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French Town Rolls Out Massive 1,400-Foot-Long Carpet Made of Grass (Video)

Artists installed a grass carpet through a French town to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its arts and nature trail programs.




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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In California, people without rooftop solar panels pay a $65 per year subsidy to those with them

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.




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Turn out the lights at noon for Daylight Hour

Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long.




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UK has passed 1,000 hours without coal this year

That's compared to 624 in the whole of 2017...




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If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.




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Microsoft puts disposable wifi routers into magazine advertisement

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.




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40+ gadgets in your pocket, without the e-waste

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.




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10 recycling and waste management trends to look out for in the near future

There's a lot to look forward to, but what should we expect to see more of in the short-term?




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Google's new HQ, designed by BIG and Thomas Heatherwick, says a lot about the company

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.




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Clean Ride Mapper helps cyclists avoid polluted air, find quietest route to destination

It's up to you to decide if you want to take the shortest route, the cleanest one, or the quietest one.




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Montreal's impressive food recovery program will expand throughout Quebec

A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded.




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Artist sculpts hyper-real landscape out of encyclopedia set (Video)

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.




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Nature Outsmarts Monsanto: Pests Develop Resistance to GM Corn

You just can't fool Mother Nature.




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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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Oprah Goes Local, Harrison Ford Bugs Out, and More

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone. While Pollan talked about how eating local, organic food can cost




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Energy Star Finally Starts Thinking About Health, Durability and House Size

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality




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How to extend the life of your smartphone by years without it slowing down

Many users replace their smartphones every couple of years, even though they have years of life left in them. Here's how to keep your smartphone for longer while keeping up its performance.




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11 outdoor gear companies with great repair or return policies

It's a sign of quality when companies are willing to stand by the goods they sell.




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We Are Like "Watermelons: Green On The Outside And Red Or Socialist On The Inside."

Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized




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Maryland Politicians Chicken Out on Arsenic Ban

Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.




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Solar Outpost is a nice place to work on a green roof in Brooklyn

Designer Matt Kovaleski integrates a solar power system into a picnic table setup for workers at Vice




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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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Forget about nations; we need to think for the world

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?




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Unraveling the Secrets of the Tuna's Migration Routes

Once one of the great mysteries of the natural world, the bluefin tuna's migration pattern has finally been elucidated by the workings of an international team of scientists as part of the global 10-year Census of Marine Life. To reach their




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This tiny house carved out of a single tree could be in Hobbiton instead of Haida Gwaii

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.




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Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.




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Kilgali Amendment would phase out climate-changing HFC refrigerants. Will Trump ratify it?

Our bet: no.




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Is anyone actually listening to Trump about climate change?

Seriously ...




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Why 'South Park' doesn't understand climate change

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.




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Conservation Canines Trained To Sniff Out Tigers in Cambodia

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out




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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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What is "the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction"?

It's a moving target and, like TreeHugger hero Chris Magwood, we are all learning on the job.




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The Kendeda Building is "the greenest in the Southeast"

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.




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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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How to green your cleaning routine

Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs we may often actually be making things worse.




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XPrize is giving away $20 million for a new technology that makes something good out of CO2

The competition is looking for new ideas for capturing the emissions from fossil fuels and turning them into something useful instead of harmful.




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This Swiss facility is sucking carbon dioxide out of the air for growing veggies (Video)

Run on waste heat, this commercial facility is the first of its kind in the world, extracting CO2 from the air and piping it to a greenhouse farm to grow veggies.




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Peak People? Are We Actually Running Out of Our Most Valuable Resource?

Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.




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Wired Magazine Tells Us "Don't Worry, Be Happy" About Climate, Population, Resources, Pandemics

Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.




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22 perfect words about books and reading

On National Book Lovers Day, we celebrate the ultimate slow hobby.




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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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Thinking about building a geodesic dome? Don't.

They were wonderful mathematical constructs, but they are terrible buildings.




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We're thinking about food in the wrong way

Fretting about authenticity and appearance detracts from more important concerns.




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With GO Box, you can have zero-waste takeout

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.




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Egg Maps and Green Routes Create Vegetable Tourism in the Incredible Edible Town Todmorden

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!




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Check out Google's cloud-free map of Earth

To view the planet without being hindered by dense white clouds, just check out Google's latest high resolution images of Earth.




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Finland to phase out coal one year early

Times they are a changin'