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Why is "Science is Real" by They Might Be Giants So Popular Now? (Video)

I happened upon this great music video for kids, “Science is Real” making its way up the Most Popular list on Reddit. It’s by the alt rock band They Might be Giants, famous for their ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)’ tune and the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle. Anywho, it piqued my curiosity. Why was such a simple, cutesy conce… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Building in Louisville Really Is Green, Now LEED Platinum

Images courtesy (fer) studio One post on TreeHugger says The Greenest Brick is the One That’s Already in the Wall ; another that LEED stands for “Lunatic Environmentalists Enthusiastically Demolishing” . But now we are beginning to see the best of both worlds, with very green renovations and restorations, like the eponymously named Green Building in Louisville, Kentucky; it has just been certified LEED Platinum. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Building in Louisville Really Is Green, Now LEED Platinum

Green Building in Louisville Really Is Green, Now LEED Platinum

Images courtesy (fer) studio One post on TreeHugger says The Greenest Brick is the One That’s Already in the Wall ; another that LEED stands for “Lunatic Environmentalists Enthusiastically Demolishing” . But now we are beginning to see the best of both worlds, with very green renovations and restorations, like the eponymously named Green Building in Louisville, Kentucky; it has just been certified LEED Platinum. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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In Italy, a 300 Year Old, Fire Ravaged Farm House Is Restored

Images via reflex déco We always say that the greenest brick is the one already in the wall : that it’s better to revamp or refurbish an existing building than to build an entirely new one, even if the newcomer is as green as can be. Now the architecture firm Wepsi de Meuron Architekten has taken that logic to the extreme, restoring a 300 year old farm house in Central Italy that nearly burned to the ground in 1995. The building has been transfor… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today Is A Starting Point – Thoughts on World Oceans Day

Photos via The Plastiki It’s very exciting to have a world ocean day, and when you think about our planet being covered in 72% of water, one would think that rather than calling it Planet Earth we would call it Planet Ocean. Today, the 8th of June is a very special day , we get to recognise and appreciate the scale of the ocean and how integral it is to our ability to live on this planet. Often we don’t connect with the ocean; it is often out of sight out of mind, an endless horizon that in real… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Greenest Brick: City Votes to Demolish Entire Street of 41 Historic Buildings

Terrific illustration from the National Post We do go on about how The Greenest Brick is the One Already in the Wall , how old buildings have embodied energy, how renovation creates more jobs than new construction, and how

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The Greenest Brick: City Votes to Demolish Entire Street of 41 Historic Buildings