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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: The Green Geek and the DIY’er (Video)

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Solving the Smashed Tomatoes Problem, Crowdsourcing the Perfect Shopping Bag

Darya Pino relates her farmers market experience. You remember your reusable shopping bags and schlepp them to the farmer’s market, only to have some of those precious perishables crushed or damaged by the time you get home. Just last week, I lost part of a beautiful head of Romaine when the dog bolted, the bag twirled, and the already twist… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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6 Easy Makeup Tips for a Gorgeous Green Makeover

TreeHugger’s Emma gets a natural beauty makeover by Blades Natural Beauty. Photo: Jessa Blades When organic beauty expert and natural makeup artist Jessica Blades of Blades Natural Beauty offered to show me some tips and tricks behind green beauty, I jumped at the chance to have my makeup done and learn a thing or two along the way. Blades, who has been recognized by Glamour Magazine and has appeared on “The Today Show,” shares 6 makeup beauty tips–from DIY-lip hues to makeup product care–to achieve a green-beauty glow. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Recycled Inner-Tube Shoelaces Transform Kicks Into Slip-Ons

Photo: jacco1997/Instructables.com Alchemy Goods –makers of recycled accessories from upcycled materials–is hosting an Inner Tube Reuse Contest with Instructables.com and the submissions have already started to roll in. Among them is an innovative way to use, well, recycled bike inner tubes as shoelaces (via Craftszine ): … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will 3D Printing Spark A Green Manufacturing Revolution?

Star Wars Blog It will be a while before there is a 3D printer in every home (although you can build your own Makerbot now and print out your own low-res Darth Vader ) but the implications of the technology is being discussed everywhere right now. BLDGBLOG writes that one company, Made in Space, “… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Inhabitots: Top 7 Green DIY Projects For Kids

+ Turn an empty breakfast-cereal box into a series of ramps for dropping and rolling marbles . All you need is some shears and tape! + A wicker basket gathering dust can be repurposed into a pretty bird feeder for hanging on a tree in your backyard. + Capture Mother Nature’s beauty through the shifting seasons by crafting a handmade nature book with … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smart Cars Turned Into Mini Tanks (With Video)

Photo via Car Connection On the Lighter Side… Smart cars can be great little urban cars, but for some people, they aren’t exciting enough. Do-it-yourself enthusiasts have fixed that by doing all kinds of things to the diminutive ForTwo, including, among others, putting in a high-revving motorcycle engine in place of the tame factory diesel and putting monster tuc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A $50,000 Portable Recycled House, DIY Solar Electric Car and Instant-On Induction Lighting: Renew Magazine

Induction Lamp photo: EcoLivingCentre The Alternative Technology Association has been enlightening readers with Renew magazine on technology for a sustainable future now for 30 years, albeit with a name change from Soft Technology magazine back in 1996. Their 30th Birthday issue is now out and remains as jammed packed with wonderful information as it did three decades ago. There’s the DIY Solar Electric Car, the portable recycled house, The strawbale … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Clever Coiled Reclaimed Rings…They’re Electrifying! (Photos)

Image courtesy of Grain Design. Since it’s the 4th of July and many of our stateside readers are gearing up for a day of fireworks–otherwise known as pretty pollutants –and meatless barbecues , we’ll keep this post short and simple. From Grain Design , a design consultancy and studio b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Don’t Get In The Way Of The Monsterbike

Archimedes said “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand on, and I can move the world.” The modern version might be “give me gearing low enough and I can move the monsterbike.” It would be the perfect thing for our teeth-rattling trenched and patched bike lanes, or for when an idiot opens a car door in front of you; just plough right through it. On the other hand, steering looks a bit dicey. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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