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TreeHugger Picks: Surfs Up, Green Dudes!
Surfing and TreeHugging go hand in hand much of the time; the surfer's credo to not wreck the ocean and TreeHugger's endeavors to help folks keep the world clean are quite complementary, so it follows that surfing would be well-received at TH HQ. Here
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TreeHugger Picks: Fuel Cell Concepts for Laptops
TreeHugger has been watching the hype surrounding fuel cells coming to the marketplace ever since it was but a wee sprout. For the most part, we're still waiting (and hoping) for them to materialize; the (awesome!) notion that we can power stuff without
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TreeHugger Picks: Solar Cooking
Solar cookers, solar barbeques, solar ovens; we've seen a lot of various names (with slightly different functions) for the handy gadgets that cook with the power of the sun from all over the world. In the midst of the dog days of summer, here are some of
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TreeHugger Picks: Tips for Green Summer Fun
Now that summer is officially here (and with it, the summer driving season), we wanted to peek at a few summer sights, suggest a green summer activity or two and try not to lose the sounds of summer. Here are five quick picks for some green fun in the
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TreeHugger Picks: Biodegradable from Beach to Green
An items' "biodegradability" goes a long way to making it more TreeHugger-friendly, and while we've seen lots of things like bioplastics and disposable cutlery that really make sense to be easily (and harmlessly) degradable, we've seen some kinda wacky,
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TreeHugger Picks: Flat Pack Furniture
Flat-pack furniture, much like downloadable designs, owes much of its TreeHugger appeal from having the ability to create something three-dimensional from a flat (or nearly flat) material; this makes it easy to ship, easy to assemble and generally space
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TreeHugger Picks: The Best of TreeHugger Forums
TreeHugger wants to engage as many people as possible in making greener choices for their lives every day; one of the new ways to get folks involved and excited about being green is through TreeHugger Forums, where users can log in and chat about all
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TreeHugger Picks: Outdoor & Patio Furniture
Summer has nearly arrived, and with the accompanying increase in sunshine and warmer temperatures comes the opportunity to spend more time outside. Whether gardening or barbequing is your warm weather cup of tea, you'll need somewhere to take a load off
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TreeHugger Picks: Finding Green Residential Real Estate
Late spring into summer is traditionally the busiest time of year when it comes to buying and selling homes and real estate. If you're thinking of entering the market, and are looking for a new, green roof over your head, we have a few suggestions for
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TreeHugger Picks: The Grass is Greener...
Even casual readers of TreeHugger could probably guess our favorite color. There's an awful lot of green around here, for sure, for good reason: not only does it represent the general tenet of our work, pushing sustainability into the mainstream, but
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TreeHugger Picks: Landfill Gas, From Trash to Alternative Energy
Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills
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TreeHugger Picks: iPod Accessories
Apple's iPods are everywhere; it seems that everybody's got one, in various sizes, shapes, storage capacities and playback times; some play movies, some clip to your shirt, they all can be recycled and Lloyd made a case for the nano as the green
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TreeHugger Picks: Going Out In Green Style
Proving that there isn't anything you can't do a little greener, green burials seem to be all the rage; from caskets to "leave-no-trace"-type burial techniques, check out some of the ways to go out in green style.
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TreeHugger Picks: Dip Your Toe in the Car Pool
Though TreeHugger prefers bicycles and legs for transportation over automobiles, sometimes cars are the only way to go. When the time for four-wheeled, petroleum-powered transportation comes, we definitely recommend that you find a friend who's going
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TreeHugger Picks: The Lighter Side of TH
Though TreeHugger remains steadfast in our goal of presenting the world with solutions for a modern, green future, we can't take ourselves seriously all of time. We like to lighten things up every now and then, to insure that talking about global
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TreeHugger Picks: Biomimicry in Product Design
When it comes to concepts central to the notion of TreeHugging, few are higher on the list than biomimicry. We have a lot to learn from the way things are designed in nature, and both the general principle and more specific examples can be applied to
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TreeHugger Picks: Not Just Four Walls & a Door
TreeHugger loves green building, prefab architecture and other resource and energy-efficient buildings and dwellings. While most of it is designed to have four walls, a couple windows and doors, there are definitely alternatives to these more
