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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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Patagonia launches new Workwear line made with innovative hemp fabric

Finally, there is now an ethical and practical alternative work wear option to Carhartt and Dickies.




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Riverside 433 sq. ft. guest cottage is a roomy floating retreat

The smart arrangement of spaces and natural daylighting help make this cottage's relatively small footprint feel quite big.




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Wearable Planters Turn Live Plants into Jewelry

Portable tiny gardens set in gem-like planters give new life to the concept of jewelry.




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Ethical shoe company TOMS moves beyond the buy one/give one model

Shoppers can now choose to support a broader range of social issues.




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Small & modern 430 sq. ft. starter home is built with Passive House principles in mind (Video)

This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.




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These 4D printed aquatic plants create an immersive organic experience (Video)

This industrial designer's 3D/4D printed, life-like forms ask the question of whether we can design and engineer "intelligent" plants that can adapt to environmental changes.




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Florida manatees can survive for at least another century

In great news for manatees, researchers predict that the gentle 'sea cows' will endure for at least another 100 years as long as threats continue to be managed.




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Florida study finds that drivers flout the law more than cyclists

But cyclists all run stop signs and red lights! Don't they?




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Four alternatives to drywall that don't turn to mush

They are healthier, they last longer, and they look better, too.




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This activewear never has to be thrown away

Send in your Girlfriend Collective leggings, bras, and shorts and the company will upcycle them into new pieces, over and over again.




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Native Americans protest tar sands pipeline with horseback ride along proposed route

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.




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Church of England divests from dirtiest fossil fuels

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...




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United Church of Canada divests from fossil fuels

In the grand scheme of things, $5.9 million is not a huge amount to take from fossil fuels. But when you reinvest in renewables...




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Field Guide to Eco-Friendly, Efficient, Effective Print

Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the




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Five Questions You Should Ask the Presidential Candidates

This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential




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University of New Hampshire is First School in US to Run Off Landfill Gas

A few months back we heard about Middlebury College's efforts to green their electricity and heating. Well, over at the University of New Hampshire they're




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Solar-activated canopy creates interactive environment that responds to light (Video)

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.




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Digitally woven bamboo pavilion keeps an old tradition alive (Video)

Built with the help of a village's last remaining bamboo weaver, this computer-designed pavilion was built by hand using local materials.




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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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Passive House, Passivhaus, what's in a name?

We have been asking that question for a while and it keeps coming up.




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Magical thatched wooden pavilion contains "portals to the universes" (Video)

Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake.




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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 Passive House gets built on a budget

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.




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Even mail without an address gets delivered in Ireland

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.




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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle

The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are




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DIY Beekeeping: Download and print a smart beehive kit

Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder.




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How Do You Teach Kids to Live Sustainably on an Island?

Environmental education is playing a bigger role around the globe as we all learn more about our environmental surroundings. As




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The Best Of TreeHugger Delivered To Your Inbox Daily or Weekly

Is keeping up with TreeHugger too much work? Let us help with our newsletters. We have a daily, edited by me, and a weekly, edited by Warren McLaren. Today I muse about how Amazon is Now Selling More Digital Kindle Books Than Print Books. Have a look




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Passive House movement gets noticed by the New York Times

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.




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Slow Biking is actually a competitive sport

In the Netherlands it is actually a thing, to ride your bike as slowly as possible without falling over.




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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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Multifunctional 172 sq. ft. live-work space uses nano-tech materials (Video)

This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.




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Rap Guide to Wilderness celebrates wild nature and the ways it enriches our lives

The man who brought us the Rap Guide to Evolution is back to entertain, educate, and inspire us with a thought-provoking album that captures the spirit of conservation.




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Listen to 133 years of climate change in one evocative song

An undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota has created a unique way of connecting people with climate data through music.




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Hundreds of divers gather for underwater music festival (video)

The unusual concert was held in the depths of the Florida Reef to promote coral reef protection.




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Oil silo converted into glowing interactive civic space in Finland (Video)

Using a combination of LED lights, sunlight and environmental data, a disused oil silo has been transformed into Helsinki's newest art installation and urban destination.




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Here’s a riveting new e-bike design from Avial

This Finnish design doesn’t look quite finished but it is ingenious.




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A walk around my new "active office" with standing desk

Because standing desks cannot stand alone.




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New study confirms that adjustable standing desks make you happier, healthier and more productive

Because people gotta move.




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A Christian Perspective on Organic Dairy Farming and Positive Child Labor (Video)

From retiring dairy cows to asking whether




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Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.




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30 ft. swing is the focus of this man's creative renovation

Swing-lovers will appreciate this massive art installation that combines art, architecture and play.




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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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Remember the girl hit by car while on Facetime? The driver just got charged.

Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!




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Park Avenue Green is the largest Passive House building in North America

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?




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Starbucks opens sipping container drive-thru in Taiwan

It is an eye-catching Kengo Kuma design, but it ain't sustainable.




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Province of Ontario introduces new penalties for careless drivers causing death

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.




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Ontario Conservative politicians running from carbon taxes

Going green is going too far in the Province of Ontario




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The Tesla Supercharger at the end of the Universe

Does it make sense putting this in a small town up on the Canadian Shield?