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This Newfoundlander wants kale, not cod

Jackson McLean is the face of a new vegan food movement on this remote Canadian island that's long been defined by fishing.




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This 2,000-year-old message from Pompeii's ruins is freaking me out

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.




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Check this map to see if you live near Enbridge's controversial Line 9 oil pipeline

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.




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Curious? Rent this mini-earthship in a permaculture community (Video)

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.




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Thanks to a solar air heater, it costs $100 to heat this tiny house all winter (Video)

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.




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Genetic mutation gives this "tetrachromat" artist superhuman color vision (video)

Ordinary humans can see about 1 million colors, but thanks to a genetic mutation, this artist can see an estimated 100 million colors.




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This high-tech, grow-it-yourself medical cannabis kit is as easy as using an app

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.




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This super simple green sauce goes with everything

And it reduces food waste!




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European cars may soon have "Intelligent Speed Assistance." Should every car have this? (Survey)

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."




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Use this instead of grass for your lawn

Lawns use up way too much water.




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Can You Spot TreeHugger in this Google 'Search Story' About Solar Power in Michigan? (Video)

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The




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This beautiful, simple drying rack is made by Bee's Wrap

It is designed to dry beeswax wraps more easily, but its usefulness goes beyond that.




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This robotic lawnmower fuels itself with the grass it cuts, then harvests excess biomass for later use

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?




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UK has passed 1,000 hours without coal this year

That's compared to 624 in the whole of 2017...




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Google's self-driving car hits the road this summer

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.




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Montreal may ban wood-fired ovens. Is this the end of the classic Montreal bagel?

Wood smoke is a huge source of particulate pollution and really shouldn't be in residential neighbourhoods. But the flavour...




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Electric Ford F-150 pickup truck tows a million pound train. Is this a big deal?

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.




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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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Energy Star now rates clothes dryers. This could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 22bn lbs per year!

Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts.




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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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Earthy wallpaper patterns liven up this vintage Airstream renovation

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.




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Yellow brightens up this apartment's multifunctional walls

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.




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Could this plan force politicians to work together?

This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment.




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This tiny house carved out of a single tree could be in Hobbiton instead of Haida Gwaii

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.




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This professor just got arrested for making climate change graffiti

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.




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Bet you didn't know about this fashion industry dirty secret

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.




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Anthony Thistleton: Sustainable design is over. It's time for Regenerative Design

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.




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There aren't any climate deniers anymore. At this point, they are all climate arsonists and nihilists.

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.




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This Month in Wallpaper*: Design Directory 2007

This month's issue of Wallpaper* magazine is dominated by the 2007 Design Directory, their hand-picked favorite architects and designers from the past year. Always the epitome of cool, the mag's slick picks




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This makes sense: BMW tells kids to dress up in fluorescent clothing

It's Blame the Victim time as the car company tells pedestrians to brighten up.




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This Swiss facility is sucking carbon dioxide out of the air for growing veggies (Video)

Run on waste heat, this commercial facility is the first of its kind in the world, extracting CO2 from the air and piping it to a greenhouse farm to grow veggies.




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The Golden Globes go vegan this year

A last-minute menu change has switched out fish for mushrooms.




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This bacon-scented patch could help kick your meat habit

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.




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Stash this collapsible water bottle in your pocket and turn back to the tap

It's time we made water bottles part of our every day carry (EDC) kit. This handy little bottle squishes down small enough to go everywhere you do.




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Teens don't want to drive. Is this a problem?

A series of newspaper articles ask the wrong question.




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This is your contribution to melting Arctic ice

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.




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Antarctica has never been this hot: The record was broken twice last week

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.




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Sleeping this much reduces heart attack risk

Even when accounting for other factors, the right amount of sleep has been shown to have a big impact on heart attack risk.




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Grizzly bear trophy hunting will be banned in British Columbia this fall

No longer will hunters be able to buy the right to kill this majestic apex predator.




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When this wolf howls, Mother Nature claps (video)

The howl of magnificent Zephyr at NY's Wolf Conservation Center gets Mother Nature's attention.




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This startup turns deadly algae blooms into plastic alternatives

Bloom hoovers up harmful algae overgrowth from waterways and turns it into a flexible foam that can replace some petroleum-based products.




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Vivobarefoot will launch an amphibious shoe made with algae-based foam this summer

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.




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This company is using algae to make environmentally friendly inks

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.




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This algae-filled living chandelier cleans your air

Designed with 'artificial leaves' of glass filled with algae, this lighting fixture is made to produce extra oxygen.




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This could be your new favorite winter vegetable

Once you start buying fennel, you won't be able to stop.




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Want Half Your Employees to Cycle? Build a Bike Shed Like This One

We know that bike commuting saves money, and that cycling to work combats obesity too. So it's no surprise when we hear that bike commuting is on the rise in many cities. One company is stepping out way ahead




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Climate Change Puts the Reality in This TV Show

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical




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Czech Out This New Small Prefab Design From Architect Marek Štěpán.

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design




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Another Major Blow for Carbon Capture, This Time It Involves the "C" Word

Mongstad industrial area at night. Photo Tøssekaien via flickr. The Norwegians have been big supporters of carbon capture and storage, and the government helped get the public to go along with building of a gas-fired plant near an existing oil refinery




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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video)

French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.