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All of Existence Should Be Revered: Hinduism & The Environment

Hinduism is the oldest




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Spirit, Science, Art, Reverence Combined Will Build a Better Green Movement

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant




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200 evangelical scientists ask Congress to pass climate legislation

Two hundred evangelical scientists recently wrote a letter to Congress making the religious case for passing climate change legislation.




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Evangelical Christians call on Obama to protect public lands from oil and gas leasing

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.




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Duke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of battery storage

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.




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Eco-Mobius is a modular, 'forever' smart phone

Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius.




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Staggering e-waste numbers revealed in grim new report

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.




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Nevermind, there won't be a modular smartphone after all

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.




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The best bar soaps for every body part

With disinfecting and sanitizing on everyone's mind, good old-fashioned bar soap has never been more necessary. It's still possible to go plastic-free, too. These are the best bar soaps for every body part.




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Montreal reveals plans for an electric car sharing service, aims for 1,000 EVs by 2020

The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third.




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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.




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Nature Outsmarts Monsanto: Pests Develop Resistance to GM Corn

You just can't fool Mother Nature.




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Reverend Billy invites you to an organic Thanksgiving dinner at Monsanto HQ

Want to do something really different for Thanksgiving this year? Come have an organic dinner on the lawn of Monsanto's World Headquarters and watch the latest show from Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir.




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The New York Times On The Food Revolution- Plus A Michael Pollan Article

This weekend's New York Times Magazine was their annual food issue, about a subject dear to TreeHugger's heart: "how the food revolution- from farm to table- is really a story about seeding and savouring communities." Christine Muhlke, in Growing




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Food revolution reading list from Michael Pollan and Ruth Reichl

Recommended reading from two of America's biggest food writers.




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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (book review)

Michael Pollan's latest book is a wonderful exploration of how cooking connects us all, socially and ecologically.




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Cool Your World this Summer with Seven Simple Ways to Save With ENERGY STAR

The dog days of summer are right around the corner and homeowners are looking for ways to




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Look Ma, no heatsink! After the innovative flat LED, here comes the hollow one (review)

Look Ma! No heatsink!




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Clever technical breakthrough could make LEDs as inexpensive as incandescents

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...




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The biggest energy-saving regulation the U.S. has ever seen was released today

The new rule is expected to save Americans $167 billion in energy costs.




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Broken things are everywhere, and this man finds them

Artist Roland Roos finds broken things and fixes them—whether you've asked him to or not.




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10 tips to make every day Earth Day

We can do lists too; here are some of the simple things you can do that do not involve spending money and buying stuff.




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Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Given Green Light By Reviewers

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.




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The Rise of Living Architecture (Book Review)

Green roofs, living walls, vertical farms are all part of a new living architecture.




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Green roofs could prevent sewage overflow in New York City

Sewage overflow is a major problem in the Big Apple, but with a little more green on city rooftops, the overflow could be prevented.




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ELEVATE puts a solar powered, green walled, rainwater collecting tiny house on a pedestal

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?




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Support Small Business Saturday, and Shop Small everyday

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.




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Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor benefits everyone

It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods.




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What's wrong with modern buildings? Everything, including Upfront Carbon Emissions

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.




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NY Design/ ICFF Preview: Patty Johnson

The peripatetic international designer explains it all in Core77




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Hurricanes Common even in Colder Times

While global warming naysayers seem content to continue flouting the overwhelming scientific consensus in favor of this anthropogenic phenomenon, they seem to have gotten one point largely right: hurricanes didn't suddenly begin massing over the past




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Everybody is against Enbridge on Haida Gwaii

You can see the opposition to the big pipe from the tar sands on every house and every stop sign.




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Creative Recycling: Thieves Steal An Entire Bridge

Ambitious thieves spend a month torching apart a Pennsylvania bridge




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Jargon watch - "cocktail geoengineering" takes fixing the earth to the next level

If one geoengineering plan doesn't work, maybe two or three combined will




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Help get The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change to every high school in the US

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.




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It's time for a revolution in the way we look at buildings

We have to reconsider what is "acceptable for how houses should look and feel."




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Why do we make everything so complicated? We need radical simplicity right now.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.




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The VentureOne Hybrid and EV: 100 MPH, 100 MPG, and that Crazy Tilty Action

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and




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BMW Considering Launching EV by 2012?

During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent




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Study reveals the obvious: The rich are different from you and me, especially behind the wheel

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks




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Electric cars growing 100% every year (graphs)

Actually, a bit more than 100%.




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BMW proposes elevated e-bike cycleways to ease congestion & speed commutes

Instead of banning cars from city centers, this automaker recommends elevated roads for electric bikes & scooters to ease congestion and emissions.




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Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? Everything You Need to Know

Paper or plastic bags: which is better? It's an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? It seems like it should be an easy choice, but there's an incredible number of details and inputs hidden




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12 easy green resolutions for every month of the year

Resolve to make these simple changes month by month as a graceful way to ease into a more sustainable lifestyle.




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First ever porous liquid shows promise for carbon capture

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores




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Farms Use 60 Times More Land Than Cities: It's Time to Develop Terraculture

Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.




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Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"

The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.




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Can we prevent a food breakdown?

As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending for itself.




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OVER illustrates perils of overshoot and impacts of human overpopulation on our planet (review)

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.




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UN revises population projections downward

Annual growth will soon be negative everywhere except Africa.