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Bike Transforms Into Shopping Cart, Leaves No Excuses for Driving to the Store

Images via Yanko Design Riding your bike to the farmer’s market or store rather than driving is a great way to trim down your carbon footprint. But the excuses can still pour forward from reluctant riders — “I don’t want my bike to get stolen while I’m inside,” or “I don’t have baskets on my bike to carry things home,” or “What if I buy too much and can’t fit it on my bike?” A new concept bike that transforms into a shopping cart solves all these concerns and leaves little room for other excuses for driving rather then pedaling to the store…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Libraries Turn Into Digital Reading Rooms?

Photo via CCAC North Library We’re fans of e-readers. They’re a way to dramatically decrease how many trees are used in the production of reading materials, especially text books, magazines and newspapers. But they have their place. While we love e-readers, we love libraries even more. Paper books that are shared over and over again are far greener than an electronic gadget. But, as e-books take over and the e-reader market booms, will libraries start to follow suit? Sony hopes so, with a new program to promote digital reading in libraries…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Oil and Water Don’t Mix" T-Shirt Aids BP Oil Spill Cleanup

Image courtesy of Surfrider Foundation. It almost goes without saying that the green fashion trend du jour is the commemorative anti- BP oil spill t-shirt; From clever slogans like “We’re bringing oil to American shores” to a “BP Cares” t-shirt (with oil stains) , there are plenty o… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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For Desert Bats, The Secret to Survival Is Skin Deep

Photo credit Shai Pilosof, via press release

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Stephen Colbert Blasts BP For Sending Fake Journalists to Cover Spill (Video)

The story was pretty amusing when it surfaced last week: the Wall Street Journal gained access to BP Planet, an in-house company magazine, only to discover that the oil giant had sent out its own ‘journalists’ to cover the spill, and were sending back dubiously rosy reports . But the whole thing grew even more amusing in the hands of Stephen Colbert:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fisker to Make Electric Cars in Old GM Plant (Now That’s Recycling!)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard Project NINA Moving Forward Just like Tesla ‘s future depends on its second car, the Model S electric sedan , the future of Fisker probably rests more on its second model (codename: NINA) than its first. Why is that? Because both companies are starting way up-market and, because of their hefty price-tags, those cars are … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Algae Biofuels Still Years From Commercialization: DoE

Microalgae testing, photo: Steve Jurvetson via flickr If it sometimes seems that second generation biofuels, and especially algae biofuels , also seem to be commercially just over the horizon, after just one more demonstration or pilot plant is completed, you’re not mistaken. According to a new report … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Oil X Prize (Video)

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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Ways Wearable Technology Can Improve Quality of Life

+ Talk about hitting the big leagues. Engineering students from Northwestern University have developed a data-logging compression shirt that helps baseball pitchers avoid torn ligaments from fatigue or poor technique. + If the peripheral distortion on your bulky bifocals makes your head swim, take heart. By year’s end, the world’s first pair of electronic spectacles will hit the market, with “surround-v… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Paris Plans Hydropower Turbines Under Four Seine Bridges

photo: Jean-François Gornet via flickr At the opposite end of the population scale from the remote Alaskan village now powered entirely by a hydrokinetic river turbine , Paris wants in on the hydropower without dams act. As The Guardian reports, the City of Light wants a small number of those lights to be power by the Seine a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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