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It may well be the ugliest house we have shown on TreeHugger, and it is made of garbage, too. But Ian McPherson of Welsh startup Affresol takes plastic waste, grinds it down to little granules. They then mix it with liquid resin and pour it like concrete into panels, which they call Thermo Poly Ro... (original story)
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It used to be that rising tides due to climate change were just a far-off fear - now they're a present-day reality. But we all know that humans are a race of survivors, and some of the best designs come out of the necessity to adapt to environmental changes and challenges. So while we're working o... (original story)
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Photo via Cobbers A ban backed by the United States to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has been shot down, due to opposition led by Canada and Norway. The US argued that the international trade of th... (original story)
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Photo: Flickr, CC Dumb Traffic Lights are so Passé After smart grids, smart sewage and smart lights, here comes the smart traffic lights. To be fair, many lights already have some sensors and can adju...Read the full story on TreeHugger (original story)
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Photo via wilihybrid When it comes to baby animal photos, we really can't get enough. But not only is it springtime -- and therefore cute baby animals are on the brain -- but World Water Day is approaching (March 22nd). So we figured we'd bring you photos of some of the cutest aquatic animals you'... (original story)
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Filed under: Travel and Vacation I'm usually glad to be through with my teens and twenties (cough, ok and my thirties), and enjoy the wisdom that comes with age. But when I read about the Sierra Club's "Best Internship on Earth" I had an urge to get a fake id and try to convince them that I'm under ... (original story)
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London Fashion Week may have finished a few weeks ago, but we're still enjoying the prospects of the AW10 ethical collections, such was the high quality on offer. Of course we loved Christopher Raeburn's and Ada Zanditon's amazing designs, but there was one more label that stood out from the (original story)
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Still from How To Feed The World? by Denis van Waerebeke The world food system is extremely complex. Trying to comprehend how farmers in Africa are impacted by decision we make at the grocery store in the west - and the whims of commodities traders in Chicago - can hurt the brain. Lucky for us F... (original story)
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Photo via Senatus Ever since clean energy reform legislation faded far, far into the background during the last months' health care reform brouhaha, all we've had to go on have been the occasional reminder that Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and Lieberman (I-CT) were still indeed working on ... (original story)
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Image: Audi insperation, Flickr Decades ago, when chemists were churning out new discoveries and industry was making "better living through chemistry," the belief was widely held that chemicals do not cross the placenta. We now know that mother's chemical exposure can affect her baby's chances fo... (original story)