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Film Review: To Buy, To Throw Away, To Buy; the Secret History of Planned Obsolescence
Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called "comprar, llençar, comprar", meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the
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Drying for Freedom, a Film About Clotheslines
Who would have thought that some day someone would make a film about freedom, communities and clotheslines? A good topic though, considering that by 2010 more than 50 million home-owners in the US will be banned from line drying clothes outdoors for
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TreeHugger Tip: Little Bits' Monica Rodgers on Making Recycled Paper
LittleBits CEO Monica Rodgers has contributed yet another great green tip for our eco-tips project! Monica's video shows how children can enjoy reusing old paper, cardboard and art supplies to create their very own recycled paper. Read on for a complete
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TreeHugger Tip: Little Bits' Monica Rodgers on Teaching Children to Compost
Little Bits Founder and CEO Monica Rodgers shares a great tip on teaching children the value of composting and incorporating it into their weekly schedule! To teach and remind her children to do their "little bit" she has created a group of characters
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TreeHugger Tip: Max Gladwell on Using Ustream
If you're trying to live an eco-friendly life, you probably know it can be helpful to hear from others that are doing the same. (That's probably why you're reading this on TreeHugger right now.) Sharing the tricks and tips to cutting your waste and
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TreeHugger Tip: Missy Higgins on Green Transportation in LA
Missy Higgins searches for the most environmentally-friendly form of transportation in car-happy Los Angeles. The singer-songwriter just moved from Australia and while she is getting used to the public
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TreeHugger Tip: Ben Harper on Turning Off the Lights, Brushing your Teeth and Watering the Grass
In Ben Harper's TreeHugger Tip he poetically points to the fact that to make a difference on a global level it has to be made on the individual level. Harper suggests turning off water while brushing your
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TreeHugger Tip: Jack Johnson on Collecting Rain with Rain Barrels
One unfortunately common misconception about "going green" is that doing so means drastically changing ones life or abolishing all luxuries. While a crucial part about living an eco-friendly lifestyle
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TreeHugger Tip: Tim Ferriss on Commuting in San Francisco
How do you go green? What do you do to be eco-friendly? Are there tips you have to share? For the past month those are the questions we've been asking our friends and readers to answer in short videos
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TreeHugger Tip: Christine Lepisto on her Small Refrigerator and Bio Foods
As part of our ongoing TreeHugger Tips project our very own Christine Lepisto has provided us with a great eco-tip on her small refrigerator. Not only did she choose a size that works for her lifestyle but she also fills it with her favorite
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TreeHugger Tip: Alter Eco's Angela Lindvall on Composting
Angela Lindvall co-host of Planet Green’s Alter Eco is making sustainability sexy with her green tip on composting. Angela is also the founder of Collage, a non-profit, multi-platform communication platform, that brings together ideas on issues on the
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TreeHugger Tip: Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Flipping the Switch
While Mike Rowe’s tip was nothing dirty, compared to his downright dirty job as host of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, he does bring us back to the basics of living green. His show explores work beyond the monotony of the 9 to 5 and takes his
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TreeHugger Tip: Alter Eco's Boise Thomas on Reducing the Population
Our very own Meaghan O'Neill, co-author of Ready, Set, Green, interviewes Boise Thomas on the "green" carpet at the launch of the Planet Green. Boise is building an eco-oasis with his wife in Kansas and hopes to educate people about the importance of
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TreeHugger Tip: Eco-Friendly Way to Kill Fruit Flies
How do you get rid of fruit flies? Recently, I've been suffering from a fruit fly invasion of impressive magnitude. And despite a few attempts at ridding myself of these flies, I haven't been able to get things under control. I'll swat and kill as
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TreeHugger Tip: Ludacris in the Bathroom
You might have heard of Ludacris from his upcoming show, Battle Ground Earth, on Planet Green" or maybe because he is a three-time Grammy Award-winning rapper. Either way, I am sure you haven't heard his latest green-tip. Ludacris jokes around with
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TreeHugger Tips: SuChin Pak on Eco-Friendly Cleaners
SuChin Pak, host of The G Word on Planet Green , spoke with TreeHugger Editor, Meaghan O'Neill before the Planet Green launch party and shared one of her TreeHugger Tips.
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TreeHugger Tip: Craig Newmark on Using Less
Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist, was kind enough to send in a short video for our TreeHugger Tips series explaining the small things he does out of concern for the environment. He touches
