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Stair of the week dominates Copenhagen science museum

160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper never looked so good




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How did ancient farmers take over Europe?

Hunter-gatherers used to populate Europe before ancient farmers took over. Scientists are trying to figure out what happened.




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Wind is cheaper than coal, oil and gas, says European Union study

If your price doesn't reflect the true cost of your product, then there's no such thing as a free market.




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What can we learn from a radioactive cloud over Europe?

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?




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Amateur scuba divers train to be "ghost net busters"

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.




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Norwegian Wind Power Could Become Europe's Battery

Norway's Oil and Energy Minister, Aaslaug Haga, seems to think that wind turbines is a good bet. The scandinavian country is the 5th biggest




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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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How to build a solar powered e-bike charging shed in sunny Eugene, Oregon

Kent Peterson does it with off-the-self stuff, but it should be easier than this.




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Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.




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Canadian grocer to allow reusable containers for meat, seafood, deli

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.




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Plastic bottles are the most common litter in European waterways

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.




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Biggest dam removal in European history has begun with the Vezins dam

Removal of the 118-foot-high dam in France will free the Sélune River, bringing wildlife back to the waterway and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.




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European cars may soon have "Intelligent Speed Assistance." Should every car have this? (Survey)

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."




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Why is architecture and building so different in Europe?

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.




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Gas car sales are down in China, EU, US. Electric cars to blame.

Now, if only we could get US drivers out of their trucks.




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European Union drops plans to make toasters more efficient

Efficiency standards are now toast because of worries of "over-reach and intrusiveness".




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Europeans want to repair, not replace, their appliances

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.




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Peterborough canoe museum to have gorgeous green roof

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection




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Is London moving its carbon neutrality goal forward by 20 years?

A growing number of cities are getting serious about tackling the climate emergency.




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The Great Lakes vacationing in... Europe

Sometimes the best way to get an idea of the scale of something is to change the context.




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Europe is warming faster than climate models projected

More than 90 percent of weather stations studied showed the climate was warming, a percentage too high to purely be from natural climate variability, say researchers




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Durable Danish seaweed furniture can be reused as fertilizer

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.




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Bristol, England, aims for carbon neutrality by 2030

"It's an emergency," say council members. "So let's act like it."




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Arizona Art Museum Seeks to Define Sustainability

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to




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Common Good cleaners want to help you to reduce and reuse

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.




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Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator welcomes its first entrepreneurs

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.




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Czech President & Climate Denier Vaclav Klaus To Preside Over EU In 2009

Just when we thought there was a chance for a rationalist US Administration to mesh with the Climate-action oriented EU and with an increasingly open-minded China...[Vaclav] Klaus has called man-made global




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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst




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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality

In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?




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Barcelona to Build First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope in 2015

Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or greenwashing?




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What Role Do Carbon Offsets Play in a Struggling Economy? Q&A with the Carbon Neutral Company

Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.




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On the East Coast, a Sailing Regatta with Carbon Neutrality

Using alternative fuels, carbon offsets, and strict on-board rules, the Atlantic Cup aims to be the first carbon-neutral race in the U.S.




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Sweden to go 'carbon neutral' by 2045, with 85% cuts at home

By setting both a date and an ambitious target, Sweden is sending a signal that should reverberate well beyond its borders.




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Lyft commits to complete carbon neutrality

Cars, rides, everything will be offset. But that's just one piece of the puzzle.




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Museum roof in Norway held up by a forest of columns

Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings.




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Field Museum finds 1,820 species in previously unexplored Peruvian Amazon

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’




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Makeup remover wipes now come with more plastic

All because people are too lazy to find a sink.




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New Packaging Tells You How to Reuse It Creatively

Creative crafters can come up with all sorts of beautiful and innovative ways to




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Verdes y Colores: Museum and Shop of 100% Local Products from Costa Rica

A venue which showcases and sells 100% locally produced design and artisan items while educating about sustainability and fair trade in San Jose, Costa Rica.




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Impossible Foods boasts a star-studded investor lineup

Everyone is excited about plant-based meat substitutes, it seems.




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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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Water 3.0 solves problem of microplastics and pharmaceuticals in wastewater

Current water treatment can't remove these wastes that are increasingly implicated in serious environmental effects




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The world's rivers are clogged with pharmaceutical waste

Scientists say levels are dangerously high, affecting wildlife and ecosystems.




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Wood that wows: Teeple Architects' Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

It's all about the amazing connections.




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Ask Pablo: Are Repurposed T-Shirts Carbon Neutral?

Image credit: Karen, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Say an average fancy t-shirt holds carbon footprint of 6kg but is never sold and sits in the warehouse of a textile/clothing production company. I take that same t-shirt and use it to




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Eastern European Prison Inmates Produce and Design an Eco-Conscious Fashion Line

Heavy Eco sells bags, t-shirts and accessories, all made with recycled or organic materials and designed and produced by inmates in Estonian prisons.




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Applications Open: Unreasonable Institute Looking For World-Saving Entrepreneurs

I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great




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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)

The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!




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Bloomberg’s European HQ wins RIBA Stirling Prize

But is it "the last flourish of a high-resource approach to design and construction"?




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Irish Rail says no more reusable cups on trains

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.