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Minimalistic Collapsable, Hanging Bookshelf Made with Recovered 35 mm Film

Made from wood and recycled movie film, it's perfect for small homes or urban renters always on the move.




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Monsanto's agrochemicals are poisoning Argentines, but Monsanto blames victims for misusing products

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.




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Dinosaur 7x bigger than T-Rex discovered

Paleontologists in Argentina have uncovered a supermassive dinosaur




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Imaginative kids' bedroom features space-saving, cave-like bunk bed

Reminiscent of a bear's cozy cave, this bedroom for children maximizes the small space in a playful way.




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Tar Sands Spill in Alberta: "This Is Not Natural -- It's Got Nothing to Do With Nature"

Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly."




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TransCanada to pipe tar sands crude to Eastern Canada. What does this mean for Keystone XL?

TransCanada announced today that they are moving forward with their so-called Energy East Pipeline project, which will bring crude oil from Western Canada to refineries and export terminals in Eastern Canada.




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Wood that wows: Teeple Architects' Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

It's all about the amazing connections.




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Calgarians protest planting trees, saying they will be cover for crime

"'If you give people more places to hide, more naughty things will be done"




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Someone should have told that rock that, in Alberta, safety is a shared responsibility

Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact.




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Soon they will be shipping oil from the Alberta oil sands in little plastic tubs

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?




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Make a DIY Lavender Sachet

Lavender sachets are so lovely; they smell sweet and look nice in your drawer. They are supposed to keep away the moths (although the jury is still out on that one) and help you sleep peacefully.




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"Save Fish, Eat Chips" and More Quirky Christmas Gift Ideas from DesignMarketo (Photos)

Great gift ideas from DesignMarketo, a platform diffusing up-and-coming designers’ small and limited productions. Our favourite: "Save Fish, Eat Chips" t-shirts!




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Hey, hey, my cotton… but only if it’s organic, says Neil Young

Neil Young may be looking for a heart of gold, but he hopes she is wearing a blouse of organic cotton.




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Applications Open: Unreasonable Institute Looking For World-Saving Entrepreneurs

I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great




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Hot Sand and Skill Turns Plastic Bottles into Jewelry at Sahrawi Refugee Camp (Photos)

This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.




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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)

The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!




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Hangar One makes vodka from San Francisco fog

It might cost $125 a bottle, but it tells a cool story about sustainability.




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9 tips to avoid illness from salad greens

In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness.




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If you have soap and water, don't fret about hand sanitizer

Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers.




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Should Daylight Saving Time be scrapped? (Survey)

There is a lot of research that shows that it does more harm than good.




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US Federal Judge Awards Compensation For Chinese Drywall-Caused, Wiring, HVAC, Appliance Damages

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of




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Nature Conservancy Land Purchase Could Save Alabama's Red Hills Salamander

A little salamander that is found in only a




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Forget Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day; Remember Small Business Saturday

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.




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Forget Black Friday, think of Small Business Saturday and support your Main Street

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.




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If you support walkable and bikeable cities, then support Small Business Saturday

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.




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Brazilian cheese breads are a quick and satisfying treat

Chewy, salty, and impossible to stop eating, they're the next best thing to an actual trip to Brazil (especially when paired with a caipirinha).




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Major shoe company says it won't buy Brazilian leather

Owner of Timberland, Vans, and Dickies says it needs assurance that materials used in its products "don't contribute to environmental harm."




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Parking Lots Kill Birds? Thousands Die in Utah Crash Landing

In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?




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Hobbit Houses, Geothermal Heating, and More at Økosamfundet Dyssekilde, One of Denmark's Oldest Eco Villages

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.




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Learn to build a tiny house from salvaged building materials

Building and living in a tiny house can be a big step toward living more sustainably, but using repurposed salvaged building materials to build one might be the Holy Grail of green living.




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Staten Island residents fight to save green space from becoming condos

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.




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Don't forget the humble Greek salad

Hurry, before the tomatoes set sail for the season, indulge in a big, beautiful Horiatiki salad.




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How to save sinking cities and bleaching corals?

New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.




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Irish Rail says no more reusable cups on trains

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.




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We don't have 11 years to save the planet, we have to start today.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.




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Ready Mix concrete industry attacks wood construction, says we should "Build with Strength"

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.




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Life's not a beach, especially when the sand all goes to concrete

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.




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Have we reached Peak Sand?

Yet another thing we are running out of.




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Concrete house is designed to survive another Superstorm Sandy

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.




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Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal is restored, repurposed and reborn as the TWA Hotel

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.




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We have passed Peak Sand; people will soon be fighting over the stuff

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.




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Clothing firms Joe Fresh and Primark to compensate victims of Bangladesh building collapse

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.




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Inflatable baby incubator can save lives in refugee camps

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.




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Solar-powered Sterile Box brings safer surgeries to developing countries

The technology could save countless lives.




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Effective frequency in sustainable messaging

In our mission to close the “green-gap” through sustainable messaging, every bit of insight counts.




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The Israeli public says no to fracking

Do people have the right to say no to corporations that come into their communities and create environmental and health risks? In Israel, the public is proving that they do.




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Changing the narrative of “disposable” plastics

We need to see plastic for what it is: nearly-indestructible, highly polluted and far from disposable.




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From food packaging to cleaning supplies, the kitchen is a vortex of disposability

Wastes are made in the kitchen.




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Food production must change drastically to save world

Latest IPCC report calls for urgent action in the way land is used.




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Artist mixes different jigsaw puzzles to create surrealist montages

This artist mixes and matches up jigsaw puzzle pieces from different vintage puzzles to create mind-bending collages.