published December 29, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: LeonardoBoff.com A coda to the news from earlier in the day that environmental degradation and pollution in China in 2008 totaled about 4% of GDP for that year: Tierramérica is running an interview with Leonardo Boff , theologian, environmentalist and a professor at Brazil's State University of Rio de Janeiro. Boff was awarded the... Read the full story ...
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published December 28, 2010 and has No Comments
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Planet 100: Top 10 Green Reads of the Last 10 Years (Video)
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published December 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Qinetiq , CC The 'Eternal Plane' Makes History Last summer, I wrote about the Zephyr solar plane's attempt and success at breaking world records for longest flight, but until now it wasn't truly official. But the Fédération Aéronautique International... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Zephyr Solar Plane's 3 World Records Confirmed!
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published December 24, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: The Last Cookie via flickr First, the Obama administration this week upheld the much-lambasted Bush-era decision to label polar bears as threatened rather than endangered. Then, it opened up critical polar bear habitat to offshore drilling. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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No Break for Polar Bears on Christmas: Habitat Sacrificed by ...
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: BMacZero , Public Domain More a Market Phenomenon than a Geological Problem Rare earth elements (which aren't as rare as their name implies) are essential components for the manufacturing of many things, including electric vehicles and
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Rare Earth Element Mining is Re-Starting in the U.S. to Break China's Near-Monopoly
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Inhabitat When I met Andrew Michler at Greenbuild in Chicago I wanted his camera; now I want his voice recorder too. He caught a great interview with architect and writer William McDonough, co-author of the seminal 2002 book Cradle to Cradle and the founder of the n... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit Gizmodo There is a trend in architecture to try and actively promote health and exercise; The New York Times Building has prominent, bright stairs for circulation; Tom Mayne's San Francisco Federal Building's elevators... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Slides Help Make Architecture Healthy and Fun
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published December 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Some say we are hitting peak oil about now; Rick Prelinger sent this evidence of peak oil in 1963 to the Atlantic Monthly . I don't think it is real, though; who spells Lloyd with one L?... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Picture Is Worth: Early Evidence of Peak Oil
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published December 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Earthshipkirst Appalachian Gothic architecture made from recycled pallet wood is by no means the only DIY housing option using reclaimed materials. In fact, TreeHugger has featured countless posts on "earthships"—self-sufficient passive solar homes built from old tires, cans, mud and concrete. From Justin's introduction to the earthship concept , via Kristin's post on
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published December 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Craft fairs offer tons of local, handmade gifts. Photo by Orin Zebest via Flickr.com. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . The holiday season is in full swing, and that means one thing: the spirit of... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How to Find the Best Local, Handmade Gifts
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