The Friday after Thanksgiving, shoppers will—as they do every year—line up in front of stores, poised to descend en masse on the goods housed within. Some do it for the deals, others for the excitement, and some avoid it all together. The
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Oxfam Unwraps its Collection of Donation Gifts for the Holiday Season
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Photo: Stephen Messenger For a species of bird found only in the forests of North America and so symbolic of a U.S. holiday , the humble turkey sure has an oddly Eurasian name — but have you ever stopped to consider why? Well, it turns out that the origins of how this jowly bird arrived at its strikingly Turkish title reflect the history of its international popularity. The misnomer, as you well know, has yet to be corrected — making turk… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How an American Bird Became Known as a Turkey
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Photo: wikipedia Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair. Robin Day was Britain’s most famous designer of 20th century furniture. His Hille polypropylene stacking chair was created in 1963, and nearly 50m have been sold. But his influence on British design stretched farther than that. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies
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Photo credit: TckTckTck HRH The Prince of Wales has released his latest book, Harmony , detailing a new approach to understanding the world—and living in it. In an effort to bring these ideas to the largest audience possible, a film, inspired by the book and sharing the same name, will air on NBC this Friday. In addition, TckTckTck is launching mosaic:EARTH , a cutting edge collaborative media project that uni… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Share Your Message for the World with mosaic:EARTH and Harmony
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Photo: Michael Wolf , aod 45 The Prix Pictet has to be the most interesting photography prize going. Awarding a generous $77,000 to the winner, it is only the third year running for this international competition that focuses on sustainability and the environment. Each year there is a theme; the first was water, the second was earth and this year’s is growth . The short list is out and once more, the 12 nominees from all over the world do not disappoint. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Prix Pictet, Sustainable Photography Prize, Short List Announced
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Image Credit: sskennel via Flickr Former President Bill Clinton, reputed for his legendary consumption of snack foods , has made a surprise move. In an effort to drop weight before his daughter Chelsea’s (vegan) wedding , the father of the bride gave up meat and dairy products,
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Bill Clinton Drops Meat, Dairy, and 24 Pounds
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Image credit: Franco Folini /Flickr As you may know, TerraCycle partners with the public in what we call Brigades to collect everything from wine corks to Sharpie pens, and most famously, Capri Sun juice packs. Each piece collected earns 2 cents donated to the charitable organization or school of people’s choice. Astoundingly, we just reached $1 million paid to Drink Pouch brigaders! That’s 50 million pouches…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What Good are 75 Hummers Worth of Juice Pouches?
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A line of stones from 1890. Image courtesy of Cape Farewell. This guest post was written by Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky, as part of the Cape Farewell project . When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such customs as are inherited with existence in the new land; he must abandon the old ideals and the old gods, and oftimes he must reverse the very codes by which his conduct has hitherto been shaped. – Jack London, In a Far Country Today, we moved thro… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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DJ Spooky at the Ends of the Earth
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Photo: Neozoon Hear Me Roar! Art has always been used to make people think about a variety of issues, from un-subtle propaganda posters to great literary novels that make us see the world through the eyes of people very different from us. Somewhere in between those extremes lies Neozoon, a European collective of street artists that has decided to use discarded fur coats to make a point about how we related to and treat animals. See below for many more photos of their very cool “fur graffitis”…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Neozoon Turns Discarded Fur Coats Into Guerilla Street Art
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