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Video: Leonardo Dicaprio's 11th Hour Trailer

Via MySpace, here's the trailer for 11th Hour with a spoken intro by Leonardo. According to IMDB, the film will be released in the USA on August 17th. Check out the official 11th Hour website.




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Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt: Who's the More Timely Eco-Hunk? Plus Mickey Rourke Fights Again!

Leonardo DiCaprio lost the Golden Globe, but he's always a winner on the green activist front. The eco-champ has signed on to be the celebrity face of watchmaker TAG Heuer. Replacing fellow eco-hunk Brad Pitt. But, Leo isn't pocketing a cent of his




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Leonardo DiCaprio's Green Oscar, Salma Hayek's Got Milk, and More

My favorite eco-star might of gotten snubbed by Oscar, but Leo's enivormental work gets a green prize. The actor/activist was honored with the International Green Film Award by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the




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Leonardo DiCaprio Is Kids' Green Hero, Nicole Richie Taps Into Charity, and More

Photo via I Watch Stuff Leonardo DiCaprio is already a favorite with eco-minded like gals, like myself! Now the next generation are digging Leo and his big green heart. This Saturdays Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards will honor the actor/activist with




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Leonardo DiCaprio's Timely Campaign, Paul McCartney's Green Family Affair, and More

Eco-hunk Leonardo DiCaprio is the new face of TAG Heuer Carrera watch. A gig formely held by fellow greenie, Brad Pitt. But, so long Brad and hello Leo! Ecorazzi posted the first shot of his soon to be released ad campaign. The green




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Leonardo DiCaprio's Big Green Heart, Beyonce's Fashion Excess, and more

Ok, so this isn't a true green item. But, kudo's to my favorite eco-celeb, Leonardo DiCaprio for his consistent give-back spirit. Leo and Kate Winslet returned to their Titanic roots to help out the ship's one remaining




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7 Ways Leonardo DiCaprio Proves Green is Sexy

Yes, he's blond, blue-eyed handsome and yes, he's talented. But Academy Award-winning Leonardo DiCaprio continually proves he is more than just a pretty face jumping on the celebrity hybrid bandwagon. From resorts




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Leonardo DiCaprio wants to find the world's loneliest whale, donates $50k for search

Good Guy Leo strikes again!




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Kentucky takes step towards hemp legalization

The Kentucky state Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to approve legislation for legalizing industrial hemp in the state.




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Will Vermont move forward with commercial hemp?

Mat McDermott, now writing at Motherboard, has an interview with Vermont Representative Teo Zagar about about the progress that state has made in moving towards commercial hemp production.




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Board game introduces pathways to a competitive bioeconomy using hemp & bamboo

This Monopoly alternative is designed to act as a walkthrough of the concepts of a new economically and ecologically viable "Industrial Evolution" based on a renewable bioeconomy.




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Teen who started Oregon fire ordered to pay $37 million

The Eagle Creek Fire, which consumed nearly 50,000 acres, was started when the teen threw fireworks into the forested canyon.




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Etsy Handmade Challenge Award Winners

Etsy, the website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by artists and artisans, held a contest to pick web readers' favourite choices of handmade children's items in seven different categories. These were: toys, eco-friendly, furniture,




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Forget about green building. Let's talk about a new Living Standard

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.




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Why one family is choosing full-time 'Bus Life' after earthquake ordeal (Video)

A brush with death helped this family focus on the most important things in life, prompting them to convert a bus into a DIY motorhome.




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Allbirds' woolen running shoe is said to be most comfortable in the world

Wool is an ideal material for footwear, with its odor-reducing and moisture-wicking properties, so why hasn't it caught on?




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Celebration, Florida may be destroyed in order to save it

The fire department demands trees and on-street parking be removed so that they can have 20' clear speedways




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Florida lifts ban on front-yard vegetable gardens

One couple's infamous battle over the right to grow vegetables has resulted in a new bill.




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Two women turn upcycled fashion into an award-winning business

Look At Me Designs transforms old sweaters and tee shirts into fresh new styles.




