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Best of Inhabitat: Top 7 Examples of Living Furniture

If you’ve been looking for some truly unique furniture to outfit your home, then start turning heads with some of these amazing designs that go far beyond offering up a place to sit or set your drinks, and integrate lush, green plant life! … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in TreeHugger: US Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill, and More (Slideshow)

The US Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency have filed suit against BP and eight other firms, asking that they be held liable for all clean up and damage costs associated with the Gulf Oil Spill. In other major green news this week, a “new car smell” may have caused a hit-and-run on a cyclist in Vail, NASA publishes two world maps showing that the planet is warming, San Jose, California bans plastic shopping bags, the MacGyver approach to winter biking (zip ties!), and more in our news in review slideshow, below.

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The Week in Pictures: Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People by 2020, Solar-Powered Hornets, and More (Slideshow)

Last week, a boat in the Amazon spilled around 210,000 gallons of popcorn into a major river, making the surface of the water look a bit like the floor of a movie theater. Find out how oil workers came to the rescue, below, and read on for more stories from the world of green, including photos of the beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan, an exclusive peak inside Michelle Kaufmann ‘s Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the story of a woman who has used the same Christmas tree every year since 1928, and more on those solar-powered hornets. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Family Planning As Important For Fighting Climate Change As Clean Technology: Worldwatch

photo: Paul Keller / Creative Commons Population growth is one of the touchiest issues out there. It’s really easy for people to leap to paranoia about government control of who can and cannot have children and no amount of qualification about how that’s not being advocated seems to stop it. Nevertheless population growth and its flip side, resource consumption is a critica… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TreeHugger’s 30 Most Popular Posts of November

Photo: Amazing Scrap Sculptures Of Wildlife By Edouard Martinet These beautiful robot fish sculptures by French artist Edouard Martinet were just one of our 30 most popular posts of November. The other 29 are after the jump. We know you work hard and don’t have time to see every single post we publish, so now you can kick back and see some of the best of what you might of missed. Enjoy! … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Big Eco-Conscious Holiday Giveaway: Tell Us What Good Gesture You’ll Make To Win Awesome Prizes

Images courtesy Summer Rayne Oakes. Friend of TreeHugger and eco-model , consultant, and designer Summer Rayne Oakes has sure piled up spiffy list of do-gooding on her resume since we first met her six years ago. From hosting programs on Planet Green to working with woman in Mozambique to improve their lives through cottage industry, she’s made an indelible mark on the modern green scene. Some of her latest projects include laun… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Pictures: Dengue Fever Hits Miami, Slow Thanksgiving Meals, and More (Slideshow)

Just another blood-sucking mosquito? Think again. For the first time in half a century a person in Miami-Dade County, Florida has been diagnosed (and recovered from…) a case of dengue fever that had been acquired locally. In other shocking news this week, a Pennsylvania conservation officer was gunned down by a suspected poacher, Sandia has announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy generation, TreeHugger cooks up a tasty vegetarian entree–and helps you find an ethical bird–for a healthy Thanksgiving entree, and more in our photo roundup of the most popular stories from the world of green.

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Green Gift Guide: The Kid (Slideshow)

Photo: TreeHugger When it comes to holiday shopping, the kids should be the most fun to buy for — but fighting other parents for the hottest toy only to see it break before breakfast on the day it’s opened is hardly the way you want to spend your season. Instead, choose from these durable, timeless toys that will bring your little ones hours of playtime — all of which are made from eco-friendly materials and non-toxic paints — so you can sit back and enjoy the season, too. Produced by Mairi Beautyman

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Green Gift Guide: The Health and Wellness Guru (Slideshow)

Why is it that we all need health and wellness help after the holidays? Inspire your friends and family to add small moments of relaxation and peace to their everyday activities with organic skincare treatments, yoga gear, nutrition-rich raw food meals, and more with the holiday gifts on these pages — which just may end up on your wish-list, too. Produced by Mairi Beautyman … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Fashion Labels With a Conscience

+ TOMS Shoes is arguably the best-known for-profit social enterprise. Its schtick? It donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair you purchase. + Taking a page from TOMS is 141 Eyewear . For every pair of retro-flavored horn-rimmed spectacles you purchase, the company donates a pair of glasses to a child who can’t afford them. +

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