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Bald eagles are littering Seattle backyards with landfill trash

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.




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Wood House Sits Lightly On Landscape

One can build a house out of wood and cover it up, or one can celebrate the nature of wood, as this one in Slavonice, Czech Republic does. Designed by E - M.R.A.K. | Martin Rajniš, Kamila Amblerová, Václav Horecký, it is built out of unplaned, uncut




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Henderson Island is the most remote, most polluted place on Earth

Discover the once-gorgeous South Pacific island where all your plastic trash ends up.




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Landfill to lifestyle: This line of furniture is made entirely from post-consumer waste

A new entry to the eco-friendly furnishings market offers a collection of furniture and home accessories that comes with a bold set of standards.




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The Week in Pictures: Rot-Proof Apple, Surprises at GreenBuild, Bacteria Lights Up Landmines, and More

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and




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Wintermarket Wonderland at the Seaport

Hundreds of people weathered the blizzard last Sunday to support New Amsterdam's Wintermarket in lower Manhattan. The New Amsterdam Market is not your




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The Week in Pictures: New Zealand Oil Spill, How Steve Jobs Changed the World, and More (Slideshow)

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.




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Photo of the Day: Richard Shilling's Land Art

Richard Shilling's apples help me appreciate the wondrous variety found in nature.




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Heroic dog braves Long Island Sound to rescue baby deer

Watch this English golden retriever named Storm rush in to help the fawn and bring it back to shore.




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Become a professional Cat Cuddler in Ireland

A feline clinic in Dublin has published a full-time job listing for cat cuddlers.




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The President of Iceland is right: Ban pineapple pizza.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.




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Everyone is ignoring the most interesting result from Finland's basic income experiment

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.




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Bank of England Governor: Companies that ignore climate crisis will go bankrupt

Are we about to have a "Minsky Moment"?




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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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Greenland shark may be the longest living vertebrate at 512 years old (Video)

A team of scientists have developed a novel way to determine the age of these long-lived marine animals.




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Neuroscientist's chromatic 'dreamscapes' of Iceland are emotionally evocative

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.




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Artist's earth-inspired rugs feature luxurious landscapes

These textile works of art are bursting with soft corals, algae and more.




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New Zealand bemoans water pollution, but won't limit dairy

It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.




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New colony of penguins discovered on a remote island in Argentina

Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day on January 20th with the fabulous discovery of 'Near Threatened' Magellanic penguins.




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Finland's famous baby boxes are coming to Alberta

The province hopes to reinforce child and family wellbeing by providing basic supplies up front, as well as long term mentoring.




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Wood Design from Spain: Fab Lab Houses, Wooden Islands and Spanish Guitars - Part 2 (Photos)

Last week I posted a stunning wooden bicycle, and the beautiful heritage of wooden ceilings in Andalusia from a series of wood design from Spain that Confeadera put together. Other works include the Fab Lab House, some




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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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Nature Conservancy Land Purchase Could Save Alabama's Red Hills Salamander

A little salamander that is found in only a




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BP's Blowout Could Be 'The Three Mile Island of Offshore Drilling'

I'm a big fan of scenario thinking. Although no one can predict "the future," several plausible scenarios can be constructed, informing decisions made difficult by many unknowns. A good decision works in




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8 storey Cross-Laminated Timber apartments win Finlandia Prize for Architecture

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."




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The stunning wildlife of the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands

In honor of World Wetlands Day, we’re turning our gaze towards the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands—and one that’s seriously threatened.




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Traditional Landscapes With a Twist: Photographer Yao Lu Makes Mountains out of China's Rubble Heaps

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where




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Ask Pablo: Do Solar Panels Contribute To The Heat Island Effect?

Image credit: Bernd Sieker, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the "heat island" effect in




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Parking Lots Kill Birds? Thousands Die in Utah Crash Landing

In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?




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Staten Island residents fight to save green space from becoming condos

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.




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How Land Rights Are Turning the World's Rural Poor Into Unexpected Conservationists

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.




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Urinal generates power from pee in England

The toilets could be used to power lighting in refugee camps.




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Ireland to plant 440 million trees by 2040

To do their part toward tackling the climate crisis, the Emerald Isle is undertaking a massive reforestation project.




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Heathrow will nix landing fees for first electric flight

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.




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Artists can stay for free on this Swedish island

Sometimes you just need a bit of solitude and nature to get a project done.




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Circular logic: Round runways could save a lot of land, reduce fuel consumption and cut noise

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.




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Zebra-Scented Collars On Cattle Prevent Sleeping Sickness - Impacts On Land Use Are Good & Bad

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,




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Watch these magnificent bison return to the Badlands (video)

With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see.




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Why federally protected lands are so crucial

Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands.




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Micro Compact Home Dropped By Helicopter Onto Site in Switzerland

You can't call an aluminum guest house dropped by helicopter green, but you sure can call it cute.




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Microsoft's data centers in Ireland are getting an influx of wind power

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.




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Microsoft submerges data center off Scotland's Orkney Islands

This is the second deployment of the tech company's underwater data center project.




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How sustainable forestry can help the legacy of African American Landowners

As we recognize African American History Month, it is important to highlight a lesser known part of this history - the legacy of forest ownership among the black community, and the leaders who are working to preserve it.




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Let's turn barren farmland into nature reserves

A new study finds that degraded agricultural lands could be low-hanging fruit for expanding the world’s conservation areas.




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Latest drone videos of Apple parking garage shows landscaping being installed

Oh, and the donut building on top is coming along nicely too.




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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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Follow along with this tiny house build on Vancouver Island

Get a taste of tiny house building, thanks to Jake and Kiva, who are documenting their tiny house building process, step by step.




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Live in this charming seaweed house on a Danish island

On the market for $416K, this beautifully restored historic cottage comes complete with a roof traditionally crafted of local seaweed.




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A Landmark Ruling Against Agrochemicals in Argentina Receives Mixed Reactions

In a decade-long case by a group of plaintiffs, a court sentenced a farmer and an aviator to prison for spraying agrochemicals, linking them to environmental pollution and health hazards. Only they can skip doing any time.




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Recycled Rug Evoking Pasturelands Greens Beautiful Home Office in Buenos Aires

The space is the first to pop up at the recently opened Casa FOA interior design exhibition, the largest in the city.