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7 Popular Gulf Coast Beaches Devastated by the BP Oil Spill

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This photo is actually from the 2008 oil spill in San Francisco — but still gets the point across. Photo via cccpublishing.com The Gulf Coast — which stretches across the beaches and marshlands of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas — has some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes, thriving waters, and unique plants. But the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill has put a damper on the region’s claim as a summer vacation destination by inspiring health officials to discourage swimm… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is Anaerobic Digestion Needed to Avoid Massive Famine?

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Image credit: AgCert Peak oil is a subject that has gained much traction (even inspiring some sexy if pessimistic dancing from Oily Cassandra ). After all, it’s hard to ignore the fact that our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels leaves us vulnerable to supply shortages or sudden price hikes. But it’s less well known that we may face a simultaneous, and equally troubling shortage of another key resource—phosphorous. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Free Barnes & Noble App Encourages Students to Use e-Books

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Image via Barnes & Noble While the Kindle and iPad head full speed into education as a market with serious profit potential for e-readers as a replacement for constantly re-printed text books, Barnes & Noble doesn’t want to be left behind. The company has created NOOKstudy, a dedicated computer app for the Nook that lets students manage e-books and notes in the same place. With the ability to see several books plus lecture notes and slides all at once, and have the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year

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Image: Week 52, Green Garbage Project Okay, “trash free” technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project : “Oddly enough, this has become enough of a talking piece that we’re unlikely to ever throw this stuff away.” After 52 weeks trying to live absolutely trash-free, the Korsts have inventoried the year’s “failures”. The f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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We Are a Nation of Oiloholics

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Image credit: Napalm filled tires /Flickr This post was written by Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man and director of NoImpactProject.org , which helps people choose lifestyles that are better for them and better for the planet. Question: When an alcoholic leaves a bar, gets behind the wheel and drunkenly drives into his third or fourth wreck, do you blame the bartender who served the drinks or the alcoholic who drank them? Now answer this: When a society addicted to greater and greater fossil fuel use experience… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: BP Whistleblower (Video)

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Canon Marketing Campaign Highlights Green Hype Problem Among Electronics Manufacturers

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Image via GreenPacks Canon has launched a new campaign this month to boost its line of green products intended to green up office spaces. Called GreenNation, the line-up has made its way from Japan to the Philippines and hopes to keep spreading across Asia and beyond. From these “greener” materials to improvements in energy efficiency, Canon is surely hoping their new products will raise the bar much higher for the competition… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Piloto: A System For Manufacturing With Wood Offcuts

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Photos vía A-Seis.com . Mexican designer Emiliano Godoy, a regular here at TreeHugger , is back with another project, this time with colleagues Jimena Acosta, Andrés Altesor, Antonio Gurrola and Rodolfo Samperio. The group has presented Piloto: a system to manufacture surfaces with wood offcuts from the furniture industry. P… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Folding Table is Inspired By Pop-Up Map of New York

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Images by Sabine of Mocoloco Mocoloco introduces Swedish designers Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren , who collaborated on the Grand Central Table. It is composed of 22 pieces that unfold like a map and sit on a folding base. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Architects Build A Half-Scale Room Inside A Full-Scale Room: "It’s Like Alice In Wonderland."

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Photos by Yannis Drakoulidis Real estate developers often trick purchasers by filling model suites with special 7/8 full size furniture to make rooms look bigger. Now Point Supreme Architects are tricking art gallery patrons by building a room at exactly 1/2 full size, and putting it inside the full size room. We love showing small spaces, but usually one can stand up in them. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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