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Pocket Shelter Built From Scrap For 72 Bucks

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Image credit: Aaron Maret TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it ” LifeEdited. ” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! LifeEdited sponsor Architizer presents Aaron… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Much Insulation Can You Put Into An Old Building?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Images credit Building Science TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it ” LifeEdited. ” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! Graham wants to build the greenest apartm… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Small New York Apartment to Receive Radical Revamp with LifeEdited Competition (Slideshow)

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Credit and more images: gaborrieger TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it ” LifeEdited. ” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! I have been spending a lot of time over at Jovoto , looking at the amazing entries. I have bee… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you’re unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot’s eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It’s a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Can the Green Movement Still Win? Leverage vs Footprint

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: OedipuSphinx (Creative Commons) A few years ago I got into a heated debate about Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth with a green-minded friend of mine. My hippy friend couldn’t stand the movie—not because of anything it said, but because of the ‘hypocrisy’ of flying around the world to preach about climate change. “Doesn’t he know this sends his carbon footprint through the roof?!” exclaimed my irate drinking buddy. “He probably doesn’t care.” replied I. “Nor should he.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sierra Magazine Names the Top 20 "Coolest" Schools in the U.S.

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image courtesy of Sierra Club It’s just about back to school time, so what better moment than now for Sierra magazine to reveal the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop climate change and educate students about sustainability. From Green Mountain College’s innovative biomass electricity generation to Georgia Tech’s sustainable engineering classes, the magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that are making a true difference for the planet, and marks Sierra ‘s fourth annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The complete scorecard is available online … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fairmont Hotel Brings In e-Readers As Guest Amenity

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via CrunchGear Fairmont Hotels is one of the most environmentally-minded chains around. From joining up with WWF initiatives to promoting tap water among guests, the well known brand has created respect among those concerned with lightening the footprint of traveling. Which makes their latest move particularly interesting. The … Read the full story on TreeHugger