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It's wood. It's Passive House. It's the "Goldilocks density."

Boston is getting a "CLT Cellular Passive House Demonstration Project" that pushes every TreeHugger button.




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Residents of Mallorca want cruise ships to go away

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.




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Here is a Pretty Good Idea for a New Building Standard: The Pretty Good House.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.




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Buildings can be boxy but beautiful if you have a good eye

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.




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Cousins River Residence by GO Logic is smaller and simpler

Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?




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Good luck finding Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters; The governor has banned signs and directions.

It's another national monument established by Obama and threatened by Trump.




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GO Homes are predesigned, prefabricated, Passivhaus and possibly perfect

GO Logic have always designed beautiful homes. This was the next Go Logical step.




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Triumph Elm Tree Arrives in Chicago's Downtown for Arbor Day

The Triumph Elm is being set up on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in honor of Arbor Day this Friday (and you thought the fun ended with Earth Day!). The tree is part of a project by the Morton Arboretum to enlighten




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In praise of penguins: We've got babies!

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?




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Giraffes? Horses? Squirrels? 20 animals you didn't know are going extinct

From crayfish to parakeets, these species are at risk of disappearing from the planet.




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E-Cargo bike from EAV could replace vans for deliveries

The electric quadracycle is clad in a composite made from hemp and cashews.




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Small fridges make good cities: the podcast

TreeHugger's Lloyd Alter does radio




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Where our kitchens came from and where they are going

How do you design a green, sustainable and healthy kitchen?




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Is the kitchen island finally going away?

Kitchens should be for cooking.




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UC San Diego students help produce the world's first algae-based surfboard

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.




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Can a Whole City Go Zero Waste?

We've already seen how pay-as-you-throw trash metering can cut landfill waste in half, and we've witnessed whole cities make composting mandatory. So there's little doubt that much, much




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Local Currency Goes City-Wide and High-tech

The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.




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Building an up-cycled, open source cargo bike for a city of hills

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."




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Go knock yourself out with unconventional parenting, but please stop talking about it

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."




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What Does Al Gore Have to Do With Football?

This week former Vice-President Al Gore made a stop by Atlanta last week to talk about...well, climate change. But while he was there, he took the time out to talk to one of the NFLs most green athletes, Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli. Still




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We've got twins! Extremely rare panda cub twins born in Atlanta zoo

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.




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Atlanta sets goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035

It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered.




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FDA Punts On Banning Bisphenol A; NRDC is Outraged, But I Think They Got It Right

It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.




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Jargon Watch: Plasticarian

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.




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Happy 83rd Birthday, American beer can. Now go away.

There is no place for you in a healthy, circular economy, and this is nothing to celebrate




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Planting Trees in the Mongolian Desert to Fight Dangerous Dust Storms in Seoul

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.




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School board apologizes for "Santa Goes Green" concert in oil patch

The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda.




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Cheap natural gas is making it very hard to go green

It's killing everything, including renewable energy.




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Photo: Family meal, flamingo-style

Our photo of the day shows how to make an awkward bill look like a thing of grace.




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Not long ago, native parrots lived all over the eastern US

The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot species native to the US; by 1918, we had killed them all. New evidence explains their demise.




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Photo: Great gray owl goes hunting

Our majestic photo of the day comes from Quebec, Canada.




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Marlow Goods offers farm-to-table purses

These designer bags from Brooklyn are made with local leather.




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Common Good cleaners want to help you to reduce and reuse

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.




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The Bagobago backpack has a built-in stool. Hit or miss?

We love transformers, those things that serve multiple functions. But I wonder about this one.




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Is It Too Late To Stem A Worldwide Outbreak Of Rational Governance?

Examples of government looking out for the public good by rational regulation are resurfacing.




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Economical and efficient "Energy Positive" house built in Wales, just in time for standards to be killed by government

It could of been a great prototype for affordable efficient housing across Britain.




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Sweden to go 'carbon neutral' by 2045, with 85% cuts at home

By setting both a date and an ambitious target, Sweden is sending a signal that should reverberate well beyond its borders.




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Why camping is so good for kids

You've heard about risky play. Camping brings together many of those elements.




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Black Friday is losing appeal for US shoppers, but it's not as good as it sounds

Consumerism is still ingrained, which is why we need to fight back with the 'Buy Nothing' movement.




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Ergonomically crafted & minimalist Metis desk is full of hidden storage

Designed with the ultra-minimalist office in mind, this all-wood desk has a lot of concealed places to stash your clutter.




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Got a locker full of stuff? Deposit it in the Furniture Bank

Why are so many people renting lockers when the stuff can be put to good use by people who really need it?




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Elegant furniture made with discarded cables from Golden Gate Bridge

These old, thick cable ropes have done their job: now it's time to reuse them in a beautiful way.




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Tokyo's Nagakin tower goes tall and goes wood

It is a modern plug-in city that is organic in more ways than one.




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How to be a good tourist

Everyone is talking about "overtourism" these days. I was recently part of the problem.




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Google Street View Maps the Amazon

A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.




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Illegal Amazon Gold: Fight to Protect the Amazon Unites Celebrity Artists, War Journalists, and You

"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"




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Ancient people farmed the Amazon 4,500 years ago ... and they did it better than we do

The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.




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Bears are clearly enjoying the government shutdown

When the government furloughed park workers responsible for emptying trash bins, it came as welcome news for bears.




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Is Buying Local Food the Best Way to Go on a Carbon Diet?

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors look at the realities of local food.




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The Midcentury Kitchen is a riot of color, from avocado green to harvest gold (book review)

Sarah Archer shows how the kitchen became the colorful nerve center of the modern house.