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Solar wagon delivers a self-contained portable water purification system

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.




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Self-filtering water bottle also acts as a flashlight

The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions!




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'Whimsical scientist' seals himself inside greenhouse for climate change experiment (Video)

This man wants to prove a point about rising global carbon dioxide levels by locking himself inside this DIY greenhouse for the next three days.




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Inquisitive Emperor penguins star in delightful selfie (video)

Australian Antarctic Division captures a vision of curious penguins ready for their close-up.




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Can Fishing Communities Regulate Themselves?

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.




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California heatwave cooks mussels in their shells

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.




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Go knock yourself out with unconventional parenting, but please stop talking about it

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."




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7 Short and Senseless Flights We'd Love to Ban

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you




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Man selling mint leaves in Morocco (photo)

It took me hours, but I finally found this guy.




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Join Author James Russell for a Discussion of Urban Planning and Climate Change

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.




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Isabella Rossellini has written a book about her chickens

Watching a flock of 40 heritage birds grow proved to be an unexpected pleasure.




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Protesters in Portland block Shell’s ship by suspending themselves from a bridge

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.




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Carpet remnants recycled into unique Tessellated Floorscapes (Video)

A Brooklyn-based design studio turns to digital animation to generate the patterns for these striking rugs made out of recycled carpet pieces.




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Buenos Aires is doing a fantastic job of transforming itself into a more livable city!

Showing other cities around the world how it's done.




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Boerum Apparel sells classic sweatshirts with a fully transparent supply chain

When you buy a Boerum top, you'll know everything about where and how that item was produced.




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The 2011 Spanish Revolution; How Protesters Organise Themselves to Be Green (Photos)

The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful




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Orkney Islands: From diesel power to 100% renewables

Huge wind turbines, solar, wave power, battery storage and a lot of electric cars—these remote Scottish islands may provide a glimpse of the future.




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Large solar selling cheaper than fossil fuels in Texas, Georgia, India, Brazil, and Chile

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.




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This plane with a detachable fuselage could really take off

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?




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You don't need to travel around the world to take selfies with art

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.




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Boeing develops self-cleaning airplane loo

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”




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Danish supermarket refused to sell popcorn containing fluorinated chemicals

Even though it took 6 months to find an alternative, Coop refused to stock microwave popcorn because of the health risks to customers.




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Wildlife selfies are a terrible idea

The animals get distracted and distressed. Oh, and you could get your head bitten off.




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Photo: Pelican packs itself up like a pro

Our photo of the day is a lesson in efficiency.




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World's first “Brussels Sprout Battery” lights up a Christmas tree

In an effort to improve kids' opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.




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Sungevity starts selling solar in North Carolina; a sign of things to come?

A handfull of states have been carrying the torch for rooftop solar.




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Self-sufficient couple builds their own floating off-grid island (Video)

Dubbed "Freedom Cove," this remarkable home is a decades-long labor of love built in an inlet in British Columbia.




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New Haven, Connecticut to Get Waste Oil Biodiesel Plant

One way to get around many of the problems attributed to biofuel production (land use changes, effect on food prices, etc) is by using waste vegetable oil to produce biodiesel. Now it looks like New Haven, Connecticut will be




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UConn Tests Demonstrate Great Potential of Hemp Biodiesel

Some regular TreeHugger readers (and commenters, you know who you are...) are no doubt exclaiming that they being saying the same thing for years, that hemp makes great biofuel--if only the Feds would get out of the way. Well, researchers




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Just What We Needed Dept: A Bed That Makes Itself

How to waste a whole lot of technology and energy to do a very simple thing




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Make room for the e-bikes, the top-selling electric vehicles for the next decade

A new study from Deloitte predicts what we have said before: e-bikes will eat cars.




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U.S. and India agree to “cooperate closely” on climate change

Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a deal to work together against climate change.




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This Earth Hour, let's start turning out the useless and excessive lights

Celebrate Earth Hour Saturday night at 8:30 and start a movement to end this visual assault.




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Costa Rica wants to stop animal selfies

The social media-driven practice is harmful both to wild animals and selfie-takers themselves.




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Let's Have A Real War On Christmas Excess And Revive SPUG, the Society for the Prevention of Useless Gifts

Why should Fox News have all the fun?




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What's wrong with Amazon selling fresh Christmas trees?

The e-behemoth has just announced (IN SEPTEMBER) that it will be selling and shipping 7-foot trees this year. Here are the problems with that plan.




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Are gas furnaces and boilers the new diesel cars?

The age of diesel and petrol cars is ending. It’s time to do the same for fossil fuel heating.




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This Canadian company sells zero-waste, plastic-free toothpaste

It comes in dry tab form. Just bite and brush!




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Amazon and Best Buy are selling toxic TVs

The plastic is full of flame retardants banned in Europe, Canada and a number of US states.




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Coal mines have canaries, frackers have mussels

Freshwater shellfish serve as recording devices for fracking wastewater contamination.




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FREITAG introduces a "sweat-it-yourself" bag that is totally customized

Thought there wasn't enough variety? Now it is endless.




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LafargeHolcim is selling CO2-sucking cement for precast, reduces emissions by 70 percent

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.




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Coming soon: the Robomart, a self driving vegetable bin

Silicon Valley keeps thinking up fresh new ways to clog our roads, kill jobs and destroy main streets




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Blu® Homes Partners with Real Simple and This Old House to Launch the “Design Smart, Live Beautifully” Home Tour and Announce the Selection of Blu’s L.A. Breezehouse as the First-Ever “2014 Dream Home, Presented by Real Simple and This Old House” - V

The “Design Smart, Live Beautifully” Home Tour coincides with the launch of the 2014 model of Blu’s award-winning Breezehouse, which is packed with luxurious features and an even more spacious floor plan





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Shield Your Home this Winter with #AHSWinterMaintenance Tips - Cover yourself with a home warranty

Be Prepared! Protect your home from sudden heating repairs with a home warranty from AHS this winter. Home warranties help homeowners control repair or replacement costs during a break down.