congress with a Green House Agenda
While his wife was busy at work, Brad Pitt headed to the Mall. When the actor showed up on Capitol Hill, Congress seized the opportunity to hold a press
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Celebrities' Weight Loss Secret, Paul McCartney's Vegan Mission, Jimmy Fallon Greens Late Night, and More
Celebs are always hungry for a good pound-dropping diet. The nasty (not to mention unhealthy) Master Cleanse was last years go-to fix. This year stars are going green to get lean and mean. Ellen De Generes and Alanis
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How Not To Present Vinyl as an Environmentally Sound Choice
Over at the Sietch Blog, an environmental site that I respect a lot, a roofer named Leo defends PVC roofing as one of the greenest roofs. He isn't wrong; it comes in white, and white roofs are all the rage, it lasts a long time and is a
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Get the Night + Day City Guides for 45% Off
Today's TreeHugger Deal comes to you from San Francisco-based Night+Day Guides. The Night+Day, Cool Cities Series is the platinum (and green!) standard for sophisticated urbanista travelers. Printed on high quality recycled paper and containing the
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Built on Stilts: Images from the New Ninth Ward in New Orleans
Even though the new homes
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Grade School Katrina Victims Design Their Own Donated Shoes
Photo courtesy of the Huffington Post TOMS Shoes is an inspiring company in more than one way—its generous Buy One, Give One Away program has already helped children in need in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Argentina receive quality, well fitting shoes.
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Fundamentally "Flawed" CDC Report Failed to Mention Formaldehyde Can Cause Cancer
A (dismal) chapter of American history most of us would gladly like to put behind us -- Hurricane Katrina and the government's pathetic response -- seems to be rearing its ugly head again. The latest revelation, according to
