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Questions to ask yourself when buying clothes

Following these guidelines can help you to build a higher quality, longer-lasting wardrobe.




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Cannabis in your car doors, but not to smuggle it

One more use for the versatile plant that is starting to get some traction in the US...




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Why add hemp seed to your diet? Here are the benefits

Hemp is healthy!




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10 Online Stores for All Your Green Product Shopping

From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture, check these sustainable online shops before you hit the streets.




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Adidas' new shoes will dissolve in your sink

In an attempt to close the loop on production, Adidas has invented a shoe made from biodegradable artificial spider silk that will melt away when you're done with them.




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Ride out climate change and rising waters in your ARKUP floating home

It's sustainable!




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Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970

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Simple device turns your ordinary home into a smart home

The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.




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When smart devices jump the shark: An 'intelligent device' for your garbage can

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.




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6 ideas for organizing your life this fall

Who says you have to wait till New Year's to make a fresh start? No time's better than back-to-school season.




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Give Your Phone a "Bee Beard", Help Save Bees (Video)

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is




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How to Mind Your Own Bees Wax

As part of their "I Have a Green Job" series, Grist talks to Michael Thompson, a professional bee keeper and co-founder of Chicago Honey Co-op, an agricultural cooperative that's dedicated to chemical-free beekeeping.When




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A Funny Flow Chart to Help You Choose Your Sweetener (Or Avoid One Altogether)

If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence




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Why 'Kill it with Fire' Should Not be Your Reaction to a Honeybee Swarm

It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.




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8 ways to use honey to pamper your skin and hair

You'll be surprised at how many beauty treatments you can make with just honey and a few ingredients.




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The Best Of TreeHugger Delivered To Your Inbox Daily or Weekly

Is keeping up with TreeHugger too much work? Let us help with our newsletters. We have a daily, edited by me, and a weekly, edited by Warren McLaren. Today I muse about how Amazon is Now Selling More Digital Kindle Books Than Print Books. Have a look




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Every weekday we sum up the latest, and every weekend we round up the best and deliver it to your inbox. Sign up now!




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Just ending pollution from car exhaust could add three weeks to your life

Switching from fossil fuel powered cars could save 45,000 lives per year and on its own almost solve climate change




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8 Stylish Lights for Your Home at London Design Festival

Light up your life and your living room with gorgeous lights from the London Design Festival.




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This portable standing desk is lighter than your laptop

For people like me who work all over the place, portable standing desks can be pretty useful




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Make this non-toxic spray to keep ants out of your kitchen

A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass.




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Cute animal photos boost your mental focus

Need help paying attention? Cue up the cute baby animals.




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Taking the stairs keeps your brain younger

Yet another reason to skip the escalator/elevator and hoof it instead.




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HydroBee charges your gadgets with hydropower

Just float the device in a river or stream and soon enough you'll have enough juice to charge a smartphone, GPS or other device.




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Mini-sized hydropower plant charges your devices on the go

For backpackers wanting something other than solar power.




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Portable hydroelectric generator lets you take your power station with you

Take one Estream and add moving water for clean, quiet, offgrid energy.




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Power-generating insole lets you charge your gadgets with your steps

The removable insole that's now on Kickstarter can fit into almost any kind of shoe.




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Nanogenerator could charge your phone from the vibration of your moving car

Just keeping your phone in your car's console during a drive could charge the battery with this novel tiny generator.




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Make your own electricity-generating sneakers

We often write about technologies that harness energy from your steps. Here's how you can make your own piezoelectric sneakers at home.




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Teen inventor creates a coffee mug to power your gadgets

The same inventor who brought us the body heat-powered flashlight is at it again.




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Foot-powered washing machine lets you clean your clothes off grid

The small device is perfect for tiny homes or those wanting a convenient, yet electricity-free option.




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Not your typical lion encounter

A vagrant Cape Sea Lion that made a record trip to Kenya is rescued from a fisherman’s gillnet.




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On MNN: The maple syrup bubble, soundproofing your apartment, and the library of things

and lessons in management from Renaissance Florence




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On MNN: We are all Flint (NOT), ban disposables and your thermostat is spying on you

And dancing robots!




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Finless Foods is bringing lab-grown fish to your dinner plate

This young startup uses cellular agriculture to grow fish out of water -- delicious, nutritious, and cruelty-free.




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Turn your car into your office with a Skype-equipped BMW

This truly is just what we needed.




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Your new indoor garden could be a tree -- a Living Farming Tree, that is

This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated.




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QSun wearable nags you about putting on your sunscreen

Sunshine is wonderful, but you can have too much of a good thing. This device measures it.




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Would you send your child to daycare in the forest?

With daycare costs rising, perhaps ditching the building is not such a crazy idea.




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Make little museums part of your next car trip

There are everywhere, they are fun, and there is so much to learn from them.




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This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets

Another large-sized solar charger and battery system is about to hit the market, as an off-grid solar generator in a briefcase.




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This $35 inflatable waterproof solar lantern will also charge your phone

The inventors of the innovative LuminAID solar lantern are Kickstarting another version of their device, this time with the added feature of a charging port for portable electronics.




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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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What should you do with your eclipse glasses?

Do not mail them to the President.




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Make your own DIY biogas digester

Clean energy is sometimes touted as space-age technology. Some of the principles, however, can be pretty darned simple.




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Talk to your radiators with these Philippe Starck designed thermostatic valves

"Siri, turn down the temperature in my bedroom please"




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8 ethical weatherproof boots to keep your feet warm and dry

Get set for cool, wet weather with this high-quality footwear.




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Meet the women who make your clothes

A group called Remake wants fast fashion to fall out of fashion, by revealing underprivileged garment workers to the world.




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Your feminist shirt means nothing if it was made in a sweatshop

Eighty percent of garment workers are young women between 18 and 24. They are overworked, underpaid, and abused. That's where the real female empowerment needs to start.




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Flat pack urban chicken coop lets you raise chickens on your balcony

This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony?