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Peace Bomb Bracelets - The Story Behind The Vietnam War Scrap Metal Jewelry (Video)

What appeals to me most about Article 22's Peace Bomb Bracelet is the collection's history and story: Each piece has been made by Lao artisans from




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Europe Celebrates Green Ways of Getting Around

From Almada, Portugal, where residents will be able to swap recyclable materials for free rides on




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London's Embassies Celebrate Their Countries' Design as Part of London's Design Festival

London's international embassies are showing off their countries' design as part of the London Design Festival.




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Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt: Who's the More Timely Eco-Hunk? Plus Mickey Rourke Fights Again!

Leonardo DiCaprio lost the Golden Globe, but he's always a winner on the green activist front. The eco-champ has signed on to be the celebrity face of watchmaker TAG Heuer. Replacing fellow eco-hunk Brad Pitt. But, Leo isn't pocketing a cent of his




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9 brands that make ethical casual shoes and sneakers

Feel good about what's on your feet with these forward-thinking companies. They break with the status quo when it comes to business models and production methods.




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Celebration, Florida may be destroyed in order to save it

The fire department demands trees and on-street parking be removed so that they can have 20' clear speedways




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Apparel brands need to be more transparent about where clothes come from

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.




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Oil giant quits tar sands, embraces offshore wind instead

This is a prime example of divest-invest in action, folks...




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Church in the Netherlands converted into transformer library: books by day, party room by night

"If knowledge has become a secular religion, public libraries are its parishes, mosques and synagogues."




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Rap Guide to Wilderness celebrates wild nature and the ways it enriches our lives

The man who brought us the Rap Guide to Evolution is back to entertain, educate, and inspire us with a thought-provoking album that captures the spirit of conservation.




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Celebrate the eclipse with moon music

While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite.




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Famous designers celebrate the classic Artek stool's 80th birthday

This classic design is 80 years young and some famous designers pay hommage.




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The Floyd Shelf is a smart bracket that could be a smart shelf or standing desk

But there is a real question of how much one should pay for an artisanal shelf bracket.




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Scientists call for ban on pesticides that harm children's brains

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.




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EU, Brazil and China have banned way more harmful pesticides than the USA

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.




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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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Emissions From Hydropower in Brazil Grossly Underestimated

Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.




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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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Photo: Zebra with mom

This photograph was taken at Nairobi National Park, which is located just four miles south of the city’s urban center.




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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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DoneGood connects shoppers with ethical, eco-friendly brands

Save time and effort spent shopping with this online database of companies committed to social and environmental causes.




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Greenpeace ranks best tuna brands for 2017

The annual Canned Tuna Ranking assesses fishing practices and social responsibility to determine which brands are sustainable and which should be avoided.




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Beach audit reveals which brands are worst offenders for plastic waste

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.




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London Exhibit Explores the Mysterious Human Brain, With Samples From Geniuses and Body Snatchers (Photos)

"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.




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Coal Pollution in North Omaha, Nebraska: "Kids Deserve Better Than This"

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.




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Bhutan residents celebrate royal birth by planting 108,000 trees

The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting.




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Clever 450 Sq. Feet Transformer Apartment Accomodates Father and Three Children in Brazil

Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.




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Priest in Brazil Replaces Prayer With Tree-Planting

Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back




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Interactive online sound library lets you explore The Great Animal Orchestra

Nature's acoustic environments are wild, haunting and beautiful. As this online educational project shows, these wild soundscapes are in danger of disappearing too.




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Midcentury church in Quebec is converted to a library

Dan Hanganu mixes the modern with the even more modern, totally respectful of the original.




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Why going to the library is one of the best things I do for my kids and the planet

It's so much more than books.




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Celebrate International Ride-Sharing Day Today!

There is a day for everything, and today we celebrate ride sharing.




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The Kitchen Library is the latest idea in the sharing economy

Why own a fondue pot when you can borrow one?




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Should cities be allowed to ban Little Free Libraries?

There are reasonable limits on what people can do on their properties. But this goes too far.




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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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Tool libraries are making a comeback

Some are even containerized and self-service, and have a lot more than just tools.




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Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack?

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.




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In celebration of MacGyvering: 90 hacks to welcome in a new word

With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack.




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Celebrating Five New National Monuments

Millions of Americans are applauding President Obama for naming five new National Monuments.




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Spain closes coal mines. Mining unions celebrate.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.




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Celebrate Pi Day tomorrow at precisely 3.141592653 (about 9:30 AM)

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).




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14 pink animals to celebrate St. Valentine

Consider these blushing beauties a love letter from Mother Nature.




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Planting trees for Arbor Day gives roots and branches to Earth Day celebrations

Instead of buying some new "green" products for Earth Day, start a legacy for your community by planting trees for Arbor Day.




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The future of food: Imaginary brands cooked up in ghost kitchens

We will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic.




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29 new branches on the tree of life

The vast majority of species exist in a sort of 'dark matter' biomass. But new tools are shedding light on the microscopic organisms that, although invisible to our eyes, constitute the "most diverse and abundant" life forms on earth.




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Celebrating Safer Cycling in Prague

Heavy traffic, aggressive drivers, few bike lanes, and fear of theft made the Czech capital a place where cycling was "only for the brave," as an article for Radio Prague put




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New York Will Attempt 'Apple-Crunching Record' to Celebrate Food Day

Lots of great Food Day events across the country, but New York's will be particularly tasty and loud.




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In defense of libraries -- and why Amazon can never compare

An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.




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'Changemakers: Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World' (book review)

When everything seems to be falling apart in the world, the most useful thing you can do is focus on your own community and making it a better place.




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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.