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Massive horn sculptures would generate sound and energy from wind

Paying homage to Denmark's historical relationship with wind, these public art sculptures would generate music and power from wind.




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Alternative view of the future of the car at Detroit Auto Show

A designer's take on the car of the future. Hint: it's a bike




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What can rule-bending alternative builders teach us about smarter shelters? (Video)

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.




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Collaborative Tiny House Project is creating a tiny house building program for schools

This tiny house project is developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and tutorial series for schools and for individuals, as well as giving away a "Dream Tiny House."




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Live in this charming seaweed house on a Danish island

On the market for $416K, this beautifully restored historic cottage comes complete with a roof traditionally crafted of local seaweed.




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Digitally fabricated & handwoven chair revives old weaving techniques

Combining the latest in digital design tools with time-honored rush-weaving techniques, this sculptural chair marries modernity with tradition.




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A Landmark Ruling Against Agrochemicals in Argentina Receives Mixed Reactions

In a decade-long case by a group of plaintiffs, a court sentenced a farmer and an aviator to prison for spraying agrochemicals, linking them to environmental pollution and health hazards. Only they can skip doing any time.




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Alternative Social Housing: Prefab, Add-On Homes to Densify Suburbs

How to provide housing for the masses getting out of poverty and out of slums in the developing world, without creating sprawl? Argentine architects propose attaching new homes to existing structures.




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Cute Animal Bulletin Boards Deliver a Serious Reminder About Mass Extinction

Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a




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Innovative Student Furniture Design at ICFF Steals the Show

Actually, the student designs steal the show every year at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held annually in New York. This year was not quite up to Pratt's spectacular exhibit from last year, but was close. Parsons I think Parsons the




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Yale Gives Greening Athletics the Old College Try

Amongst an audience of their peers at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, representatives from Yale University recently outlined how they plan to bring green to the university athletic department. How exactly




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What Were They Thinking? USGBC in Connecticut Gives Award to Nestle Waters' Headquarters

The bottled water company responsible for profound and pointless waste of water and fossil fuels is praised for low flush toilets and white roofs.




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This restaurant uses invasive species for its sustainable sushi

Unconventional sushi made out of Japanese knotweed, Asian carp and lionfish are the draw here.




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8 steps for using a paper planner effectively

Paper planners are effective only if you use them properly and regularly. Here are some ways to get into the groove, if you're not yet an addict!




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The beautiful Awake Watch is an impressively eco-friendly timepiece

Built to last using sustainably sourced materials, Awake offers luxury-brand quality at a reasonable price point.




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How Collaborative Consumption Could Help Shrink Government

Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?




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Is Collaborative Consumption a Movement or a Business Model?

The sharing economy is built more on convenience and the desire to save money than a mission to save the world. But does that matter?




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UK Report: Active transportation can fight climate change, air pollution and traffic congestion

It talks a lot about cycling, but notes that we don't do nearly enough about walking.




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France is being hit by a massive heat wave. Will it change the country and the culture?

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?




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Greta Thunberg delivers searing speech to world leaders (video)

The 16-year-old climate activist holds nothing back when addressing the UN Climate Action Summit – this speech shows why she is having such an impact.




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Ruby Cup: "Buy one, give one" menstrual cup on a social mission to help African schoolgirls (Video)

Did your fear of stains stop you from going to school or work? Probably not. But this company is aiming to bring menstrual cups to African schoolgirls who miss school because they have their period and cannot afford disposables.




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You can see Tesla's shop on the KuDamm, but not the cars: where is Germany's incentive program?

Tesla's new boutique shop on Berlin's famous KuDamm beckons, but where is Germany's national strategy for electric cars?




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Whoever drives in Berlin has too much time

In which a brash-talking politician takes on the lobbyists - and everybody wins (hint: the "lobbyists" aren't who you think!)




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Five years after tragic Tennessee disaster, still no coal ash safeguards

The coal industry continues to fight for profits over people, even though coal ash is extremely toxic.




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Medellin to Build Massive 46-Miles Urban Park Surrounding the City

The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.




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700+ native bee species spiraling toward extinction

North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.




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Flat pack Bait Hive attracts bee swarms inside for safer & easier relocation (Video)

This simple, foldable bee box attracts roaming bee swarms with a pheromone lure, and helps beekeepers safely relocate bees.




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Magnificent spiraling hives are built by stingless sugarbag bees (Video)

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.




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Could you live the one tonne lifestyle?

A British activist is trying to reduce her personal carbon footprint to one tonne of CO2 per year. This is very hard.




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Yucatan Travel Journal, Day 1: Even all-inclusive resorts are hopping on the 'green' bandwagon

But regardless of what green initiatives they implement, tourists must be willing to change, too.




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Vacations will make you happier, healthier, and more creative

No more excuses! Book that time off and feel guiltless while doing so, since you'll be a better partner, parent, and employee as a result.




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Yes, digital nomads thrive on exploitation. But so does everyone else.

I respond to a recent viral article hating on digital nomads.




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Meatonomics explores the bizarre economic forces that drive meat & dairy production

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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Critically endangered mountain gorillas show impressive population increase

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.




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Plot twist! Elephants come up with a foolproof way to survive ivory poachers

Never ever underestimate the intelligence of Mother Nature.




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Reverb Turns 100, Gives Away Wiz Khalifa Tickets, More

What do you do when you turn 100? If you're Keith Richards, who go on tour. The same goes for the enviros at Reverb, a Portland, Maine, outfit that greens concert tours and venues. The nonprofit is taking votes on who to support for its 100th tour,




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On the Road with Urban Green at Winthrop University

Big surprises can come in little packages - and that's what I found when I visited Winthrop University during my book tour stop at the school. The campus is located just south of Charlotte, NC in




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An In-Depth Look at the University of Washington, Sierra Magazine's Top Cool School

We've scratched the surface of Sierra magazine's Cool Schools list on Treehugger before, but this time I've decided to dig into one of the schools so we can learn more about what




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Taking a Close Look at America's Most Sustainable University

Sierra magazine released its 2012 Cool Schools list, and UC Davis took #1 - let's learn more about them.




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Calling for Clean Energy at Indiana University

Students organize a massive call-in to demand the school transition away from coal.




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University and college campuses are working toward Zero Waste

The Post-Landfill Action Network, launched at the University of New Hampshire, challenges campuses across the continent to start tackling waste seriously.




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Sprinklers save lives, and should be in every home

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country.




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Photo: River rushes through a mountain forest

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.




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How to build a foam-free passive house (and why you want to)

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.




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Why is this Colorado river orange?

EPA to blame for the catastrophe on the Animas.




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Man who lives alone in the woods has recorded 40 years of important data on snow

In a ghost town in the one of the coldest places in the US, lone resident Billy Barr has spent 4 decades recording snowfall … to the enormous delight of scientists.




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Group files suit to recognize the Colorado River as a person

Corporations have rights ... why not rivers?




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Exhaustive new study looks at kitchen exhaust and household air quality

Designing kitchen ventilation that works in really tight houses seems almost impossible.




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Stop The Five Gallon Flush: A 40 Year Old Guide To Alternative Toilets

Bill Gates take note: It's all in here and It is surprising how little has changed