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Photo: Zebra with mom

This photograph was taken at Nairobi National Park, which is located just four miles south of the city’s urban center.




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Photo: Sweet seal takes a roll in the Hawaiian sand

This endangered Hawaiian monk seal was photographed at the Poipu Beach Park in Kauai.




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Woman plans a dolphin-assisted birth in Hawaii

Move over, indoor birthing tub. This woman wants to deliver in the Pacific Ocean with dolphins as midwives.




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Here's what you get when a whale and a dolphin mate

A wholphin? A dolphale? Whatever you call it, the first known hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin is a wonder.




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On MNN: Robot hotels, over-conditioned offices, seasteading still sinks, and I Kondoed my phone!

A look at some recent posts on our sister site that might interest TreeHuggers.




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Dolphins pre-plan their grocery shopping

These coolest of sea creatures know what they're doing.




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Dolphins are breaking into nets to steal fish thanks to overfishing

Why does this not surprise me?




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Over 1,000 mutilated dolphins have washed up on French coast

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.




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Biofuels Cannot Be Called Sustainable in UK Advert: Board Upholds George Monbiot's Complaint

The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new




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Monbiot: We have to phase cars out within ten years

"Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment."




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Miracle material could eliminate cracked smartphone screens

The material could also one day charge our devices.




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Photo: Seagoing slug proves truth is stranger than fiction

Our photo of the day visits the wacky world of nudibranch sea slugs.




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How to fight food waste, in a single phrase

Memorize this and you'll be set in the kitchen.




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Photo: Beautiful Isle of Skye offers news of birds

We are officially in love with Loch Pooltiel.




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Sphelar Lantern uses micro-sphere solar beads to make solar lighting beautiful

These devices help solar lighting move beyond the flatness of traditional photovoltaic cells.




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This solar briefcase will charge your phone, laptop, and a host of other gadgets

Another large-sized solar charger and battery system is about to hit the market, as an off-grid solar generator in a briefcase.




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This $35 inflatable waterproof solar lantern will also charge your phone

The inventors of the innovative LuminAID solar lantern are Kickstarting another version of their device, this time with the added feature of a charging port for portable electronics.




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Solar freakin' briefcase: Renogy Phoenix is an all-in-one solar charger & battery (Review)

With 20 watts of solar panels, a 16Ah lithium-ion battery bank, and an onboard inverter, along with multiple charging ports, this compact solar generator is a great off-grid accessory.




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How to build a solar-powered bike (lots of photos)

These pictures from the Sun Trip 2018 race prove the only limit is imagination. Congratulations to Sun Trip race winner Raf van Hulle (tech spec of his bike below).




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Talk to your radiators with these Philippe Starck designed thermostatic valves

"Siri, turn down the temperature in my bedroom please"




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Photo: Sea and sky conspire in beauty

Our photo of the day shows Mother Nature's flair for drama.




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Edward Burtynsky's stunning photos document our complicated relationship with water

Edward Burtynsky's collection called Water documents the role water plays in ecosystems, energy, cultural practices and disasters.




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Infographic reveals how tuna industry is tainted by abuse

Tuna producers are notorious for unethical labor and unsustainable fishing. It's time to learn more and take action.




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Amid the Chaos of the SF Giants Parade, a Gardener Finds Peace (Photo)

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.




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Infographic shows why San Francisco is a food lover's dream

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.




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Turkish Photographers Capture Climate Change

Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.




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Stunning English Landscape Paintings by David Hockney...Made With an iPad (Photos)

Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.




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London Exhibit Explores the Mysterious Human Brain, With Samples From Geniuses and Body Snatchers (Photos)

"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.




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Prestigious Prix Pictet Photography Competition Winner is Luc Delahaye

It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.




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Tim DeChristopher Barred From "Social Justice" Work While in Halfway House

Tim had planned on working at a Salt Lake City Unitarian church doing social outreach. That is, until the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided that wasn't a "safe" occupation for the climate activist.




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Photo: The tricky eye of a blushing phantom butterfly

Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador.




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Photo: Metallic green bee doing the good work

Our photo of the day is in praise of the pollinators!




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Photo: Pretty bee with flower reveals curious relationship

A giant resin bee is drawn to purple loosestrife, can you guess the connection?




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Photo: Pretty swallowtail visits a thistle

Our photo of the day comes from a pretty spot in Florida.




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Photo: The knowing gaze of a clearwing moth

Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador.




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Photo: Fancy tarantula shows off his frippery

Our photo of the day comes from the magical rainforest of Ecuador.




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Photo: Caterpillar impersonates plant

Our photo of the day illustrates the whimsical world of camouflage.




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Photo: The very hairy caterpillar

Our photo of the day illustrates why the word 'caterpillar' (literally, shaggy cat) makes perfect sense.




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Photographer documents India's forgotten yet still remarkable water stepwells

These impressive feats of architecture and engineering are one of India's traditional methods of water conservation. Now threatened by disuse and a growing water crisis, one photojournalist is documenting them before they are forgotten.




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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)

What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban




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Meet the Plastisphere: Ocean plastic pollution is so bad, it is now its own ecosystem.

Scientists have named a new marine ecological community, the Plastisphere, comprised of, you guessed it, plastic -- and all the organisms that now call ocean plastic home.




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Inferno: 10-minute video from a lucky survivor of Lac Megantic's catastrophe

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.




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The River Thames From its Source to London in Glorious Colour (Photos)

From its tiny source to the Houses of Parliament, here are glorious photos of the River Thames.




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Photo: Foggy morning on The French

Our photo of the day pays homage to the first designated Canadian Heritage River.




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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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Prix Pictet International Environmental Photography Competition Short List Announced 2012

This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.




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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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Why sustainability photography needs to change

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.




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The North Face and National Geographic are making clothes from plastic water bottles

The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.




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Photo: Blushing phantom butterfly is both flirty and demure

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.