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Would you do an 18-day Mystery Trip through the Middle East?

Intrepid Travel's latest offering is an uncharted journey that starts in Tehran and ends in Istanbul.




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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?




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MECCANO: Not just for kids anymore. Now you can furnish your home with it.

There is a whole new line of furniture that you can build, just like the toy.




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Take out your aggressions on Whackpack Furniture

It's like flatpack without the fasteners; you just bang it together with the big mallet that's harder to lose than an Allen key.




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Furnish your flat with flatpack for under a grand with Greycork

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.




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There are toxic 'little monsters' lurking in your children's new clothes

Join the DETOX campaign to pressure the fashion industry to stop exposing our kids to hazardous chemicals and contaminating waterways.




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How toxic is your new raincoat? Greenpeace can tell you

Greenpeace has taken some of the most popular outdoor gear to a lab in order to measure concentration of PFCs. What it found is disturbing.




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Do you know what's in your tampon?

There's a good reason why menstrual product manufacturers don't want to reveal their ingredient lists.




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A communal bar of soap will not make you sick

Science has shown over and over again that bar soap does not transmit infection. It is a powerful, plastic-free, and cheap disease-fighting tool.




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How modern, minimalist design (and washing your hands) can fight disease

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.




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Did You Eat Today? Thank a Food Worker

The most under-reported  and neglected aspect of the good food movement is the 20 million workers who toil every day harvesting fields, killing and cutting up animals, packing boxes, driving trucks, cooking meals, serving tables, and cleaning up the mess.




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I am tired of the damn trolls. This year I am turning out the lights for Earth Hour and you should too, Saturday night at 8:30.

I'm tired of every green initiative being hijacked by the negativism in this country. It's time to stand up and turn off.




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How to help get rid of ticks on your property

Or, a lesson in learning to love opossums.




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Are you an 'advanced sleeper'?

One in 300 people are extreme early birds, and it may be genetic.




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Why you need a good evening routine

When the evening is carefully planned, the morning goes smoothly.




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The 'Hurry Slowly' podcast can help you do more by slowing down

Hosted by Jocelyn K. Glei, these wonderful interviews boost productivity, creativity, and resilience in surprising ways.




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Potatoes can make you a better athlete

But you might get a bit gassy.




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You could be fined for possession of single-use plastic in India

The state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, collected nearly $6,000 in fines this past Sunday from businesses that haven't gotten rid of banned plastics yet.




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Organic food won't reduce your carbon footprint, study says

It's a disappointing conclusion, but surely there are other reasons why Earth-friendly food production is a good idea.




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An Adjustable Book Shelf Lets You Put Your Own Spin On Your Living Room

From South Korean design studio DesignJoo comes the Giro One, the piece that lets you put your own spin on your shelves, lighting, and side tables. The concept is simple: shelves can be added and their height adjusted by spinning them




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A Line of Furniture You Build & Rebuild, However You Like

I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm




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Have you changed all of your light bulbs to LEDs? (Survey)

They are cheaper and better than ever, and doing it can cut energy consumption for lighting by up to 90 percent.




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Simple cooking trick could save you 100 gallons of water, makes dinner better

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.




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Get your daily or weekly dose of TreeHugger delivered to your inbox

Who says newsletters are old school? We pick the best of each day's TreeHugger and add a little je ne sais quoi




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Get your TreeHugger Newsletter delivered to your inbox

It's new. It's improved. It's fun. It's free.




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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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Mammoth Outerwear keeps you warm without animal products

This new Canadian startup offers fabulous winter parkas and bombers that are entirely ethical and vegan.




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Makers' markets are where you should do all your holiday shopping

Put your money directly into the hands that made the gift you're buying.




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Donate Your Social Media Voice for World Water Week

Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012




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BBC Launches Facebook App "Meet Your Planet"

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.




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Follow the eye candy even if you cannot be at eCarTec

If you cannot be live in Munich for eCarTec, check out the photo updates on their facebook page




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Facebook now lets you donate to charities with just a couple clicks

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.




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For $19 you can kill a wolf in Montana

After nearly being hunted to extinction, wolf populations in the United States have recovered enough that hunting wolves is allowed to control their numbers. But are we moving too fast?




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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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Why you shouldn't buy ladybugs for natural pest control in your garden

Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.




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Check this map to see if you live near Enbridge's controversial Line 9 oil pipeline

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.




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Do You Carry Black or White Pebbles In Your Organic Pockets?

Based on the belief that we carry black or white pebbles with us, depending on the choices we make in our lives (black pebbles represent self-focused, irresponsible decisions; white pebbles represent a life of sound,




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San Francisco Solar Map Lets You Spy on Your Neighbor

This cool, interactive solar map put out by the San Francisco Department of the Environment lets you identify exactly where and how many solar panels are on houses in San Fran. Even better than that, the site has a search




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Four Boutique City Hotels That Let You Use the Bikes for Free

More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In




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When Will Solar Be Cost Competitive in Your Town? Interactive Map Helps Visualize Grid Parity

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.




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New pepper is so hot it could kill you

The new dragon's breath chili is killer hot, but is intended to help, not hurt, when used in medical treatments.




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This high-tech, grow-it-yourself medical cannabis kit is as easy as using an app

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.




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Why are young women having more heart attacks?

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.




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A brief history of the items in your spice drawer

A visit to a Sri Lankan herb and spice garden reveals a rich history of trade and alternative medicine.




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Why you should host a Christmas cookie exchange

It's the fastest (and most fun) way to fill your house with a variety of delicious baked goods.




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There's a Ford self-driving round games/meeting room in your future

A recent patent shows some of the thinking about fully autonomous cars, which might look nothing like cars do now.




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Why you get worse gas mileage in winter and what to do about it

There's no mystery why gas mileage is not as good in the winter, but there are some things you can do to make it better.




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Sensordrone Turns Your Phone Into an Environmental Sensor for Gases, Temperatures, More

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."




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Learn Where The Rare Earth Minerals In Your iPhone Come From

The rare earth metals mining industry is one rife with issues. But is there a way to green up the business?




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Do you eat for health or environmental sustainability? The Double Pyramid says you can do both

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.