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Weekday Vegetarian: Healthy Farmhouse Corn Cakes

Photo: Kelly Rossiter If I buy too much corn at the farmers’ market, which, truth be told is pretty much always, I sometimes grill the whole cobs all at once and then use up the corn kernals in other dishes. My husband’s favourite way to eat leftover corn is in corn cakes. I’ve tried lots of recipes over the years, and this is the one I’m going to keep…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mass Coral Killing Caused By Climbing Ocean Temperatures

Photos via Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia is home to stunning coral reefs, but the only thing stunning about them right now is that they’re dying off at alarming rates after a sea surface temperature rise. The Wildlife Conservation Society just released a report detailing the wide-spread extent of the destruction that occurred in May at the northern tip of Sumatra, as their “Rapid Response Unit” of marine biologists investigated and discovered that over 60% of the corals were bleached…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Reinventing the Dutch Bike for Global City Slickers

Photo credit Van Moof . In Amsterdam , a majority of the bikes are black. Look out at the sea of bikes parked at the city’s Central station and you see a lot of black, highly practical and functional omafiets (“grandma bikes”) that most women and men prefer in the Netherlands. There’s a reason you still see so many of these on the streets – they last and last. But style-conscious Dutch bike designers at

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Store-Openings And Surprises On The Fabulous Beekman Boys Season Finale

Image credit: Planet Green Dare to dream. When I was a little kid, I used to hear it all the time. Dare to dream. You can be a lawyer or a doctor or even the President of the United States. I dared to dream. And I became me. Hahahahahaha. Sometimes though, if you dare to dream, things can work out beautifully. I dared to dream of double digit episodes of The Fabulous Beekman Boys …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China’s Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam

Photo via Le Grand Portage China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn’t enough of it, especially in the north. That’s why the country has been working on a massive water relocation project, diverting water from the south back up to the parched north. It is the largest water man-handling project since Three Gorges, and it will force the relocation of some 330,000 people. The first of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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There’s No Such Thing As Free Parking

Nothing new about this; shopping mall parking in 1958. Library of Virginia. Alex recently asked Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage? He was talking about a new parking structure by Herzog and de Meuron on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, which is a pedestrian street designed by Morris Lapidus . The late architect was fond of over-the-top glitz and in reaction to Mies Van Der Rohe’s “less… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Eat Pray Love: A Life Lesson on Happiness

Image credit: François Duhamel, Columbia Pictures After devouring author Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, Eat Pray Love , I was psyched to see it live on the big screen. I fell in love with Gilbert’s post-divorce life story, and her thirst for self-discovery that hurtled her to far-reaching points of the globe in search of awakening her hunger for life (in Italy), her spirit (in India) and trust of love (in Bali). So what does this “chick flick” have to do with the green movement? For me, everything. The film explores the idea that genuine

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Avatar Home Tree Initiative Plants Fruit Trees in Haiti and More

Avatar’s Home Tree Initiative heading to six continents. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox James Cameron already planted one million trees in Brazil last April. But the director has said earth needs at least a billion more trees — not a million, and he’s enlisting 15 more countries to follow his lead, including the U.S. That’s not all he’s reprising. His film made more than a billion bucks, and now Avat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is Zero-Waste Fashion Penetrating the Mainstream?

Loomstate’s Scott Mackinlay Hahn (center) with a five-pocket jean pattern. Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times About 15 to 20 percent of fabric used to produce clothing ends up in the nation’s landfills. Pioneers behind zero-waste fashion have a solution: designing clothing patterns that uses every inch of fabric; if it sounds easy, it’s not. The

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An Organic Sports Bra that Holds Your iPod, Too

Image via Mi-Bra. For women who love to run with music: a sports bra that has a pocket up front for your iPod — and no, bouncing breasts do not charge your iPod while you run — MP3 player, credit card, or cash, and a small space to thread headphones through, too. Like Starre, over at Eco-Chick , I like to have easy access to my iPod mid run; arm bands slide down when loose and hurt my arm when to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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