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California Utility Opens First Sustainable Campus as Model Utility Site

Burbank Water & Power opens a sustainable power plant campus as a model for re-adapting industrial sites from water reclamation to solar




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10 Ways to Spice up Your Knickers With Sustainable Lingerie

With Valentine's Day around the corner, now's the time to invest in thongs, sweet babydoll sets, ruffled knickers, and more -- in sustainable materials from organic cotton to soy.




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Sexy & sustainable: 9 lingerie brands for women

This Valentine's Day, treat yourself to high-quality undergarments that are kind to your body and the planet.




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Heated glass: Could this be the least sustainable building product ever invented?

You want giant windows but don't like drafts? Plug in your windows and turn them into toasters.




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Mongolia hosts World Environment Day to highlight sustainable future

I was fortunate enough to attend the official start of World Environment Day in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Here's why their vision for a sustainable future is so important.




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World Environment Day 2015 to promote sustainable lifestyles

The UN Environment Program takes aim at unsustainable consumption in 2015.




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What's a better term than "Sustainable Design"?

I am leaning to Responsible Design.




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First ever United Nations Environment Assembly to shape Sustainable Development Goals

Delegates from United Nations member states meet to discuss a global environmental agenda.




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Designer's "Roadkill Couture" Is All About Zero-Waste, Sustainable Fur (Photos)

One British designer's fashionable collection of hats, coats and jewelry is made using all parts of animals that have died naturally or accidentally on the road.




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Sustainable Development, Smart Growth and Agenda 21 Now Illegal in Tennessee

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.




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Fairmount Avenue Townhomes are "high-end, low income, sustainable housing."

Affordable housing doesn't have to look cheap, and LEED Platinum doesn't mean it has to cost a fortune.




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Turkish Fisherman Shot in Head as Fight Against Unsustainable Fishing Gets Ugly in Istanbul

A fisherman who had criticized illegal fishing practices loses an eye in an armed attack as diminishing fish stocks and increased debts create a volatile atmosphere.




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TEDxManhattan asks you to vote for one of these sustainable food advocacy groups

The winner will have the opportunity to speak at TEDxManhattan 2014.




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Sustainable solutions for old toys

From reuse to recycling, there are a variety of ways for the eco-minded parent to clean the house of old and broken children's toys without ever touching the garbage bin.




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Power from poo: Breakthrough could lead to sustainable electricity from sewage

Oh, the wonderful things that poo can do.




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10 Sustainable Garden Products for a More Earth-Friendly Garden

Can your garden be kinder to the earth? From the materials your raised beds are built from to the fertilizers you use, there's room for improvement to achieve an earth-friendly garden




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CLT House by Susan Jones shows the future of sustainable, green and healthy housing

And it is beautiful too.




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New Life Science Building at University of Washington is described as "hyper-sustainable"

Or is it a missed opportunity?




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Sustainable Wheel Replacements

Not many details on this one, so I'm not sure if it's a genuine modification, a weird advertising campaign or even an art installation. Anything’s possible. I like to think though, that it's a Hungarian motorist who places sustainability as a higher




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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes

When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing




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Hempcrete startup kickstarts a revolution in sustainable green building in US

Hemp isn't just for food, textile fiber, and fuel, but can also be a renewable and sustainable component of green buildings, as this crowdfunded project attempts to show.




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Legal pot industry springs to life...can it be sustainable?

Take a bike ride around Portland and see a burgeoning pot business that isn't paying much attention yet to its energy-hogging, pesticide-loving roots.




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A guide to ethical and sustainable summer sandals

Keep your feet cool and stylish with high-quality footwear this summer, thanks to the following environmentally minded brands.




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These are the coolest sustainable shoes we've ever seen

SAOLA is a new French brand making slick sneakers from recycled material and algae foam.




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Zara promises to use sustainable fabrics by 2025

But can fast fashion ever be green? Fabrics are easier to change than business models.




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How can fashion be ‘sustainable’ or ‘ethical’?

The terms may be vague, but they allow shoppers to choose what really matters to them personally.




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Seaweed key to a sustainable T-shirt

Apparel hasn't gotten more sustainable since we started TreeHugger, but a new day for the old T-shirt could be near.




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4 steps to a more sustainable wardrobe

Just be aware that this transformation won't happen overnight.




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Sustainable pavilions highlighted at Expo Milano

In honor of World Environment Day, organizers of the World’s fair highlighted the greenest exhibit designs.




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This gorgeous standing desk is sleek, smart, and sustainable

Made by NextDesk, the Encore is ideally green, with bamboo top, recycled aluminum frame, and VOC-free coating - perfect for this TreeHugger writer!




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Spiral stair is sleek and "sustainable".

Norwegian architect Tron Meyer cuts a stair out of solid engineered wood.




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Sustainable Harvest International

Couldn't come up with a more succinct way of expressing this, so here it is direct from their website: "Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest




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Welcome to Hondupalma, the world’s first sustainable certified palm oil cooperative!

Several years ago, this established cooperative in Honduras decided to pursue Rainforest Alliance certification for its palm oil. Find out what it looks like today.




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Top 4 supermarket chains for sustainable seafood

Greenpeace's annual survey of national retailers' progress on sustainable seafood reveals the leaders and the losers.




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Biofuels Cannot Be Called Sustainable in UK Advert: Board Upholds George Monbiot's Complaint

The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new




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Scotland is subsidizing electric bikes to encourage sustainable and active travel

This is something North American governments should copy.




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Canned tuna is synonymous with abuse and unsustainable fishing practices

Greenpeace has turned the global spotlight on Thai Union, the world's largest canned tuna producer and maker of Chicken of the Sea, for its horrific track record. Learn why you should boycott and what you can do to help.




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For 'sustainable lifestyles' to succeed, we must talk about money

If we're going to push lifestyle change as a strategy, how we manage our money is one of the most important topics of all.




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Your guide to ethical and sustainable leggings

Leggings are a wardrobe staple for many, whether we’re keeping our legs warm in the winter or staying comfy at yoga all year long.




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Sierra Club and Aspiration launch new platform for sustainable investing

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.




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Emma Watson promotes ethical, sustainable fashion in new Instagram account

While advertising her new film "Beauty & the Beast", Watson wants people to think about how and where clothes are made.




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MakeMeSustainable: The Green Alternative to Social Networking

What with social networking sites like Facebook all the rage right now and more attention than ever being focused on the issues of global warming and climate change, the moment certainly seems propitious for the unveiling of MakeMeSustainable, a




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Aquaculture Industry Looks to Sustainable Feeds

Experts agree that as wild fish stocks decline and the world's population grows we will increasingly rely on aquaculture to feed the hungry planet. But many conservationists are concerned about the




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CupClub is a poster child for sustainable, circular design

It is a cup as service, rather than cup as product.




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Sustainable Sole, Eggplant with Chili and Spring Onions and Heavy Turf

:: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes.




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Masters of Beef Advocacy Grads Take On Sustainable Food Supporters, Attacking The Wrong Target

If you don't subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow




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Nudie Jeans' repair shops should be the new standard for sustainable fashion

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.




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7 Rs for sustainable fashion

Use these recommendations to create a wardrobe that feels as great as it looks.




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Sustainable skills, sustainable resources: Nonprofit helps sex trafficking survivors

Nomi Network helps to provide training and jobs to women in India and Cambodia.




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Anthony Thistleton: Sustainable design is over. It's time for Regenerative Design

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.