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DIY printable furniture ships as information, not parts
If your modular furniture from IKEA was fashioned from wood harvested on one continent, cut and finished on another, and shipped to yet a third, that’s not exactly sustainable. That’s […]
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One giant, offshore wind turbine can provide power for 6,000 people
Off the coast of Belgium, truly gigantic wind turbines are going up. They're rated at 6.15 megawatts and the blades of these monsters cover the surface of two soccer fields.
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McDonald’s ditches Styrofoam … maybe
McDonald’s may be getting a little less evil … maybe … I guess … if consumers really, really want it to. The fast food behemoth recently announced plans to swap […]
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Robot jellyfish will use water for fuel, spy on you
A team working out of Virginia Tech and the University of Texas at Dallas is building a robotic jellyfish that mimics the real thing. Here it is in action: The […]
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Human wings: The green answer to air travel
Forget subways, trains, and bikes — those are old hat compared to what we’re about to tell you. Meet the new green form of transportation: strapping on human bird wings […]
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Mayor awesome: Against all odds, L.A.’s mayor stays green
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks about being green in uneasy economic times, biking with his buddy Lance Armstrong, and asking China to help fund his city’s new transit system.
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Skate punk gets business degree to sharpen his activist chops
Erick Boustead first brewed his heady mixture of music, organizing, and online media to fund a skate park.
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Soon, your toilet could heat your apartment building
Now you can dump energy waste just by, well, taking a massive dump. Green tech company OriginOil is working on a project that uses toilet wastewater as a way to […]
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Need a ride? Check out London’s mobile bike library
A bus and a library make most people think of boring days locked inside a school — unless that bus holds an AWESOME mobile bike library! Meet London’s Bicycle Library: […]
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Starbucks juice bar: Vegan nirvana or yuppie hellhole?
There are two ways to think about Starbucks' first juice bar, which recently opened. Either this juice heralds the end of times, or it is a boon to vegans and vegetarians everywhere.
