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TH Forums Highlights: Taking Green Action, Is Fur Green? + More

1) In a popular topic we've visited several times, Forums user moseph is "wondering, big or small, what is




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Roadkill Goes From the Highway to the Runway

For most people, there's something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road--but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion show,




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Appalachian Coal Set For Big Decline, Protests & High Profile Debates or Not

Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth




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Fairmount Avenue Townhomes are "high-end, low income, sustainable housing."

Affordable housing doesn't have to look cheap, and LEED Platinum doesn't mean it has to cost a fortune.




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Portraits of Londoners From Every Olympic Country Highlight City's Diversity

You can see these magnificent photo portraits of Londoners on a wall or on the web.




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EPA finally proposes a perchlorate standard, and it's way too high

The chemical is used in rockets and munitions. Priorities!




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Sold to the Highest Bidder: 3 Used Space Ships

Last week there were used battleships for sale on e-bay, this week we've got used space shuttles. But not going as cheaply as the warships and not being turned into pots and pans either.




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Low-Tech Solutions from High-Tech Minds

In its latest issue, GOOD Magazine has a great feature up on the doings of MIT's D-Lab - they call it "an elite unit of low-tech mercenaries" - which seeks to find simple solutions to drastically improve the quality of




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8 companies that sell high quality fair trade and organic teas

Craving the perfect cup of tea on a chilly morning? Here are some companies with ethical business practices worth supporting.




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Does your home have high radon?

What is radon? Is your home in a high risk zone? How can you test for radon? What should you do if radon levels are high? We answer your questions for radon awareness month.




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Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high levels of carcinogens in air.

A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air.




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Forward Labs solar roof promises higher production, lower cost than Tesla's

The unicorn of cheap clean home energy will most likely be found in an affordable solar roof that doesn't look like a solar roof, and that can pay for itself quickly. This startup may have developed it.




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High-performance #TinyLab house is the "Tesla of tiny houses" (Video)

This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind.




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Amazing photos of high-density housing in Hong Kong

This is how you pack'em and stack'em.




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Sustainable pavilions highlighted at Expo Milano

In honor of World Environment Day, organizers of the World’s fair highlighted the greenest exhibit designs.




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Ireland may make high visibility clothing mandatory for cyclists, pedestrians and dog-walkers

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."




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Bringing the Rich World of the Galapagos into the High School Classroom

Now that the Toyota International Teacher Program has ended, I've decided to turn the spotlight on a few of the teachers involved. First came the middle school teachers. Next up, a couple of the high school-teaching




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The silliest standing desk setup we've ever shown on TreeHugger, complete with high chair

It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways.




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Intensely layered papercuts highlight plight of endangered animals

The art form of papercuts is taken to another level with these intricate works that draw attention to some of the world's threatened species.




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Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half




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EvanEco goes to the Carnival, Monbiot on Biochar, Accidental Eco Maniac Highlights Women + Water, and More

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant




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Sorry, Trump. US coal plant retirements second highest ever

2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal.




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The high carbon cost of flying flowers

This Valentine's Day, shop local.




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Patagonia's new Silent Down coats push environmental standards even higher

Recycled fabric, down insulation, and fair-trade sewing make this a top pick if you're in the market for a new coat.




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Man lives in tiny 8 ft. box to avoid paying San Francisco's high rents

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.




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Deadly ground beef recall comes with 'High' health risk warning

Cargill Meat is recalling 132,600 pounds of beef products nationwide that may be contaminated with E. coli.




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This high-tech, grow-it-yourself medical cannabis kit is as easy as using an app

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.




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Highest ever levels of microplastic found in English river

The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution.




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Use the Toilet, Produce Biofuels! High-Yield Cellulosic Ethanol From Sewage System Debuted

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they




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Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack?

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.




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USDA Fighting Obesity With One Hand, Promoting High-Fat Cheese With The Other

All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps




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Help get The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change to every high school in the US

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.




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7 high-impact lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.




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High fiber diets are good for buildings, too

Natural materials are the only ones that sequester carbon rather than produce it.




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Alberta Tar Sands Go All High Tech and Futurist

There is too much oil in the ground there just to leave it, so what about the carbon dioxide and the natural gas consumption. We will just throw some high tech at it; problem solved.




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Google Earth launches high-resolution global deforestation map

The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe.




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Gorgeous high-res map shows Earth's wind patterns in amazing detail

The movement of air around the planet is fascinating, and has never been more clear thanks to this map. The modeling system used to make it can simulate worldwide weather at remarkable detail.




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It's Not Just Asian Carp: U.S. Identifies 40 High-Risk Species

Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,




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Local Currency Goes City-Wide and High-tech

The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.




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Radical Product Transparency Via Carbon Mapping- Highlight from Opportunity Green

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at




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German politicians propose much higher meat tax

If the goal is to reduce meat consumption, then why not make it more expensive?




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Art Photo of the Day: Jessica Rath Uses Sculpture to Highlight Hybrid and Endangered Apples

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.




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Fancy food guide adds sustainability symbol to highlight green restaurants

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.




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Phenomenal murals highlight extraordinary lives of humble pigeons

Pigeons live large in these big artworks that celebrate the remarkable qualities of these overlooked birds.




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Women With High PBDE Levels 50 Percent Slower to Conceive, New Study Says

Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section.




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Southern US Apple Growers Lose 2010 Crop Due to High Temperatures

I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative




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Brazil strives to reduce sky-high C-section rate

A new government initiative called "Childbirth is Normal!" addresses the epidemic of caesarean births plaguing the country.




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Wildlife Bridge Being Built Over Ontario Highway

Last year the ARC wildlife crossing competition got a lot of pixels; it was won by Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates and there is talk of building it, although it was more of an ideas competition. But they are




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Two high-profile murders in Honduras have led developers to suspend funding

In a victory for Berta Cáceres' campaign against a major hydroelectric project, two European development banks have withdrawn support following her and a colleague's recent murders.




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Upcycled carpet installation highlights plight of world's dying corals

'Coral Garden' is a handcrafted installation that's inspired by the world's threatened coral reefs, and made with upcycled materials.