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7 Shocking Facts About Your Thanksgiving Turkey

From the 'know where you food comes from' file, the truth behind your turkey dinner.




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Park-protection fight In Istanbul sparks nationwide protest movement

"This is not concrete, this is nature!"




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Prefab off-grid cabin opens up with pulley-operated windows

This compact shelter is a place for a family to spend their summers in the middle of nature.




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If you're buying a Thanksgiving turkey, choose organic

Help stop the rise of antibiotic resistance by buying a bird that's been raised drug-free.




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How Istanbul is extending the olive branch to Syrian refugees

Tourists can witness it firsthand, thanks to Intrepid Travel's partnership with a local NGO.




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8 things I learned about food in Istanbul

All of which could be summed up in one statement: Turkish food is fantastic.




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Breakfast (as we know it) is a lie!

Why are we eating cardboard-like cereal and bland yogurt when we could be having a sensational meal?




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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Kids Discover Nature Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #188 and it's being hosted by Kids Discover Nature, the place to find great outdoor activities for your children. No matter where you live, you can help your little ones learn about and experience nature by following




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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The EcoChic Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #193 and it's being hosted by The EcoChic, a blog that takes us through the life of a thirty-something mom. She looks for ways to reduce her environmental impact on the Earth while sharing these ideas, products and




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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Gaiam Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #196 and it's being hosted by Gaiam's blog, Stream of Consciousness, which is under Gaim's umbrella site called Gaiam Life. This "guide to a better living" highlights green living in addition to personal growth,




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ooffoo Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #201 and it's being hosted by ooffoo, where you can reuse, recycle, swap, sell, giveaway, write and even blog - all in one site! Not to mention their recipes, eco-tips, and debates!




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Help Create a Twitter Book for Copenhagen

We all can't go to Copenhagen this week, but there are so many ways to make our voice heard nonetheless. ThisPlace09 is an art and Twitter project that conveys personal thoughts about climate change to the delegates and the




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Pragmatic Environmentalism Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week marks Carnival of the Green #205, and it's being hosted by Pragmatic Environmentalism, a blog that explores urban sustainability. Thanks so much to Brenda Pike, who runs the site, for a last minute Carnival round-up. Through her blog, Brenda




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Daily Mitzvah Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week marks Carnival of the Green #206, and it's being hosted by Daily Mitzvah, a blog hosted by Jen X. Jen is a teacher, historian, radio aficionado, and endlessly curious about all things uplifting, quirky, and off the main highway.




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The NRDC's "OnEarth" Hosts Carnival of the Green

Happy New Year! This week marks Carnival of the Green #208, and the first Carnival of 2010. Congratuations to all who have submitted entries and hosted over the years to make it such a success!




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Go Greener Australia Hosts Carnival of the Green

Today marks Carnival of the Green #209, and it's the second Carnival of this week - a special dose! Congratulations to all who have submitted entries and hosted over the years to make it such a success!




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6 Animals With More Social Media Fans, Friends, and Followers Than You

Who says you have to be human to be a popular user on Facebook and Twitter? These six animals have more friends, fans, and followers than most people.




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World First: Environmental Law Appeal To Be Argued Over Twitter

A "moot court" will be held over Twitter for the first time ever, and students from 5 major Canadian law schools will argue an environmental law.




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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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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Technology

This year's nominees include amazing concept gadgets, biomimicry in robotics, crowd-sourced projects and more. Vote for your favorites here.




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Clif Bar Rewards Twitter Users for Getting Outside

The organic snack bar company has created the first geo-location Twitter campaign to promote its trail mix bar.




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Twitter-enabled vending machine gives out free seeds for tweets

To promote their fantastic garden grant program, Seeds of Change is bringing a seed vending machine and photo booth to several US cities, where visitors can tweet for seeds.




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Flipping anti-bike arguments on their heads (+funny video)

More bikers take to Twitter to mock bike haters.




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Scientists had a Twitter battle for the cutest creature, and everybody wins

There are a number of reasons why this is an excellent idea.




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Alas, planting a trillion trees won't save the planet from climate change on its own

We still have to reduce our carbon emissions.




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The Week in Pictures: Galapagos Islands No Longer Endangered? 'Static Kill' of BP's Oil Well, and More (Slideshow)

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the




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Green Tax Shift & Other Environmental Issues Cartoon-Style by Stuart McMillen

Here is someone who gets the message across, in a funny and beautiful way. Australian Stuart McMillen takes topics around environmental sustainability and turns them into catchy cartoons.




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Leafsnap is a New App to Identify Trees

It's a TreeHugger's dream come true. Leafsnap is a new free app that identifies trees.




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'Charity: Water' Photo Gifts That Give Back

Ever since we took the kids to Florida, my wife has been saving photo memories in scrapbooks. Our two daughters like making the books, too, and I have to admit, looking at one of these handmade creations beats Flickr any




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Trees are the Winner in UK's Landscape Photography of the Year Prize

An isolated winter scene beats out the competition in the annual awards ceremony.




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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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Portraits of Londoners From Every Olympic Country Highlight City's Diversity

You can see these magnificent photo portraits of Londoners on a wall or on the web.




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10 Amazing MRI Stills of Fruits and Vegetables

Check out these amazing MRI images of our favorite fruits and vegetables.




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Favorite Nature Spots of the TreeHugger Team (Part 1 of 2)

Is there somewhere you go to when you need to recharge your batteries? Or remind yourself of the beauty of nature? These are our favorite nature spots.




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Favorite Nature Spots of the TreeHugger Team (Part 2 of 2)

Is there somewhere you go to when you need to recharge your batteries? Or remind yourself of the beauty of nature? This is the second part of this series.




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Photos of New York City Underwater from Hurricane Sandy Flooding

I'm hunkered down in Brooklyn waiting for Hurricane Sandy to pass. Curious about what is happening nearby, I'm looking for photos of the flooding. Here's what I've found so far.




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Bootleg oil refining photographed in Niger Delta

Samuel James captures must-see photos of bootleg oil refining taking place in Nigeria's Niger Delta.




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Why do people share food photos? [Slideshow]

Jared Keller's essay for Aeon Magazine on the significance of "food porn" photos that have become popular on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites got me thinking about my Instagram food photos and why I shared them.




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Billboards display the best of British art

Everywhere you look for the next week in London there is an arty billboard.




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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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Would you ever take a camera-free vacation?

Fussing with a camera can mean you miss the actual moment you're trying to preserve.




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John Doerr Pleads for a Greener Future

When John Doerr talks, people listen. As one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capitalists, having earned upwards of $1 billion betting on tech heavyweights like Amazon, Compaq and Google, investors and businessmen paid close attention when he




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Quote of the Day: Majora Carter on Greening the Ghetto

We've brought MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter's most-excellent speech at TED 2006 to your attention before, but she's so amazing and inspiring we had to stick the video in front of you (again). Watch this formidable force of nature in action.




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TEDxOilSpill: An Idea More Powerful Than a Faster Horse

Innovation may be a fundamental part of




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Graham Hill Explains How Less Stuff Leads to More Freedom at TED

TreeHugger Founder Graham Hill stopped by the TED Conference recently to outline his LifeEdited project—and explain why a keen ability to edit will be the most important skill of the next century.




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How Not to Convince People to Go Green: Throw More Facts At Them (Video)

Simran Sethi's recent TEDx talk offers some powerful advice on how to and how not to create environmental and social change.