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Bercy Chen Buries a High-Tech Update of a Traditional Pit-House

Bercy-Chen Studio is doing a fascinating 1400 square foot residence in Austin, Texas that hits all the right TreeHugger buttons. It is on a modern version of the pit-house used by ancient Pueblo and Cherokee Indians. The Red Bluff house is a little more sophisticated; like the pit-house it uses the earth’s thermal mass to temper the climate. However it adds a few modern touches like hydronic heating & cooling, geothermal heat exchange, phase-change thermal heat storage, rainwater collection and a green roof…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 Celebrities Wearing Hot (and Weird) Green Fashion on the Red Carpet (Slideshow)

Katy Perry’s LED dress at the annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Green fashion has otherwise been known as vintage among the haute couture gowns ever-present on the red carpet. Today, it is fast becoming more easier to dress from head to toe in stylish, sexy, and gorgeous eco-conscious ensembles for even the classiest of occasions. From the first American-made organic cotton tuxedo ever to grace the red carpet at the Oscars to a sparkling number made with silk chiffon and over 3,000 LEDs worn to the annual Costume Institute Gala at the

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Best of Ecouterre: Green These Summer Eco-Fashion Trends

Photo credit: Doucette Duvall + Find your happily ever after with these prints charming . This sustainable array of eye-popping prints and blistering colors that will banish even the foulest of foul-weather doldrums. + Ahoy, mateys! You don’t need a yacht (or an eye patch) to set sail with this season’s

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