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Photo credit: Cynthia Rowley Maybe it's a case of Fairy Godmother Syndrome gone amuck, but the task of elevating the humble bicycle from carbon-neutral mode of transport to chic status symbol is all the rage these days, with a slew of two-wheeled offerings trundling from the runway to the bikeway. But when you start tossing around names like Fendi, ...
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Image from frogandprincess.wordpress.com We all know that we have to reduce our carbon footprint. We know that we have to do it soon to save the earth. Every day we are being bombarded with suggestions in magazines, papers, t.v. about how to reduce our carbon usage. But who to believe and which ones are the really important ones to ...
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Last year, Enviu , the innovators in sustainability based in Rotterdam (NL), launched the Hybrid Tuk Tuk Batlle . The challenge was to design a system to make one million auto-rickshaws in India and other developing countries hybrid, in order to improve the living conditions of millions of drivers and their families, and drastically reduce the CO2 emissions. This ...
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Photo credit: Urban Outfitters Anni Albers was one helluva woman. And, more important, one helluva designer. Even World War II didn't stop the German-born American textile artist from improvising. Despite the shortage of materials, Albers managed to reinvent common objects like paper clips , kitchen strainers, wine corks , and metal washers into whimsical yet elegant statement jewelry. ... ...
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The Avaaz Action Factory is at it again. This time its target is Secretary Clinton; its quest is to get her to stop a new pipeline that would send Canadian tar sands oil into the US. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Young Climate Activists Call On Clinton to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline
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alan_cleaver 2000 A day at the beach sounds good -- as long as the waves aren't contaminated by human or animal waste. At the risk of raining on your beach party, and in the hopes of eventually improving it, the Natural Resources Defense Council issued its latest report on water quality at U.S. beaches. The good news: a 10 ...
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Photo: Flickr , CC What's For Dinner, Honey? California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the highest natural levels of selenium (a chemical element that is highly toxic in large doses) found anywhere. It's in the soil and the groundwater, and it ends up in plants. Some species have actually evolved to take advantage of this, building up selenium ...
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Images via Kinesis Back in January we saw this cool charger from Kinesis at the Consumer Electronics Show. It's finally online and available for purchase. Click through for some details, and watch a video about how it works. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hyrbid Wind and Solar Charger from Kinesis Finally Available
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For those who are bored stiff of green lifestyle books that only seem to offer fluffy solutions indicating which product to buy, then Toolbox for Sustainable City Living book may be your new best friend. Written with urban-dwellers in mind, Toolbox is a guide that covers a broad spectrum of do-it-yourself topics, from vermicomposting to rainwater collection, to planting ...
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Image: Coda Do I Smell a Future Bailout? Coda Automotive is very ambitious: It plans to launch a $45,000 (before the $7,500 tax credit) Chinese-built electric sedan next year and claims that it will be the most affordable electric car at the time. But to get there it needs cash, which is why it just raised $24 million in ...
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