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Green Your Kid’s Packed School Lunch: The Buy Guide (Slideshow)

Photo via Goodbyn Back-to-school means new notebooks, new backpacks, and, of course, a new lunchbox. But this year, trade plastic superheroes and disposable paper bags for lunch accessories and kits that mean less waste, more durability, and a prime spot for your kid at the coolest lunch table in the cafeteria. A packed lunch can also be much cheaper and healthier than the standard french fry heavy school fare. From compartmentalized boxes and reusable stainless steel containers to organic cloth napkins and the classic spork, these products will send … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bike Floss: The Next Step in (Disposable) Sustainable Bike Maintenance?

Image credit: Purple Harry From recycling bikes for inner city youth to a truly massive hoard of reclaimed bikes somewhere in England, one of the most endearing things about bicycle-based transportation is the relative ease and economy with which individuals can maintain, and even rebuild, their trusty stead. But sadly, bike maintenance may be a dying art. All too often, bikes are purchased as a consumer item and discarded wh… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Gentle Art of Community Bike Maintenance (Video)

Image credit: The Journey TV From bike co-ops in LA , to this massive stash of recycled bikes somewhere in the UK, one of the most encouraging things about bike transportation is how egalitarian it is. Almost anyone can learn the art of bike mechanics. And there are plenty of community-based organizations willing to teach you. Check out the video below the fold to see how a free bike workshop helps bring a community… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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CDM Moves Against Chinese Polluters, Carbon Credit Prices Rise

The CDM can fund clean energy projects like concentrated solar farms (photo via flickr) It’s called the law of supply and demand. Know it? Decrease supply, and demand will increase. The dynamic is even better when the supply decreased is carbon credits for polluters. The UN backed Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has suspended carbon credits for shady chemical manufacturers in China that were producing an excess of pollution and then destroying it, all to get cr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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DIY Fashion Without a Sewing Machine

Image from laurenceking This little book is the answer for those of us who don’t have a sewing machine, and keep meaning to buy one. It has 40 different sewing ideas for making new clothes out of old and accessorizing boring ones. Called DIY Fashion: Customize and Personalize , it’s a guide to thrifty and quirky ideas that don’t cost much but look great. For example…making a cassette or CD necklace, a jam jar bracelet,a halter-neck scarf top or a memory … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tiny Electric Car Halts 80 Ton Mining Train: Norwegian Mine Protest (Video)

Image credit: Neptune Network From Climate Camp targeting offset companies , to a renegade protester single-handedly shutting down an entire power plant , the TreeHugger has seen some pretty dramatic direct action protests. But when activists in Norway decided to stop an 80-ton freight train in the far-North of Norway, they chose an interesting tool for doing it – the diminuti… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Trashy TV Takes On a Whole New Meaning

Reality shows have taken over television, like a virus or a breath of fresh air, depending on your perspective. And we’re about to add to that mix with Garbage Moguls . But first, I’d like to pay homage to Planet Green . Love it or lump it, it has done more, earlier than any other media outlet to bring green thinking, living and acting to the masses. Rather than consign green minded TV to the dusty DVD collections of hippies low budget environmentalist sk… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wi-Fi in Schools: Should We Apply the Precautionary Principle?

Wired computer labs work fine for kids. Photo by mikecogh via Flickr. Guest blogger Andrea Donsky is co-founder of NaturallySavvy.com . Wi-Fi is facing a lot of opposition from parents and teachers in Ontario. Last week, Lloyd Alter was critical of parents’ claims that Wi-Fi may pose a health threat to students at elementary schools , … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Brave Zoologist Makes Friends With a Pride of Lions (Video)

Armed only with his gentle nature and uncommonly brave spirit, zoologist and animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson has managed to make some pretty wild frie… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Salmonella, What it Actually is and How You Can Avoid Getting Sick

photo: Sara Novak You’ve likely heard about the latest salmonella scare . This time it revolves around eggs, 550 billion of them in all . Nearly 2,000 people in 17 states have already gotten sick as a result of the recent outbreak. Experts are saying that the outbreak is caused by rodents or tainted feed. But what exactly is salmonella and how does it get into our food, or in this instance, our eggs?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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