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Solving global dietary problems is a bigger challenge than climate change, scientist says

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."




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SOM Architects Call for a 100 Year Vision for the Great Lakes

The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale




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Satellite-connected Raspberry Pi cameras allows for real-time monitoring of Antarctic penguins

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.




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The mystery of Blood Falls finally solved

The source of Antarctica's eerie blood red falls has baffled scientists for more than a century; now new secrets have been revealed.




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'The Game Changers' documentary challenges assumptions about meat, protein and strength

It turns out you can still be a high-performing athlete on a plant-based diet.




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No plastic 2020: The reason I am giving up all plastic bottles

I don't buy many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.




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Beau Lake introduces an all-electric wood-topped instant classic runabout

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.




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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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More calls worldwide to ban SUVs

Laura Laker of the Guardian describes growing complaints in Germany and the UK.




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Why we all need to stop 'wishcycling'

Some things were never meant to go in the blue bin.




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Ramblers Way Creates Sustainable Luxury Casual Wear for Fall 2011

Organic wool comfort wear company Ramblers Way founded by Tom and Kate Chappell, of Tom's of Maine fame has come a long way since their first collection, comprised of natural blonde wool jersey knits




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All about eaves

Why are architects eschewing overhangs? Because they can.




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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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20 random reasons to really love trees

There are approximately 2 million reasons to love trees ... but we'll start with these.




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10 of the tallest trees in the world

These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species.




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Food pharmacies are the closest thing to a magical cure-all

When doctors team up with food banks, it improves health and staves off chronic hunger.




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Grizzly bear trophy hunting will be banned in British Columbia this fall

No longer will hunters be able to buy the right to kill this majestic apex predator.




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Hope rises for critically endangered monkey thanks to conservation efforts

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.




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'Butt-breathing' punk-haired turtle is now officially endangered (Video)

This rebellious, edgy-looking turtle is now unfortunately facing extinction, and conservationists are fighting to save it.




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World's smallest ungulate, lost for 30 years, found tiptoeing in Vietnam forest

One of the '25 most wanted' lost species, the silver-backed chevrotain is a snaggle-toothed, deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit and walk on its tippy toes.




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Norway challenges H&M on its sustainability claims

The Norwegian Consumer Authority thinks the fast fashion company is misleading shoppers with its so-called Conscious Collection.




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Small fridges make good cities: the podcast

TreeHugger's Lloyd Alter does radio




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Compact all-in-one kitchen unit hides stove, fridge and dishwasher (Video)

Perfect for tiny spaces, this multifunctional unit can be used as a kitchen, storage and workspace.




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Modular kitchen unit liberates small spaces with its flexibility (Video)

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.




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Is the kitchen island finally going away?

Kitchens should be for cooking.




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Adaptable kitchen-in-a-box is for cooking-challenged millennials

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.




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The Kitchen of the Future might be no kitchen at all

The Miele Dialog oven, combined with meal delivery, may make it obsolete.




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All I want is an open-concept kitchen

It would make my life as a parent so much easier.




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Hang your hobs on the wall when you aren't cooking with them

Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine




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Finally, a minimalist fire extinguisher for your minimalist kitchen

Every kitchen should have one of these, and now it can fit right in.




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Bio-digital, interactive Urban Algae Canopy produces a small forest's worth of oxygen (Video)

This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.




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This company is using algae to make environmentally friendly inks

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.




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Recycling is broken: California's rePlanet shuts all its recycling centers

We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.




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Photo: Yosemite Valley draped in perfect light

Take one of the world's most beautiful places, add dappled sunlight, and voila.




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The fruit-picking ritual that I look forward to all year

Cherry-picking has become a family bonding experience – and a practical zero-waste food storage tactic.




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Most Huggable: Football Mangroves in Florida, Bristol's Renewable Street Lights, Frank Capra's "Truth"

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida




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The Office: Flexible, Green Office Space for All

Life can be hard for start-up companies, particularly in the current economic climate. Often the need to keep costs down means that decent office space becomes unaffordable. It can be even harder for a small company to implement a green office policy if




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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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Could Bacteria-Filled Balloons Stop the Spread of the Sahara? Architect Magnus Larsson Thinks So

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,




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Africa's Great Green Wall Hopes to Stop the Spreading Sahara - If It Ever Gets Planted

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the




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Footballs To Be Made from Feral Camel Leather

Australia has a feral camel problem. The Australian Feral Camel Management Project estimates that 1 million of rogue dromedaries roam outback Australia, annually causing over $14 million AUD worth of damage to infrastructure and




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Mind the gap: New bridge in Cornwall is actually two giant cantilevers

What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever.




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Another problem with fracking: Increased sexually transmitted infections?

If a massive water footprint, air pollution, contaminated drinking water, earthquakes, and general environmental degradation weren't bad enough...r




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11-foot-tall bird discovered in Crimea

Discovered in a cave, the surprising find reveals a fast and giant bird that weighed almost as much as a polar bear.




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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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Construction halted on world's tallest prefab in Brooklyn

It's the usual fight between the contractor who wants to be paid for cost overruns and the developer who claims it's all a fixed price contract.




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Brooklyn's new community micro-grid will allow for peer-to-peer renewable energy sharing

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!




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Norman Oder on The World's Tallest Modular Building and the Phantom 20 Percent Savings

The Brooklyn Journalist covered this project like a blanket, and looks at some of the detailed claims.




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Czech Out This New Small Prefab Design From Architect Marek Štěpán.

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design




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Small House In Czech Republic Recycled From Ruins of Barn

The architects call it a "Conceptual Object" but it is pretty and real.