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Another look at the question: Bidet or toilet paper, or yes, adult wipes?

Apparently adult wipes are a huge growth industry. Another good reason to switch to a bidet equipped toilet.




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TranquiliT Adds Something Green to Your Wedding With Eco-Friendly Bridal Gowns

TranquiliT may be better known for its downward-dog-friendly garb, but the erstwhile yoga-wear label is now rocking the frock, matrimonial style. Outfit the femmes of your bridal party—bride, bridesmaids, and flower girls—in 95 percent organic bamboo




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McDonald's To Offer Fast-Food "McWeddings" in Hong Kong

If soaring wedding costs have you wondering how you can afford it all (and yet, you couldn't be bothered with the effort to put on a more eco-conscious wedding) then McDonald's may have the answer for you.




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7 questions to ask yourself when planning a wedding

Challenge the notion that you have to blow the bank account just to throw a good party. There are smarter ways of doing it.




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Reused Tires Make a Squid-Like Playground for Refugee Children

When Go Play! announced a competition to design an innovative playground for 1,000 refugee children along the border of Thailand and Burma, Dutch designer AnneMarie van Splunter thought of old car tires. To




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Co-living apartment designed as "social overlapping" experiment for students

This experimental co-living design scheme aims to foster communication, responsibility and human relationships.




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Why we should lose the words "pedestrian" and "cyclist"

They are people who bike or walk, not some separate species.




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New guide offers good advice on how to "make homes healthier for people and planet"

The World Green Building Council has some tips about ventilation, insulation and lighting.




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After the big Northridge earthquake, a mysterious cloud appeared above LA – here's what it was

Calls came into emergency centers and even the Griffith Observatory from LA residents who described seeing a “giant silvery cloud.”




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Department of Justice Quietly Stops Investigating Monsanto for Antitrust Violations

All over Thanksgiving, and with only a tiny press release...




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Integrated "Shopping" Bag In Award-Winning Bicycle

Whenever my husband asks me to "pick up a couple of bottles of wine" while shopping, I get surly. My favorite bike panniers are, without exception, NOT well equipped to handle heavy, glass bottles that may shift in




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Vincent Callebaut Designs "Bionic Arch"- A Green Skyscraper For Taiwan

When Jerry wrote about Vincent Callebaut's proposed vertical farm for New York City, he called it a Locavore Wet Dream; I called it one of the silliest, most overwrought jump-the-shark vertical farm ideas ever




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Could Cities Benefit from Small-Scale, Local "Urban Acupuncture" Projects Like This? (Photos)

Woven from bamboo, this inviting structure transforms an empty lot in busy Taipei into a haven where neighborhood residents can relax and gather over a fire.




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236 sq. ft. micro-apartment stacks & maximizes its interior up in Taipei

To make this small space more livable, there is an emphasis on filling out the vertical space. Plus, a great tatami-inspired seating area.




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Tiny 355 sq. ft. micro-apartment is expanded with adaptable mini-loft

A small apartment gets enlarged by knocking some walls down and adding a multi-functional staircase and mini-loft.




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Small 420 sq. ft. apartment gets multifunctional redesign

Multifunctional zones and a sleeping loft enlarge this small apartment in Taipei.




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Former piano studio converted into modern 189 sq. ft. micro-apartment

Once a centrally located piano practice space, it's been converted into a comfortable little apartment with the help of some smart space-saving strategies.




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Sydney micro-apartment designed with Japanese organizational technique in mind

Decluttering techniques are a big trend now. This small apartment is designed with organizational principles right from the start.




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Are "Green" energy and water savings programs in hotels really about the environment?

Are they good for everyone or just about making money and getting rid of workers?




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Side mirrors no longer required on cars in Japan. Is this a good idea?

It would save fuel and be safer for pedestrians and cyclists. But is it too complicated?




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Are raccoons "Urban anarchists" or "lovable rogues?"

Some would pick a third option: vermin.




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What's a better term than "Sustainable Design"?

I am leaning to Responsible Design.




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"Hose-to-the-Sky:" Still Spewing SO2 Idea to Stop Global Warming?

Hosed by this theory or greenwashed? Photo by Tony Stl via Flickr On ABC's 20/20 last Friday, Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's former chief technology officer, and founder/CEO of Intellectual Ventures (IV), resurrected the idea of stretching a 2-inch




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Cells with Installed "Operating Systems" Could Create New Life Forms

Researchers are working on "reprogramming" cells to create customized organisms that can be used for everything from new medicines to environmental clean-up crews.




