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Temporary bamboo bridge replaces tourist attraction in Thailand

floating bridge is described as "a magnificent piece of engineering."




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Are you a successful minimalist?

Which of these two images does your place look like?




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The Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances is already saving your skin

Hopefully someday we can say the same thing about an effective effort to combat greenhouse gas emissions.




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Reflecting Sunlight Away From Earth to Cool the Planet Could Help Some Places, Really Hurt Others

Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of




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Message for Policymakers: Ocean Iron Fertilization Chances of Success Low

Another summary of the potential risks and benefits of ocean iron fertilization--the geoengineering method which proposes seeding oceans with iron so as to stimulate microscopic plants that absorb carbon from the




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Six Astronauts 'Return to Earth' After Successful Mars-500 Mission

Can humans endure the isolation, self-reliance, and deprivations of travel to Mars and back? Six pale-faced but smiling astronauts answer the question.




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It's all about delight: Why Vancouver is a multi-modal success story

Clarence Eckerson Jr's latest video has lessons that can be applied everywhere.




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Industrial warehouse converted into open workplace with no private offices

An old warehouse is transformed into a three-level open office with lots of shared spaces for a tech company in Vancouver.




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Rare Flower Bounces Back From Presumed Extinction

The delicately hued petals and striking brown florets of Tennessee's purple coneflower once seemed fated to live on only in description, or as a ghostly sketch yellowing on the page of some dusty botanical volume, yet today it's




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NASA Satellite Images of Istanbul Put Causes and Consequences of Urban Sprawl in Stark Relief

Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.




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Online Activism Forces Break in Official Silence About Deadly Air Pollution in China

Citizen persistence at measuring and publicizing pollution levels results in a major turnaround by Beijing.




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Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection; Nobody Notices Or Cares

It was pretty much inevitable; the company just couldn't capitalize on the digital revolution.




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Bicyclist takes photos on top of bashed cars and other fun places

Who doesn't love a picture of a bicyclist reading a book on top of a bashed up car?




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TED conferences use security technology inspired by butterflies

The theme of this year's conference is "the next chapter," and each attendee will receive a sample of what could be next in anti-counterfeit technology.




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Listen to the voices of Thomas Edison's spooky talking dolls from 1890

Considered too fragile to ever be played again, the recordings have been newly reconstructed ... and they are wonderfully creepy.




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Lego announces launch of bioplastic pieces

Made from sugarcane, the new sustainable play pieces will be included in Lego kits in 2018.




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Lead and arsenic found in almost half of fruit juices tested

For some of the juices – all from well-known brands – drinking just 4 ounces a day is enough to cause concern.




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Chao Slices: A vegan cheese that's actually quite good

A cheese lover dips his toe into the world of vegan cheese. (Not literally.)




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Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell Produces Power from Plants

The fuel cell generates electricity from living plants and could turn green roofs and marshes into power plants.




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Artificial leaf produces energy from dirty water

The groundbreaking technology has gotten even better with the ability to self-heal and produce hydrogen from dirty water.




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Interface introduces vinyl flooring

This is what has been touted as the greenest company in America. Will they give vinyl a green sheen?




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3 Ways Leather Tanneries are Greening Up Their Processes

Solar farm atop a PrimeAsia Leather Corp. leather tannery in Vietnam. Courtesy photo via WWD. Tanning is an intense chemical process which transforms decomposable rawhide into leather, but not without discharging serious pollution into water; Around




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Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession

Cities and towns with good public-transit options offer more convenience for residents and are, of course, more environmentally friendly places to live. Now it




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Other voices on Marissa Mayer's "Back to the office" order for Yahoo! employees

Is she trying to "put together a 21st Century technology company using 19th Century workplace mentalities"? Or is this a smart move?




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Wretched Excess Dept: Electric Bike For The 1/10th of 1% Costs $ 36,000

They call it green. I call it too much.




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Supreme Court disagrees with EPA's process in mercury regulations

A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate for any major regulation -- but at what point in the process?




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President introduces new climate actions to reverse last president's actions (yawn)

Many of Obama's rules never came into force, and many of Trump's will never make much difference.




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Leonardo DiCaprio's Big Green Heart, Beyonce's Fashion Excess, and more

Ok, so this isn't a true green item. But, kudo's to my favorite eco-celeb, Leonardo DiCaprio for his consistent give-back spirit. Leo and Kate Winslet returned to their Titanic roots to help out the ship's one remaining




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Board game introduces pathways to a competitive bioeconomy using hemp & bamboo

This Monopoly alternative is designed to act as a walkthrough of the concepts of a new economically and ecologically viable "Industrial Evolution" based on a renewable bioeconomy.




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This man is cloning old-growth redwoods and planting them in safe places (video)

David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and largest living things; he may be saving the planet along the way.




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Modern classic jewelry made with recycled domino & Scrabble pieces

'Slow' games make a comeback, as stylish jewelry with a twist.




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Pedrail introduces a barrier to protect people walking and biking

It's always about the car, but this Florida company is thinking about the rest of us.




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Oil giant quits tar sands, embraces offshore wind instead

This is a prime example of divest-invest in action, folks...




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Today is Boxing Day, a great idea that turned into wretched excess

Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall.




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This solar panel produces up to 5 liters of drinking water per day from the air

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.




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Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor

The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost.




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When smart devices jump the shark: An 'intelligent device' for your garbage can

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.




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Life with a Sense home energy monitor: More devices, real savings

I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us.




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Apple announces wave power R&D investment in Ireland

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.




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News Corporation Announces New Sustainability Targets for 2015 and Beyond

News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral.




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Herman Miller introduces new "Sit-to-stand" desks

It is better than a fixed standing desk? They make a good case for it.




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Campbell Soup Announces 9.8MW Solar PPA for Ohio Factory

Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease




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Why is Philadelphia such a bike success story despite having few bike lanes? (video)

Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.




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New York State lawmakers want to ban walking with portable electronic devices

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?




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Should green homes have gas stoves and wood fireplaces?

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.




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Co-working offices are built out of shipping containers inside old bakery

This is shipping container architecture that makes sense.




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Industrial spaces and condos are neighbors in this Vancouver development with shipping container look

Another look at a controversial housing project.




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Province of Ontario introduces new penalties for careless drivers causing death

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.




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Rising Gold Prices Mean Deforestation in Peruvian Amazon Up 600%

One side effect of gold prices continuing to rise (now at a new record of $1500/ounce): Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon have increased up to 600% since 2003.




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Ben & Jerry's ice cream contains traces of controversial herbicide

Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.