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BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty

A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.




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Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos)

Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns.




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Flat LED gets Energy Star certification, now qualifies for rebates in most states (prices as low as $1.97)

LEDs were already cheap when you take into account how much money they save you on your electricity bill, but now this is just a no-brainer.




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Recirculating Marine Aquaculture: Farmed Fish Minus the Pollution

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still




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After Earthquakes: Top Down Solutions or Bottom Up?

TreeHugger didn't show many of the proposals for housing in Haiti, like Andrés Duany's proposals for a flatpack design (here in Jetson Green); We have spent too much time with Cameron Sinclair, who says "Top down solutions will




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Bright Ideas in Earthquake-Safe, Ecofriendly Building

Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,




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Deforestation & Hurricanes May Have Triggered Haiti's Catastrophic 2010 Earthquake

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that




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Disaster-Resistant Earthbag Homes for Post-earthquake Haiti

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.




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SolarPuff lantern is inspired by origami and an earthquake

Small-scale solar panels promise many off-grid applications for renewable energy, and the SolarPuff is a particularly elegant example.




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Indoor Air Quality: Causes Of, Testing, and Monitoring Indoor Air Pollution

Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold,




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VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds, Indoor Air Quality and Respiratory Health

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a




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Google mapping city air quality with Street View vehicles

Now we'll be able to see air pollution information along with city maps.




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7 things to know about the amazing fruit bat quarters

New quarters are coming and they star FRUIT BATS!




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Community Supported Aquaponics Takes Off in the UK

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?




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Porsche American Headquarters Has Green Roof, Natural Ventilation

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.




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Clever rainwater garden grows squash and corn in Arizona desert

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.




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Design competition for a New York Aquarium makes a splash

But I am in the tank for the one that came in second




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Radio Nacional de España's Headquarters Are Solar Controlled (Photos)

Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.




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How to prepare for a quarantine

From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes.




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Devastating Earthquake in Eastern Turkey Fails to Shake Ankara's Nuclear Plans

Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.




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The best way to roast butternut squash

Here's everything you need to know about roasting the iconic winter squash.




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The best movies and TV shows for every quarantine mood

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.




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7 energy-sucking activities I stopped doing during quarantine

Some might say it's slovenly. I call it cutting down my carbon footprint.




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Staggering quantities of food are being destroyed due to coronavirus

Markets have shrivelled, storage is full, and redistribution networks are lacking, putting farmers in an awful predicament.




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333 square foot apartment for 2 humans, 51 cats

FANAF separates cats from people in tiny Shanghai apartment.




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How to build an earthbag home for $11.50 per square foot

Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further.




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What Were They Thinking? USGBC in Connecticut Gives Award to Nestle Waters' Headquarters

The bottled water company responsible for profound and pointless waste of water and fossil fuels is praised for low flush toilets and white roofs.




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Another look at indoor air quality and "the indoor generation"

Skylight manufacturer Velux says we need more light and fresh air.




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Why we need airtight buildings: Outdoor air quality is getting worse

What's the best approach for dealing with this?




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Exhaustive new study looks at kitchen exhaust and household air quality

Designing kitchen ventilation that works in really tight houses seems almost impossible.




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Homemade pasta is the perfect quarantine food

Easier to make than bread but just as satisfying, making pasta at home is simple, comforting, and delicious – and takes just two ingredients.




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Tiny home packs a lot in 280 square feet

But where do you put it?




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Pop-up playground for adults built in Montreal square

Shipping containers are the base for an instant "lush urban oasis."




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If we are going to have good indoor air quality, we have to start outdoors

Particulate pollution is killing us, and we can't pretend we can just open a window.




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Jargon Watch: SVOCs, "the next challenge in indoor air quality"

Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds are in everything from your dust bunnies to your dental floss.




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E-commerce platform No Sir promotes women designers, highlights inequality

With the aim of showcasing and selling products designed by women, No Sir also draws attention to gender inequality in the design profession.




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Air quality hasn't been this good in decades. How can we keep it this way?

More people die from COVID-19 when they live with polluted air. Can we learn from this crisis and clean it up?




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CrissCross Expands Representative Payee Services to Serve as a National Resource for Qualified Beneficiaries - CrissCross Representative Payee Services

CrissCross Representative Payee Services




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T. Rowe Price: Boys And Girls Not Equally Prepared For Financial Future - T. Rowe Price Survey Key Findings

T. Rowe Price Survey Key Findings





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Cardinal Health Introduces Hospital Quality at Home™ Products - Say Hello to Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health, which provides medical products and services to many of America’s most prestigious medical institutions, introduces the Hospital Quality at Home™ brand.





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Photo: Pretty tree swallows having a squabble

Our photo of the day comes from Kananaskis, Canada.




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How do you build 600 thousand square feet of hospital in seven days?

It takes a lot of preparation, prefabrication and people. The Chinese have all of this.





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Australia Launches New International Tourism Campaign - 3 minute aquatic and coastal film

3 minute aquatic and coastal film






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Cardinal Health Introduces Hospital Quality at Home™ Products - Say Hello to Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health, which provides medical products and services to many of America’s most prestigious medical institutions, introduces the Hospital Quality at Home™ brand.




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Dropbox rises after company posts first quarterly profit

It's the first time Dropbox's bottom line is in the black since the company went public two years ago.