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Reel out this solar-powered LED lighting solution for off-grid illumination & charging

This solar + battery + LED light combo aims to be the future of portable light & power.




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E.LUMEN solar LED flashlight is a great addition to your glovebox & emergency kit (Review)

Renogy's rechargeable flashlight incorporates a host of useful features, including the ability to function as a backup battery for phones and other gadgets.




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Why Ground Source Heat Pumps should not be called Geothermal, Chapter CLXXI

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.




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Ask Pablo: Is Bottled Water Really So Bad?

Over the past few years journalists and commentators have denounced bottled water as an environmental evil. I can count myself as one of those after my article about the greenhouse gas emissions from producing and transporting one bottle of Fiji water




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Free the Jailed Hikers in Iran, Permaculture Community Pleads (Video)

From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights




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The Bay Bridge shines in the light of 25,000 LEDs

Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy




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Artist Decapitates Recycled Stuffed Toys to Make Stunning, Psychedelic Rugs

Don't let artist Agustina Woodgate -- who says stuffing is "like looking into the soul" -- near your favourite stuffed teddy bear.




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In 2 years, all streetlights in India will be LEDs

India's streetlights are about to have a serious upgrade. The energy savings alone will be huge.




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Modern house in Mumbai is collaged with recycled doors & windows

This contemporary urban home mixes reclaimed materials from local demolition sites with a modern design.




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Horrific abuse of chickens revealed at Eggland's Best farm

The company should really be called 'Eggland's Worst,' based on how these poor animals are treated.




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UpUp Play Tower is a standing desk, jungle gym and play space all rolled into one

Passive house designer creates a very active play house.




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Have you changed all of your light bulbs to LEDs? (Survey)

They are cheaper and better than ever, and doing it can cut energy consumption for lighting by up to 90 percent.




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These basic black leggings are made from recycled water bottles

Your favorite clothing item just got even better. These new leggings from Girlfriend Collective tick all the boxes when it comes to eco-friendly and ethical production.




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BuildingGreen's 10 Top Green Products For 2012 Unveiled

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I




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What's happening to all the "recycled" waste now that it's not shipped to China?

It's déjà vu all over again as the industry pushes "chemical recycling".




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Event: Recycled Swimwear Designer Aaron Chang Opens Green Art Gallery

Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with




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Giant and gorgeous library in China mostly filled with fake aluminum books

There are 1.2 million real ones, but most of it is all about the show.




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Sleek sneaker is made from upcycled car seat leather

Alice + Whittles makes use of high-quality materials that would otherwise go to waste.




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Epic art landscapes contain one lifetime's worth of recycled electronic waste (Video)

Aiming to raise awareness about e-waste recycling, this photographer used 4,100 pounds of e-waste in these futuristic scenes.




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Olympic medals to be made from recycled electronics

Tokyo 2020's organizing committee will transform old smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras into a true treasure.




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Why is the Trump administration putting a tariff on Chinese LEDs?

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?




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Staggering e-waste numbers revealed in grim new report

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.




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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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Look Ma, no heatsink! After the innovative flat LED, here comes the hollow one (review)

Look Ma! No heatsink!




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Clever technical breakthrough could make LEDs as inexpensive as incandescents

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...




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Baltimore Announces Massive Smart Grid Program - 2 Million Meters to be Installed

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service




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Watch a green roof get installed on New York's Barclay Center

It may be the most expensive and useless green roof ever built




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ELEVATE puts a solar powered, green walled, rainwater collecting tiny house on a pedestal

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?




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Embodied Carbon called "The Blindspot of the Buildings Industry"

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.




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Architect Wants to Rebuild Haiti with Recycled Tires, Needs Your Help (Photos)

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.




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Norton Point makes stylish sunglasses from recycled ocean plastic

This company proves that plastic waste can be a valuable resource.




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Recycled Tote Bag at Global Exchange

We’ve covered numerous tote bags here on TreeHugger, but there are so many cool styles out there we always find the need to post info about new ones that we spot. This one, found at Global Exchange (who we’ve mentioned before) is handcrafted in




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Uncovering an Ancient City Felled by Urban Sprawl

With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived




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Purple Buddha: Cambodia's hidden mines upcycled into jewelry (Video)

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.




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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Unveiled Ahead of Frankfurt Show

Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car, the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of the BMW M3 in




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BMW i8 electric supercar details unveiled

The BMW i8 is now in production, and final i8 details have just been unveiled.




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Electric Cars and Vehicles: Who Killed 'Em, New Batteries and More

Ed. note: We're now up to the sixth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on




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Post-Consumer Recycled Goods: Recycling Waste Into Stuff

What is "post-consumer recycled"? Once a material or finished product has served its intended use and has been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, it is then considered "post-consumer." Having completed its life as a consumer item,




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Morocco pledges to ax fossil fuel subsidies

A level playing field for renewables is about to get a step closer, at least in Morocco.




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Iceland asks tourists to drink tap water instead of bottled

After all, who wouldn't want a glass of "pure glacial water filtered through lava"?




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All of Patagonia's waterproof shells are now recycled and Fair Trade

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?




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Hit and Run: Google may have killed a dog

New street view images suggest that one of the Google maps cars was in an accident




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Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River

This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People




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Extraordinary lives of emperor penguins revealed in new book

Award-winning photographer Sue Flood braved the extremes to bring us this marvelous new book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin.




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Opus Mind crafts minimalist bags entirely from recycled leather

These bags are built to last, both in terms of usability and style.




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Maine student rejects scholarship from bottled water company

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.




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U.S. consumers are baffled by how to shop more sustainably

A study shows that many want to make better decisions, but don't know how.




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This algae-filled living chandelier cleans your air

Designed with 'artificial leaves' of glass filled with algae, this lighting fixture is made to produce extra oxygen.




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Building an up-cycled, open source cargo bike for a city of hills

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."




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Teddylux Recycled Cashmere Soft Toys

Abandon not all ye moth-eaten and shrunken cashmere sweaters—designer Brooke Serson Cernonok of Teddylux can sprout an entire menagerie from your castoffs.