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- Use Your iPhone to Manage Electronics
- Kerosene Emissions Equivalent to UK CO2
- Rio+20 Summit Calls for Sustainability Goals
- Beetle Infested Pine Wood Becomes Gadget Case
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- GoalZero Delivers Yeti-Sized Solar Power
- Fighting Global Injustices...With Crafts
- Tiny, Electricity-Free Home Nurtures Peace
SolarFocus Debuts A Solar Kindle Case
We visited the folks at SolarFocus and got a closer look at the case that is generating quite a buzz.
Business
A Crisis of Civilization? Live Chat with Security Analyst Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed. Thursday, January 12th. 3e.
What does climate change and peak oil have to do with terrorism and the economic crisis? Everything, says Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed. Join us to discuss why.
- Countries To Be Asked To Sign 10 Sustainable Development Goals At Rio+20 Summit
- Resilience Has Not Been Lost (It's Been Willfully Ignored)
- Why Free Energy Would Be a Very, Very Bad Thing
- US Extends Moratorium on New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
- This is What the U.S. Would Look Like Without Environmental Protections (PHOTOS)
- Is There Human Trafficking in Your Hometown?
- The Customer is Not Always Right. (Why the Green Movement Must Manufacture Demand.)
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CES 2012: Debutes A Solar Kindle Case
Use the power of the sun to amp up your Kindle reading experience.
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2013 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid Coming
At the Detroit Auto Show, Honda showed off its newest plug-in hybrid.
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200-Story Prefab Built in 2 Months
This new way of building is amazingly fast, and amazingly green.
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Design
DIY Shipping Pallet Bookshelf and Bike Rack Looks Quick and Easy
Although I think it is the red background that makes it so interesting to look at.
- Recycled Play Structures Bring Joy to Schools in Rural India
- Transformer Sofa with Hidden Chairs Effortlessly Doubles Living Room Seating Space
- Alternating Tread Stair Saves Space, Looks Gorgeous
- 30 Story Hotel Completely Built and Finished in Fifteen Days, on New Years Eve (Amazing Video)
- 4 High-Design Bird Houses Helping Protect Our Feathered Friends this Winter
- Nice Shades: More on the New York's Learning Spring School
- What is the Greenest Insulation? The Case for Mineral Wool
- 200-Storey Prefab For 100,000 People Can Be Built in 2 Months
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Living
Climate Change, Nuclear Woes Tick Doomsday Clock to Five Minutes Before Midnight
Climate change and the persistant threat of nuclear disaster spur the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to inch the Doomsday Clock's hand ever closer to midnight.
- Fighting Global Injustices and Poverty...With Crafts: Meet the Craftivists
- Tiny, Electricity-Free Home Nurtures Inner Peace
- Artist Creates Amazing 3D Paintings of Goldfish
- Electricity Easement Becomes Park to Feed the Hungry
- Straw Isolated Walls and Underground Visitor Center at Beautiful Organic Winery Near the Andes
- Canadian Artist Comments on Society with Giant Ice Letters
- Indigenous Amazonian Child Burned to Death by Loggers
- Butterflies Inspire Rio Wrenn's Rust-Printed Lingerie Collection
- 9 Eco Travel Destinations on the Hot List for 2012
Transportation
Toyota Yaris Hybrid Preview
After years of rumors and some official announcements, Toyota has finally released photos of the Yaris hybrid, along with some information about what's under the hood.
- 2013 Honda Accord to be Available in Plug-in Hybrid Model
- Strong, Flexible Rack Takes the Hassle Out of Locking Any Bike
- Toyota Unveils NS4 Plug-in Hybrid Concept, Possible Global Production in 2015
- Lexus Debuts LF-LC Sporty 2+2 Hybrid Coupe Concept Car at 2012 Detroit Auto Show
- VW Premieres E-Bugster Electric Concept Car at Detroit Auto Show (100 Miles Range)
- 2013 VW Jetta Hybrid Debuts at Detroit Auto Show (Lithium-ion Battery, 45 MPG, Turbocharged)
- Ford Unveils New 2013 Fusion Hybrid (lithium-ion, 47 MPG) and Plug-In Fusion Energi (100+ MPGe)
- Ford Rolls out First "100% Sustainable Interior" for Focus Electric
- New York City's Bike Count is Up 289% Since 2001!
Technology
CES 2012: PhoneDoctors Empower Anyone To Repair Their Own Devices
What is a consumer electronics show without someone there to show people how to repair their cell phones?
- CES 2012: Use Your iPhone to Manage Electronics, And More Energy-Saving Tools
- CES 2012: Brunton Launches Extra Rugged Solar-Power iPhone Case
- CES 2012: SolarFocus Debutes A Solar Powered Kindle Case
- CES 2012: Wine Holders Made From Trash Convert Into Lamps
- CES 2012: GoalZero Brings Yeti-Sized Solar Power to Adventurers
- CES 2012: Hybrid Solar Chargers from Revolve Offer Reliable Backup Battery Power
- CES 2012: CEA Donates $75,000 to Local Las Vegas Sustainability Organizations
- CES 2012: Travel Charger Shuts Off Power When Your Battery Is Full
- TreeHugger at CES 2012: Our Hopes and Frustrations for Green In Consumer Electronics
Science
Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All
They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.
- Climate Change Pushing Alpine Plants Off the Mountain
- Should We Work Towards A 3°C World, If A 2°C Target Is Really Out of Reach?
- After a Bad Year for Rhinos Worldwide, Nepal Finds Cause for Celebration
- Three Activists Detained After Boarding Whaling Vessel
- Did Mercury Cause "The Mother of All Extinctions" During Permian Period?
- Seals and Walruses Found Dead in Alaska with Mysterious Sores and Hair Loss: Scientists Baffled
- The Week in Animal News: Smuggling Poisonous Snakes in Suitcase, Hybrid Sharks, and More
- To Escape Rising Seas, Maldives President May Move His Entire Island Nation to Australia
Energy
Germany Installs More Solar Panels in December 2011 Than US Did All Year
Some more astonishing stats on the progress Germany is making on solar power thanks to predictable energy policy.
- Energy News Recap: Morocco Continues Big Wind Power Push, Plus Better Biofuels Though Zoo Poo
- How Tar Sands Will Devastate Agriculture, Increase Hunger in Africa
- Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Calls Anti-pipeline Protesters Radicals Supported by "Jet-Setting Celebrities"
- Kerosene Emissions Equivalent to UK CO2 Output. Solar Can Eliminate Them.
- Dubai's Huge 1 GW Solar Power Project Will Take 18 Years To Build
- BP's Gulf Ad Campaign is "Propaganda", Locals Say
- There Are Over 250 Different Kinds of Fossil Fuel Subsidies We Need to Kill
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