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Egypt's Endangered Species in Media Spotlight

Amid all the upheaval in Egypt, one local newspaper is working to keep the fate of the country's natural resources from falling off the radar.




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Heroic cow escapes trip to slaughterhouse, hides in Dutch forest for weeks

And in the meantime, the bodacious bovine has become a social media star and will receive a full pardon … as soon as they can get her out of the woods.




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Church in the Netherlands converted into transformer library: books by day, party room by night

"If knowledge has become a secular religion, public libraries are its parishes, mosques and synagogues."




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Daan Roosegaarde lights things up without electricity

Glow-in-the-dark wonders are "techno-poetry".




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Derelict garage studio transformed into bright open loft in Paris

A small, rundown garage and artist's studio becomes a new home to a family of three.




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Some thoughts on owning an Instant Pot

I thought the appliance would save me time, but mostly it gives me peace of mind.




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This forest sings and sighs with sound

Touch the trees, hear them hum and murmur.




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Patti Smith, rising above and fighting climate change with art

In a press conference for an upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, Smith and the founders of Pathway to Paris talk about art, community, and keeping the spirit up for climate action.




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8 Stylish Lights for Your Home at London Design Festival

Light up your life and your living room with gorgeous lights from the London Design Festival.




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Helsinki Converts Historic Slaughterhouse into Culinary Hotspot

Helsinki's old abattoir has become the heart of the city's culinary revival, a movement blending innovation and tradition that integrates local foods, pop-up eateries, and urban gardens.




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Add googly eyes to Mother Nature for a laugh

These paper plate eyes bring a chuckle when added to trees and rocks.




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Lightweight prefab wood framing system goes together without nails

Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal.




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Finnish Safety Agency recommends helmets and lights for old people using walkers

It is about time that people acknowledged that it's not just cyclists that hit their heads. Helmets for everybody!




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Finnish supermarkets use 'happy hour' to fight food waste

After 9 p.m., shoppers snatch up heavily discounted foods that are close to expiry.




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This portable standing desk is lighter than your laptop

For people like me who work all over the place, portable standing desks can be pretty useful




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Smart desk moves you between sitting and standing throughout the day

The high tech answer to keeping you moving while working.




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The silliest standing desk setup we've ever shown on TreeHugger, complete with high chair

It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways.




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Can't stand a standing desk? The New HOVR might get you moving

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.




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Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them




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MyShelter Foundation: Lighting Up Homes With A Plastic Bottle and Some Chlorine

If you live in a home without electricity and few or no windows, it's always incredibly dark inside, even at high noon. Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) is a sustainable lighting project that is trying to help people




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Intensely layered papercuts highlight plight of endangered animals

The art form of papercuts is taken to another level with these intricate works that draw attention to some of the world's threatened species.




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'Naming and shaming' is a powerful tool in the fight against plastic waste

Companies will do anything to protect their brand – maybe even redesign packaging.




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Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half




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Ohio car dealers are fighting tooth and nail to keep Tesla out of the state

It's déjà vu all over again, again! Auto dealers have been fighting Tesla Motors on multiple fronts for a while now, trying to either force them to do business with the traditional sales model, or be prohibited from selling in certain states.




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Biking Through Amish Country for Climate Ride

There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world -- including bikes (for those of the Old Order).




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Smart Windows Fix Dumb Problem of Too Much Noise, Too Much Light: Sage Electrochromic Glass Changes With Flick Of Switch

Open terrace in Kimmel Center was too hot or too noisy; now it's fixed.




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Driver in car hits 14 year old with right of way in crosswalk, and all they care about is the iPhone

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.




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A plywood core runs through ISA's latest house in Philadelphia

They are as gutsy and gritty as ever.




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Does shipping container architecture make sense? This hotel in London might

Because shipping containers are designed to move and these ones might have to.




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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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Right wing populists want to kill us all

They cry "freedom" for them to smoke, drink, drive really fast and fry the planet. Everyone else, get out of the way.




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The ghost of Cassiopeia is a stunning thing (photo)

Hubble just took the most detailed image yet of the eerie and mysterious Ghost Nebula, some 550 light-years from Earth.




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Turkey's Dam Plans Make New Problems With Neighbors

Fresh criticism from Georgian environmentalists adds to the diplomatic tensions created by Turkey's dam-building spree.




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Home Lighting Concept Powered by Plumbing

Hydroelectric power is an easy choice to make if you have access to a stream or river, but this concept takes advantage of the streams running through our walls: our plumbing.




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Ontario might get a 400MW pumped storage station five times the height of Niagara Falls

While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use).




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Just Cashews: They're Nuts to Fight For Justice

We apologize for the bad pun in the title, sometimes it's just hard to resist. Fair trade is a familiar concept to our readers. Aside from writing about well-known fair trade commodities like chocolate and coffee, we've also seen posts on everything




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EcoXPower Kit Charges a Smartphone and LED Bicycle Lights with Pedal Power

The kit includes an LED headlight and tail light and a rugged case that attaches a smartphone to the handlebars.




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Mobile Fruit Stands Fight Unemployment and Food Deserts in Chicago

Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most




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Make a hand-crank rechargeable flash light

Sure, you can buy one or you could put your DIY skills to the test and make one with materials you have on hand.




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Merry-go-round turns play into clean power for students in Ghana

A piece of classic playground equipment gets a clean tech makeover.




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Musical shaker could light the way home for African school kids

Spark is a musical instrument that harvests kinetic energy when it's shaken, storing it in a battery for powering LED lights.




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Soccer field lights powered by kids' pounding feet

A community soccer field in Rio de Janeiro stays well lit at night thanks to energy harvesting tiles laid under the turf.




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Make a shake flashlight out of a cardboard tube

This quick project makes a useful emergency flashlight while recycling your leftover cardboard.




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Nairobi Installs Solar-Powered Lights - Making Streets Brighter, Safer & More Energy-Efficient

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.




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Turkana Woman Fights Ethiopia, Kenya Dam Project in the Already Arid, Conflict-Prone Region

"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"




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Pay as you go solar power systems provide clean, affordable lighting in Kenya

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.




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3 East African countries unite to fight illegal logging

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are banding together to combat unlawful timber products and curb deforestation.




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Tesla supplying solar power to Hawaii all day and all of the night

Solar City and Tesla take the Kinks out of solar power with plenty of PowerPacks




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On MNN: Bikes stopping for red lights! And other reporting from Copenhagen

Also a look at smart phones for boomers and for refugees, and making the Raspberry Pi higher.




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One-third of fish caught never gets eaten

The latest report on the state of the world's fisheries paints a depressing picture of the seafood industry.