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New "Cyborg" Yeast Can Be Controlled By Computer

A breakthrough in controlling yeast with computers gives a glimpse at where science is headed with controlling lifeforms.




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Artist Creates Cloud Making Machine to Test Geoengineering "Limits of Knowledge"

Inspired by geoengineering techniques, an artist creates a personal cloud-forming machine to make a point.




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Vancouver Aquarium bans water bottles and other disposable plastics

From now on, thirsty visitors can refill their own bottles at water fountains or grab a reusable cup in the cafeteria.




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A quick and dirty glossary of climate negotiation jargon and abbreviations

Some of the most frequently used jargon you’ll want to know before the Paris climate change talks, accompanied by user-friendly definitions.




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Designer's "Roadkill Couture" Is All About Zero-Waste, Sustainable Fur (Photos)

One British designer's fashionable collection of hats, coats and jewelry is made using all parts of animals that have died naturally or accidentally on the road.




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Wave-Powered "Dolphin Speaker" Could Let Us Talk to Dolphins

Scientists have developed a piezoelectric speaker that can playback the full frequency range of dolphin sounds, getting us closer to human-dolphin communication.




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Queen's Crown Estate Identifies 180GW of Potential Marine Power

The Crown Estate is Britain's largest landowner, and it owns an awful lot of coastline. It is also very interested in the potential for marine power.




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Hamilton, Ontario, gets "urban pumper" right-sized for urban streets

The city is getting bike lanes and light rail transit, and their new apparatuses are chosen to better fit the streetscape.




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Corporations Wrote a Law Requiring Climate Denial be Taught in School. Tennessee Just Passed It.

Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.




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Fairmount Avenue Townhomes are "high-end, low income, sustainable housing."

Affordable housing doesn't have to look cheap, and LEED Platinum doesn't mean it has to cost a fortune.




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Nashville 185 sq. ft. tiny home is a modern guesthouse

To make an extra bit of income and to have a smaller home to live in for the future, this Nashville couple decided to build a modernist micro-home.




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650 sq. ft. Urban Micro Home is a small house for outdoorsy couple

Outfitted with smart home tech and lots of storage space for outdoor gear, this small home feels 'just right'.




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An urbanist's question: Where is the best place to have a parade?

Do you plan it where there is lots of room, or do you put it where there is good transit accessibility?




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NASA Satellite Images of Istanbul Put Causes and Consequences of Urban Sprawl in Stark Relief

Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.




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Istanbul apartment has some quirky storage solutions

This renovated apartment incorporates some interesting storage concepts for a cleaner, brighter space.




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The NRDC's "OnEarth" Hosts Carnival of the Green

Happy New Year! This week marks Carnival of the Green #208, and the first Carnival of 2010. Congratuations to all who have submitted entries and hosted over the years to make it such a success!




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Planting trees could be a "mind-blowing" solution to climate change

It's an all-natural TreeHugger-approved carbon capture and storage plan.




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Photographer Discovers Mysterious "Bearded" Antelope

Photo by Paolo Torchio Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious "bearded" antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from




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Could photography and the "sharing economy" mindset disrupt trophy hunting?

The sharing economy is all about access instead of ownership. Can this mindset be expanded to help hunters rethink what they value when it comes to trophy hunting?




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Quote of the Day: Majora Carter on Greening the Ghetto

We've brought MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter's most-excellent speech at TED 2006 to your attention before, but she's so amazing and inspiring we had to stick the video in front of you (again). Watch this formidable force of nature in action.




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Video: Philippe Starck on "Why Design?" at TED

TreeHugger goes on and on (and on) about why design matters; here, legendary designer Philippe Stark gives us his own captivating take on the topic at TED in March 2007.




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Rob Greenfield: How we can be the change we want to see in a "messed up" world

When it comes to walking the green and sustainable walk, Greenfield really puts it all on the line.




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Easy pumpkin pie squares with candied ginger [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

These delicious dessert squares skip the crust and the refined sugar. They're quick and easy to make for lightly sweet snacks during fall and winter.




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9 green living options that improve your quality of life

Think living green is all about sacrifice? Think again!




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Chao Slices: A vegan cheese that's actually quite good

A cheese lover dips his toe into the world of vegan cheese. (Not literally.)




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The philosopher's stone for a new era: quest for a cheap hydrogen economy

Hydrogen is abundant in water and full of energy. We just need a cheap way to get the hydrogen where we need it.