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Teva Stilettos. Fashion Over Function? (Photos)

When fashion trumps function: The Teva Stiletto. Photo: Mi-Zo Teva ‘s Stilettos have been making the rounds on the style blogs, from The Huffington Post to Refinery 29 , this week. In collaboration with Grey Ant , a NY-based fashion designer, and online retailer New High Mart , the collection has re… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TEDWomen documentary "Shape What’s to Come"

Katie Spotz rows solo from Darfur to Guyana for safe drinking water. Photo by Lucian Bartosik TED launches TEDWomen , its latest in a series of global gatherings, this Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7-8, in Washington, D.C. The inaugural event, called “Reshaping the Future,” will bring together the world’s female farmers, economists and roboticists to examine how women are championing innovative ideas. Attendees include Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Wil… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Canadian Tar Sands Industry & Government Maintains Higher Water Toxicity Near Projects is Natural

map: Wikipedia The Canadian tar sands industry-government group Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program doesn’t much like a recent report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that tar sands projects are responsible for elevated levels of water toxicity downstream from projects. RAMP’s Fred Kuzmic maintains that any to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cotton Cloth Coated in Nanotubes Electrifies Bacteria to Purify Water

Image via Stanford University Fresh, clean, drinkable water is an increasingly rare thing on this planet, especially in places that are suffering through catastrophes like floods or must deal with high levels of pollution without the resources to set up water treatment facilities. But a project from Stanford University researchers could see cheap, simple filtration devices distributed through developing nations. How simple? Well, it’s just a piece of cotton cloth coated in nanotubes that filter out nearly all bacteria at a rat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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