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- What's the City Cycling Gateway Drug?
- Pedal Pod Does More Than Just Store Your Bike
- Diver Faces a 23-Foot Anaconda
- Up to 6.7 Million Bats Dead From Disease
- Green Community Cheers Keystone XL Rejection
- Starbucks Opens Shipping Container Drive-Thru
- Attenborough Urges Halt in Population Growth
- If the Economy Tanks as Democracy Advances...
Largest Solar Boat Making Trip Around the Globe
Planet Solar, the world's largest 100 percent solar-powered boat, is about to complete its 18-month journey across the globe.
Business
David Attenborough Urges Corporations to Help Reverse Population Expansion
Famed naturalist says corporations can protect the natural world from population expansion. But is this neocolonialism?
- Spring Back Now Recycles What Landfills & Other Recyclers Don't Want: Mattresses
- Prince Charles Donates Millions to Combat Climate Change
- If the Economy Tanks When Democracy Advances, We Have a Serious Problem
- After The Fracking: Will More Southern Workers Move To Pittsburgh; Will Air Quality Worsen?
- Fast Food Advertising vs Reality
- Fair Trade USA Splits From International Fair Trade Organization, Favoring Corporatization of Coffee
- No More “Pink Slime” at Taco Bell, McDonald’s, and Burger King
- Green Business is Good. Resilient Business is Better.
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Sad Reality of Shark Finning in Pictures
Get up close and personal with the brutal world of shark finning.
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Coolest Kindergarten Ever: A Tree House
Check out a furniture-free, circular kindergarten built around a huge tree.
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Design
Why Do I Hate Starbucks' Shipping Container Drive-through in Seattle So Much?
It's not the building, and it's not the fact that it is a drivethrough. It is that damn sanctimonious sign on the side of it.
- 30 Story Hotel Completely Built and Finished in Fifteen Days, on New Years Eve (Amazing Video)
- Mind-blowing Digital 3D Printing of Super-Green Houses is Happening Now
- A Looping Pier Would Connect Floridians to the Waterfront
- PODhouses Are Perfect For Swiss Hotel and Permanent Camping
- How To Build a Resilient Design: Make it Smaller, Higher, Stronger and Warmer
- Recycled Shipping Container 'Glamping' at Beach Resort in Buenos Aires
- Wood, Clay & Grass-Thatched Eco-Hotel Looks Like A Fairytale Forest Village (Photos)
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Living
Artist Channels Historical Propaganda Posters to Promote Gardening
The Victory Garden of Tomorrow poster campaign by Portland designer Joe Wirtheim is artful advocacy for the modern homefront.
- Whimsical Jewelry by Hanna Hedman Translates Animal Forms into Complex Narratives (Photos)
- How to Transform a Pickle Barrel into a DIY Recycled Compost Tumbler
- Art Installation's Time-Lapsed Landscapes Collapse Time & Change in Nature
- Exclusive: Mark Bittman on his New e-Book, Cooking Solves Everything (Interview)
- 5 Phone Apps for Healthy Green Eating
- Artist Decapitates Recycled Stuffed Toys to Make Stunning, Psychedelic Rugs
- 10 Historical Figures You Had No Idea Were Environmentalists
- With Off-the-shelf-Systems, Aquaponic Gardening is Getting Easier to do at Home
Transportation
Bike Sharing: It's Global City Cycling's Gateway Drug
Better than the subway or the bus, cheaper than taxis and healthier, too - bike sharing gets a boost from system-sharing cards
- A New Four-Lane Superhighway To Be Built Only For Bikes
- 22-Year-Old Frank Zappa Teaches How to Play the Bicycle (Video)
- Highlights from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show
- Electric Car Battery Prices on Track to Drop 70% by 2015, Says Energy Secretary
- The Prius C is Coming to U.S. this Spring, Priced Below $19,000
- Toyota Yaris Hybrid Preview
- 2012 Sonata Hybrid Gets 'Lifetime Battery Replacement Guarantee' from Hyundai
- 2013 VW Jetta Hybrid Debuts at Detroit Auto Show (Lithium-ion Battery, 45 MPG, Turbocharged)
Technology
B-Squares' Brilliant Plot to Take Over Electronics With Lego-Like Gadgets
The popular gadget concept earned a killing on Kickstarter, proving that people want these Lego-like devices. However, their purpose is far bigger than entertainment.
- Final Thoughts on The Future of Green Gadgets at CES 2012
- VOTE: What's Your Favorite Gadget Spotted at CES 2012?
- Silver Ink Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Low-cost, Flexible Electronics
- CES 2012: The Connected Home Leads As Popular Theme in Consumer Electronics
- CES 2012: Cubify Brings 3D Printing To Your Livingroom, Set To Win Best of CES
- CES 2012: OLED TVs, Transparent TVs and Home Energy Management from Samsung
- CES 2012: 3 Examples of Sony's Mantra, "Do More With Less"
Science
Scientists Estimate Up to 6.7 Million Bats Dead From Disease
White nose syndrome has decimated bat populations on the East Coast but new research suggests that the impact of the fungus has been underestimated.
- Diver Comes Face to Face With 23-Foot Anaconda (Photos)
- Poachers Have Already Killed 11 African Rhinos in 2012
- How Anthropomorphism Helps (and Hurts) the Environmental Movement
- How Can We Save More Seabirds? Foraging Pattern Analysis is Key
- Modern Mayans More Concerned About Environmental Problems Than Calendar Ending
- Exclusive: The Cruel Reality of the Global Shark Fin Trade, in Pictures
- 100 Years Ago: Robert Falcon Scott Reaches The South Pole
Energy
Bulgaria Bans Fracking - Second Nation In World To Restrict Natural Gas Technology
Violators of the ban face the Bulgarian equivalent of a $65 million fine—which in the scheme of the fossil fuel industry's cash flow really isn't that much.
- What 'National Interests' Led Obama To Oppose The Keystone XL Pipeline?
- Green Community Cheers Keystone XL Rejection
- Kirk Sorensen: "If Thorium is Good Enough for the Moon, It's Good Enough for Earth"
- It's Time for an "Arab Spring for the Environment": Bill Richardson
- Turkey's Dam Plans Make New Problems With Neighbors
- Twin 50 MW Solar Thermal Plants Go Online in Spain; Each Can Run 7.5 Hours After Nightfall
- Wisconsin Town Legally Prevented From Tightening Coal Ash Regulations
- Scotland Guns for 100% Renewable Energy by 2020
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