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No sweat in this shop: Garment factory is renovated to Passivhaus standard

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture has designed a revolutionary building for an industry that needs a revolution.




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4 steps to a more sustainable wardrobe

Just be aware that this transformation won't happen overnight.




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New Hampshire Moves Closer to Renewable Energy Standard

Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a




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Contemplations On Obama's DeSmogBlog "Award," Blogging, And Presidential Politics

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama




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Ron Wallace is the 'Lord of the Gourd' with Record-Breaking Giant Pumpkin

How would you like to carve a Jack-o-lantern from one of these three record-breaking pumpkins from this weekend?




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How an Abandoned Market Garden Was Occupied (Video)

A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.




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One Graphic Even a Republican SuperPAC Ad Will Have a Hard Time Spinning

Value of Fossil Fuel Exports By Fuel, 1949-2010




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Richard Heinberg's Tiny Fibonacci Studio

Author, activist and post-carbon rabble rouser Richard Heinberg is also a dabbler in green building. Take a tour of his tiny hand-built backyard studio.




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Forward Labs solar roof promises higher production, lower cost than Tesla's

The unicorn of cheap clean home energy will most likely be found in an affordable solar roof that doesn't look like a solar roof, and that can pay for itself quickly. This startup may have developed it.




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Simple device turns your ordinary home into a smart home

The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.




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The Grove is a smart indoor garden that lets you grow lettuce year round

The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.




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Qube offers 'world's most affordable' smart LED lightbulb for $19

This WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled smart bulb features plug-and-play functionality, doesn't require a central smart home hub, and is designed to last for "up to 50,000 hours."




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EcoChic Design Award Challenges Chinese Fashion Designers to Face Local Problems

The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.




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Harder to Find than a Four-Leaf Clover: 9 of Ireland's Most Threatened Species

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad




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Harder to Find than a Four-Leaf Clover: 9 of Ireland's Most Threatened Species (Slideshow)

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.




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Community Supported Chicken Keeping for Backyard Coops (Video)

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's




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Give Your Phone a "Bee Beard", Help Save Bees (Video)

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is




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Movable Green Walls Create a Transformer Garden (Video)

We've heard of transformer apartments, but what about a transformer garden. These movable green walls create flexible outdoor spaces.




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Irish county becomes first in English speaking world to make Passive House standard mandatory

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.




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Irish drugstore is built to Passivhaus standard

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.




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Weird and Wonderful Galapagos Wildlife Worth Saving

Darwin made a smart choice when he picked Galapagos as the place to develop his theory of natural selection: This group of islands has some of the most incredible species in the world. Earlier this month, a star-studded group of adventurers with the Missi




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Weird and Wonderful Galapagos Wildlife Worth Saving (Slideshow)

A star-studded group of adventurers with the Mission Blue oceans conservation group went on a trip to the Galapagos earlier this month. But the true stars of the show were the incredible species endemic to the islands: many




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World's first floating dairy farm comes to Rotterdam

Let's hope cows don't get seasick.




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Daan Roosegaarde lights things up without electricity

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




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'Weed dating' & trash picking: The new tourist guide to Amsterdam

The city hopes to combat overtourism by getting visitors off the beaten track and doing more useful things.




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MVRDV goes to pot with its Green Villa

The Dutch architects cover a modest building with green plants of all kinds in pots of all sizes.




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Artist's massive mural of moon cycles features 15,000 origami birds

This is Paris' largest mural, made with hand-folded origami paper birds and a bit of spraypaint.




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Leonard Cohen 1934 – 2016

The poet and singer was often quoted in TreeHugger.




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At IDS16: an affordable, minimal and ergonomic standing desk

It's really all you need in this era of notebook computers.




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Standing desks are so yesterday; try a treadmill desk for a really energizing experience

After 52,696 steps, a review of a LifeSpan treadmill desk.




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"Extinct" Bird Eaten by Mistake: Not an April Fools Joke

A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was until it was identified as a Worcester’s Buttonquail