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Interactive exhibit tells a sustainability story through the lens of contemporary art

Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations.




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Why sustainability photography needs to change

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.




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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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Katerra is "productizing" the housing industry

We have seen many ups and downs in the prefab world, but they may be getting it right this time.




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The iPhone is greener, but that's not the big sustainability story

The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal.




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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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Ideal Bite Goes To Sleep, Urban Evolutions Hangs with Nike, SustainaBee Goes to the Carnival, and More

Ideal Bite: Are you getting very, very sleepy? by Heather Stephenson "You will be if you follow this tip. Conventional anti-insomnia pills work, but if you don't wanna lose sleep over side effects and potentially addictive ingredients, induce




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How to cure lawn lust in 6 minutes (video)

Addicted to a lush green yard? It’s time to change the paradigm and kick the grass to the curb.




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Humans Are Trustees Of Allah's Creation: Islam & The Environment

"The world is sweet and verdant




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Why do electric cars look just like.... cars?

Why doesn't form follow function?




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Why scientific proof isn't always needed to justify concerns

The Guardian's Kara Moses asks, "Do we need conclusive scientific proof to become concerned about an issue?" I think not, because sometimes even conclusive proof isn't enough for government and society to act.




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Nissan and Mackie deliver ice cream without diesel exhaust PM2.5 sprinkles on top

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.




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Bird's head of sustainability on the future of micromobility

Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets.




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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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Trusty Old Robots vs. Energy Star Appliances

Of course, when purchasing a new appliance, it makes sense to go with the most efficient energy star rated appliance. BUT, buying a brand new efficient energy star rated appliance is not always greener or less expensive




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Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the




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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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Injured turtle gets custom-built LEGO wheelchair (video)

Veterinarians built this sweet mini-wheelchair for a turtle with a shattered shell.




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New hotel in Singapore "combines sustainability with delight."

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.




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Tallest timber tower in Sweden is about a lot more than just wood

From the green roof down to the electric boat, there are so many interesting aspects of sustainable design.




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Scientists just uncovered ancient signs of child labor

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.




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Divestment is now considered a 'material risk' by fossil fuel industries

And we thought it was all about symbolism...




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Embodied Carbon called "The Blindspot of the Buildings Industry"

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.




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The (Haitian) Rum Must Go On!

Haiti's best-known export, the century-and-a-half-old rum company Rhum Barbancourt, is back in business after grinding to a halt following the devastating earthquake that hit the island




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Save the trees! Sign up for Rainforest Alliance's 30-Day Sustainability Challenge

Get simple but powerful personal actions delivered to your inbox every 3 days; 30 actions in all – are you up to the challenge?




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Protest works: Australian Prime Minister backtracks (a bit) on climate change

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...




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This professor just got arrested for making climate change graffiti

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.




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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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Bet you didn't know about this fashion industry dirty secret

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.




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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.




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Mass timber construction is about more than just storing carbon

It also can put people back to work and save our forests.




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RIBA guide outlines radical plan for a sustainable future

"This is our last chance to avert a climate disaster. We must act now."




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If we care about sustainability, should we still be building super-tall skyscrapers?

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?




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Cory Doctorow has a vision of "resilience and joyful thriving through and after a just climate transition"

Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.




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BMW Shows "Deep Commitment to Sustainability" With Pavilion for London Olympics

One more example of how words can become completely meaningless and even contradictory.




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Just what we needed dept: a BMW with paint so black, it's almost invisible

No "do the bright thing" for cars; instead, the BMW X6 designed to "look particularly menacing."




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2050 carbon goals are great, but we must cut emissions now

End goals for CO2 emissions are just one part of the picture. How fast we start moving toward them is just as important.




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Population Growth Takes Just Five Hours to Fill Wrigley Field

How to slow it? Access to voluntary family planning for all women. It more than pays for itself, reducing unwanted pregnancies, abortions, unplanned births... And helps reduce humanity's environmental impact.




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Women Must Be Heard in the Climate Change Debate

Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.




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OVER illustrates perils of overshoot and impacts of human overpopulation on our planet (review)

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.




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Just add water and sunlight to these gold stars to create renewable energy

In a double breakthrough, scientists find a material four times more efficient at making hydrogen by photocatalysis and demonstrate how to make it at low temperature




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Another One Bites The Dust: Bucky Fuller's Union Tank Car Dome

It was, in 1958, the worlds largest clear span. The Union Tank Car Building was 384 feet in diameter, 128 feet high. "It was just big and magnificent," Fuller biographer Jay Baldwin said to Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks. "It was a




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How dogs could save the avocado industry

Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.




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75 percent of Venice just went underwater

That's more underwater than usual.




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Decarbonization must treble to keep up with climate change

Progress is being made. But the climate keeps unravelling.




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Michigan bans bans on plastic bags, takeout food containers, styrofoam cups and just about anything else

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.




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Coke's UK head of sustainability says we don't have a packaging problem, we have a waste and litter problem

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.




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Ramblers Way Creates Sustainable Luxury Casual Wear for Fall 2011

Organic wool comfort wear company Ramblers Way founded by Tom and Kate Chappell, of Tom's of Maine fame has come a long way since their first collection, comprised of natural blonde wool jersey knits




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Climate change protestors ask fashion industry to "stop business as usual"

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.