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Turning the Clock Back Two Millennia to Recreate Scotland's Wild Past
There are natural reserves and then there are natural reserves: Alladale Estate — a peaceful 23,000-acre Highland estate offering luxury digs and wildlife sightseeing for a couple hundred visitors every year — aims to become Britain's first
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One Year Ago in TH: Tesla Roadster, smart ForFun, Sundance Goes Green, and More
It's really quite amazing to see how far the green world has come in just a year. To wit, one year ago on TreeHugger, we were just becoming acquainted with the Tesla Roadster and Robert Redford was just announcing the new green ambitions of the
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U.K. Set to Build Largest Biomass Plant in Scotland
E. ON, one of the U.K.'s largest generators of electricity, is set to begin operations at its Lockerbie biomass station by the end of the year after an initial trial period. Company officials hope that it will be able to generate enough electricity to
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Underwater Power-Generating Buoys Make Waves
While we tend to think of buoys as devices that float on the water and serve primarily as ship markers, over the past few years a number of different countries and business have been attempting to develop models that can harness the power of waves (see
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Jute in Time for a Green Funeral Revival
Fresh off our story a few days ago reporting on the increasing trend towards more eco-friendly funeral pyres in India, we bring you news now of a Scottish company's attempts to revive the jute industry by building coffins with the plant material. J
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Zero Carbon House in Scotland
It hard to think of what system the Zero Carbon House in Scotland doesn't have. Built from timber (low embodied energy, renewable material, local) radiant heating from heat pump source (although I wouldn't think that an air-to-water heat pump would
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Wee Laddies Give Green Supercomputing a Go
The Scots have developed pretty neat little gadget, a green supercomputer. Although the phrase may be perhaps an oxymoron, the machine does consume 10 times less energy and is 300 times faster than its traditional equivalents. That seems like the right
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Blue Marmalade: Functional and Funky
What do two disgruntled Scottish designers who want to do something different call themselves? Blue Marmalade. The marmalade part comes from their respect for the quality and integrity of British design and manufacturing--what could be more British
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TreeHugger Picks: Wave and Tidal Power
TreeHugger covers a lot of bases when it comes to alternative energy; solar, wind, biogas, hydrogen and the list goes on. One of our favorite up and coming forms of alternative energy is wave and tidal power. Check out our picks for diving in to the
