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Elle Macpherson Says She Uses Rhino Horn Medicine

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In a shocking statement, fashion icon and Britain’s Next Top Model host Elle Macpherson has admitted to using an illegal powdered substance priced at around $60,000 a kilo. I know what you’re thinking, but in a way it’s worse than that. The supermodel said she was a fan of taking ‘medicinal’ rhino horn , harvested from one of the world’s most endangered species . When pressed for a reason why she would do such a thing, Macpherson answered simpl… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Vuvuzelas Assault BP (Video)

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Vanity Fair’s World Architecture Survey: Where’s The Green?

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28 votes: Frank Gehry, Guggenheim, Bilbao When I entered architecture school, a charming and brilliant Wayne Lawson taught a wonderful survey course on culture and communication. It was a hot couple of years at the University of Toronto (now John Daniels) school of architecture, and almost everyone passed through. Professor George Baird and Chairman Peter Prangnell snagged the likes of Peter Eisenman, Charles Jencks, Rem Koolhaus, Kenneth Frampton, Leon Krier, Tony Vidler and I think, Joseph Rykwert. Now, almost four decades later, Wayne Lawson is Executive Literary Editor of

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BP Gulf Spill Predicted by a 1970s Board Game?

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Image via Metro Truth is certainly sometimes stranger than fiction. For instance, does this seem real? In the year 1970, a board game was created for an oil company known at the time as British Petroleum. In that game, called “BP Offshore Oil Strike”, players build oil rigs and drill off coastlines and in open water. Then, when the rig explodes, they have to pay a fine and clean it up. Sounds like a fun game, right? … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Plant a Tree With Linkin Park and Green Music Challenge, and You Could Win an an iPad

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Credit: Arthur Plotnik, The Urban Tree Book / courtesy TreeLink . Why should you plant trees? For shade and oxygen? Right, but there’s tons of other things (like the tons of sequestered carbon) to keep in mind. And if these factoids to follow aren’t convincing enough, how about the chance to win an Apple iPad, along with a selection from the Warner Music Group?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Beetle-Inspired Dew Bank Concept Draws Water From Desert Air

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Image via Yanko Design Finding water where there isn’t any is inspiration for a whole range of water-gathering concept designs. But it seems one of the best places to start for coming up with a winning concept is to mimic the plants and animals that can survive desert environments, such as, perhaps, the onymacris unguicularis or “fog-basking” beetle. It has developed a way to gather water that designer Kitae Pak saw was a perfect strategy to mimic with a water bottle design. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Arts Student Repurposes A Library Into A Velodrome

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Lisa Anne Auerbach Libraries are going through existential crises these days as they try to figure out their role in a digital world. Meanwhile, cycling for fitness and transportation is growing in popularity. Therefore what could be more obvious than turning a library into a velodrome. At least it was obvious to Pomona College graduating student Samuel Starr, who built the velodrome as his final year thesis…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cate Blanchett Shines on Australia’s Second Largest Rooftop Solar Installation

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Photo: Sydney Theatre Company Better known for lighting up the stage and screen, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, (with husband and Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company) has teamed up with Australian federal government, the University of New South Wales and the NSW Government Architect’s Office to shine the light in a project known as, Greening the Wharf. The light in this instance will be sunlight. Or more precisely the capture of it. The Sydney Theatre Company’s blog on the matter notes that EnergyAustralia have calculates the 1,900-plus solar panels (and energy efficiency savings) will generate about 614,000 kWh a ye… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Kids Cycle To School and Parents Risk Being Reported to Social Services

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Logo: Bike For All Photo: Sgillies on Flickr Almost a year ago we asked the question, When Should Tykes Be On Bikes? . Now in the UK the question is being asked, When Should Kids be Allowed to Ride to School — Alone? For one London couple, Oliver and Gillian Schönrock, they decided it was OK for their eight year daughter and five year son to ride the 1.2km (0.75 miles) to their school along th… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Stay Cool this Summer in Eco-Chic English Countryside Fashion (Photos)

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Cabbages & Roses, spring 2010 collection. Image courtesy of Cabbages & Roses. British fashion and home décor brand Cabbages & Roses , formed by Vogue alumnas Christina Strutt and Brigette Buchanan in 2000, has been developing their sustainable ethos for the past ten years. Most recently they moved all manufacturing of their hand made apparel from overseas to local vendors in southern England; A shift that further aligns the brand with their ultimate source of inspiration: sustainability and English countrys… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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