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The Reach Guesthouse combines Passive House performance with classic beauty

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.




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Passive House and permaculture are a perfect mix

A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.




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150-year-old wood used to build Riverwood Acoustics' sound system of tomorrow

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.




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Innovative Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Alleviate Poverty for Millions (Video)

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.




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Alternative's spring collection features organic cottons made in Peru

Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes.




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Which virus-bearing mosquitoes live near you? Check these maps

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.




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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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Church of England fleshes out plans for fossil fuel divestment

Oil and gas companies have until 2023 to make 'Paris compatible' plans, or face divestment.




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Montalba Architects' Bex & Arts pavilion is an evocative little box

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.




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Why you need to look out for fake olive oil

When the harvest has been poor, rates of adulteration rise.




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Alive and "Growing" Electric Power Poles in Rural Honduras

With the cost of cement electric power poles and




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Welcome to Hondupalma, the world’s first sustainable certified palm oil cooperative!

Several years ago, this established cooperative in Honduras decided to pursue Rainforest Alliance certification for its palm oil. Find out what it looks like today.




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Massive Forest Fire Continues to Burn the Slopes of Mountain Kenya

Now in its sixth day, the forest fire threatens critical habitats and precious water sources.




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Elusive snowy white giraffes filmed in Kenya

As if giraffes weren't exotic enough, this very rare mother and baby seem outright otherworldly in their absence of color and pattern.




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Hawaiian volcano offers gifts of gemstones delivered from the sky

As if to say 'sorry,' Kilauea softens its fury by tossing shimmery green olivine to the humble humans below.




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300 tons of radioactive water has leaked from Fukushima

More than two years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the situation is worse than ever.




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Nuclear fusion reactor in just five years?

MIT design cuts fusion reactor down to a size that would be more cost effective and could be built in five years




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What can we learn from a radioactive cloud over Europe?

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?




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British Columbia promotes active transportation (e-bikes! scooters! skateboards!), Vision Zero, $850 incentive for e-bikes

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.




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Mussels test positive for opioids and chemo drugs

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.




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Amateur scuba divers train to be "ghost net busters"

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.




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Monbiot: Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine Shouldn't Mix

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to




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Plane Food Café Delivers the Joys of Flying Without The CO2

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has




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Massive Norwegian data center will be fully powered by renewable energy

The data center will be the largest in the world.




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Johns Hopkins sets record for drone blood delivery flight

The new study shows that drones can handle longer aid delivery trips than previously thought.




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Scotland is subsidizing electric bikes to encourage sustainable and active travel

This is something North American governments should copy.




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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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RIVER portable battery & solar charger delivers power on the go for off-grid adventures

This mobile solar power station offers a lightweight high-capacity lithium-ion battery with all the bells and whistles.




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Solros delivers sunlight in a cable from dish to table

A new way to deliver natural light to rooms without windows.




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No Sun? Get a GoSun Fusion solar cooker and live better electrically

The GoSun Fusion probably won’t save the world, but the design thinking behind it might.




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There's more to being comfortable and productive than just temperature

A study suggests we should turn up the heat; it's not so simple.




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Story of Stuff's Annie Leonard becomes executive director of Greenpeace USA

Best of luck to Ms. Leonard, I'm sure she'll do great things at Greenpeace USA!




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Greenpeace tackles destructive tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean

Fish Aggregating Devices are a serious driver of overfishing, which is why Greenpeace is on a mission to dismantle all the FADs it can find.




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Man lives in tiny 8 ft. box to avoid paying San Francisco's high rents

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.




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San Francisco may ban delivery robots. Good for them.

Pick up your Marbles and go home




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Invasive fish may get their own dystopian nightmare

Scientists find that scary fish robots can quickly stress invasive fish species into reduced reproduction.




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Thanks to the election, universal healthcare may be around the corner

A number of states are edging out insurance companies. This could be huge for the environment.




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Fizz Free February campaign urges people to give up sugary drinks

One month is just long enough to break a habit that is seriously compromising your health.




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Art Show Spotlights India's Polluted Yamuna River

The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.




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12 Innovative Ways to Rethink Our Cities From the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.




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Maldives' Ousted Climate-Activist President to be Tried on Sunday

Mohamed Nasheed says his conviction is a foregone conclusion.




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The 20th anniversary of the environmental justice executive order

On February 11, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order designed to bring about environmental justice.




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Naomi Klein's 'Leap Manifesto' calls on the Canadian government to divest from fossil fuels

Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future.




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New York City's Mayor de Blasio to divest from big oil and sue the companies

Changes closer to home would be nice too.




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Plant-derived food additive touted as replacement for overuse of antibiotics

Is this carrot-based animal feed additive something worth crowing about?




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How Internet-driven activism has improved animal welfare

Over the past 15 years, awareness and interest in livestock conditions and wellbeing have increased exponentially, leading to significant improvements. How much further can it go?




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Farm Burger introduces invasive species sandwich

Few things make as much sense as eating a harmful species, while sparing the threatened ones.




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Citing threat to human survival, doctors divest from fossil fuels

Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.