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Graham Hill and LifeEdited go off-grid in Maui

Since before he started TreeHugger, Graham Hill has delivered the same message: sustainability can be beautiful and fun.




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ON MNN: More on kitchen exhausts, exploding hoverboards and fire trucks

Why are our cities being designed around the needs of the trucks instead of vice versa?




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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.




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SeaWorld got caught in a pretty fishy lie

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.




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Survey: Is There Room in the Environmental Movement for "Non-Scientific" Causes?

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room




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Automated hydroponic gardens help you grow fresh produce indoor year-round

Grow some of your own greens, veggies, and herbs indoors with one of these automated hydroponic growing systems.




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Get ready for the onslaught of "smart plastic incineration"

You are going to hear a lot about this. It makes everybody's problems go poof. Just don't mention the CO2.




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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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This Scottish "Baugruppe" could be the future of housing

Architect John Kinsley puts together a little project that addresses so many of the problems we face in our cities.




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Aukey 20W solar charger delivers plenty of portable power (review)

At less than $50, this little dual USB port solar device is an affordable option for a clean, efficient portable charging solution.




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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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Nest launches lower cost smart thermostat

It's less flashy. In fact, it kind of blends in. But it's still designed to save energy.




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Congested Tehran Lauded For Transit Improvements

Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit




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Restaurant made of entirely out of salt cleans polluted air

In tribute to the region's salt lake, the architects of this unique restaurant used salt as an eco-friendly building material.




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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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On MNN: Edward Burtynsky, Noma Restaurant and the future of the Sharing Economy

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.




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Beach audit reveals which brands are worst offenders for plastic waste

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.




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Bay Area Bike Share getting ready to launch in San Francisco on August 29th

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.




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Charming tiny house to benefit kids' hospitals is up for auction (Video)

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.




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Run-down rooming house finds redemption as Passivhaus social housing

Indwell and Invizij Architects are doing incredible work, raising the bar for housing people in need.




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UK schools now offering sleep lessons to exhausted kids

Health care providers are alarmed by the rise in sleep disorders, but is it the kids or the parents who are in need of education?




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A Note to Mayor de Blasio: Don’t forget the environment as a cause of inequality

Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on.




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Children win right to sue US government on actions causing climate change (Video)

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead.




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Transformer tiny house automatically expands with RV-inspired pop-out

It's one answer to the complaint that tiny houses are too small: build it with an electrically operated, expandable slide-out.




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The top tiny houses of August

August is the best month for tiny houses and here are the best tiny houses of August.




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Sierra Club and Aspiration launch new platform for sustainable investing

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.




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Audubon Releases Birding the Net, the Opposite of Angry Birds

Tweet tweet. Collect enough virtual birds and you could make it to the Galapagos.




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Facebook and Opower Launch Social Energy App

Ready to share kilowatts? Facebook launched its social energy app today that will enable users to share and compare their home energy consumption.




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BBC Launches Facebook App "Meet Your Planet"

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.




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Facebook launches live data center efficiency dashboard

You can now view the energy and water efficiency performance of the company's North Carolina and Oregon data centers in real-time.




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Witches are hexing Brett Kavanaugh

Witches are holding events to publically curse the guy.




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Saudi Prince building solar powered city with robots, glowing sand and an artificial moon

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?




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Seeing Earth as a beautiful calamity

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.




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Stair of the Week: Saucier + Perrotte architectes at John Abbott College

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.




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Well-crafted 28' tiny house is a beautiful modern home

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.




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Cold-climate tiny house built for mother and daughter (Video)

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.




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Wired Interviews Paul Hawken

Wired News chats with environmental economist Paul Hawken about his latest book, how PBS is turning another into a 17-part TV series, and how he is organizing the environmental movement through a collection of wikis. We've excerpted some choice




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Another study shows that supplements don’t work, may cause harm

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.




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This super simple green sauce goes with everything

And it reduces food waste!




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It's August, time for the best tomato pasta ever

If you follow the seasons with your diet you will love this.




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The Honda IeMobi is a mobile autonomous living room and the future of self-driving cars

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.




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First pedestrian death caused by speeding autonomous car

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.




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EZ-GO: A fully autonomous, zero emission concept from Renault

Something like this could be on the roads by 2022.




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Volvo's 360c is a rethink of how autonomous vehicles might be used

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.




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Drones will deliver textbooks to Australian students

The unmanned flying devices cut out expensive and polluting shipping methods for the heavy books.




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What Causes "Zombie Infrastructure"? Depends Who You Ask

Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little.




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Faults Leading to 2010 Michigan Tar Sands Spill Known to Pipeline Operator For 5 Years

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.




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Deja vu all over again: Michigan auto dealers sneakily try to lock Tesla out of the state

When the incumbents do everything in their power to keep you out of the market, rather than try to compete with you directly on the merit of their products, you know you're on to something.




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This beautiful, simple drying rack is made by Bee's Wrap

It is designed to dry beeswax wraps more easily, but its usefulness goes beyond that.




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Bonterra, the PGA and Audubon International Green the Greens

Golf courses looking to go green can look no further than Audubon International. From now until the end of this PGA season, for the first 100 golf courses that sign up at Bonterra Greens the Greens, Bonterra