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20 Oct 2009 IN GREEN-MATERIALS-GUIDE | COMMENTS
Insulated concrete forms are a system of stackable blocks of expanded polystyrene that are filled with concrete and reinforcing as required, resulting in a strong, well-insulated wall.+ READ MORE
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17 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
As if global warming and wars over oil weren't enough to put a little guilt cloud over our energy consumption patterns, there's a host of other, much closer-to-home environmental problems that need to be addressed if we are to get on the right track to a clean energy future.The "Halliburton...+ READ MORE
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6 Oct 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Saturday comes around and you feel like picking up some cheap used home items, browsing some street-side fashions, or digging through a crate of old books. The place you want to go is, of course, a local yard sale. But how do you know where to go? Paper signs on telephone poles are great, until it...+ READ MORE
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28 Jul 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Using public transportation -- especially in a new city -- can be a daunting task, but with the help of the iPhone, it can be easy, and even enjoyable! Here's how to use the iPhone and it's apps to get transit schedules and directions, check the weather, read the newspaper, and even listen to music,...+ READ MORE
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24 Jun 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
After a recent trip to Western Germany where beautiful castles decorate the landscape, part of me transitioned back into a princess and castle-loving little girl. When I found a map in my backpack upon arriving home, I decided to make a castle-shaped bookmark out of it. Whether you love castles...+ READ MORE
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10 Jun 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY | COMMENTS
Not everyone in the world has GPS. I don't have GPS. I want one, don't get me wrong, but until I get one, finding my way around different cities is done through printed directions or maps. It's an eco-crime, I know, but it's not so bad to utilize a city map (or a treasure map) if you turn it into...+ READ MORE
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28 May 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Wanting to show that the journey is just as important as the final eco-destination, The Union of Concerned Scientists released a comprehensive analysis of the highest and lowest carbon options for vacation travel. + READ MORE
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19 May 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Sometimes climate change just seems like an abstraction—like some environmental doomsday scenario whose consequences lurk far in the future. Of course, global warming has begun to effect ecosystems and weather patterns—and entire human communities—across the globe already.+ READ MORE
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7 May 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
So you converted your car to run on biodiesel. You're ready to take your newly greened beauty on a road trip across the country on its virgin run. Problem is, you're not so sure where exactly you can buy biodiesel.+ READ MORE
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4 Apr 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Laugh all you want. Yell "Nerd!" at me (or rather at your computer screen, whereupon you'll quickly realize how weird it is you're yelling at anything at all while alone in your apartment—don't worry, happens to me all the time) if you must. But this is the coolest geography based online...+ READ MORE
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25 Mar 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Which is greener: Flying or driving? That's a no-brainer. Individually speaking, airplanes produce scads more CO2 emissions that cars. Are there any cases where flying is better than driving? Yes, there are. Let’s look at some of these instances.+ READ MORE
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5 Mar 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Today on TreeHugger: Clean a local river, check out environmental art, learn about dying oceans, and hug trees digitally.+ READ MORE
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20 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Today on TreeHugger: Vegan cosmetics, urban space station, parking the yurt, and mapping carbon.+ READ MORE
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2 Feb 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Nobody likes pollution. Even a hardcore pro-industry, SUV drivin', hippy hatin' factory tycoon wouldn't want to linger outdoors on a windless summer day in Beijing. Or even LA. Yet our collective distaste for pollution often doesn't evolve far beyond that: we consider it sort of like a faceless evil...+ READ MORE
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18 Jan 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Sometimes what you need to do more than anything else is fall in love with the city in which you live again. It's easy to daydream about vacation trips you could embark on, but a lot of people find themselves doing this before they've really explored their own cities. I know because I am one of...+ READ MORE
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