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The Week in Pictures: Has Indonesia Broken Forest Protection Deal? Is WiFi Killing Trees? And More (Slideshow)

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on The Week in Pictures: Has Indonesia Broken Forest Protection Deal? Is WiFi Killing Trees? And More (Slideshow)

It was a trailblazing ‘showcase’ deal in global climate negotiations: Norway agreed to send $1 billion to Indonesia , if the nation would put a moratorium on logging its natural forests and peat lands, and replant degraded areas. The deal would reduce carbon emissions by millions of tons, and prevent widespread habitat loss. Indonesia accepted, and the details were to be finalized at the upcoming climate summit in Cancun. There’s just one small problem… More on that, below, and other stories from the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Europe’s Largest PV Solar Farm Opens in Italy

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Europe’s Largest PV Solar Farm Opens in Italy

Photo: SunEdison For billions of years the sun has been shining on a field in Rovigo, Italty — but, thanks to a new PV solar farm built on that spot, that energy will now be put to some good use. Just nine short months after being given the green-light from the government, the US based SunEdison has officially inaugurated Europe’s largest single-site solar farm, producing enough clean-energy to power around 17,000 homes…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Call for Ideas: Unreasonable Institute Seeking Applicants Who Can Save the Planet

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Call for Ideas: Unreasonable Institute Seeking Applicants Who Can Save the Planet

Image: The Unreasonable Institute The Unreasonable Institute is actually totally reasonable: they’re looking for people with great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. No big deal, huh? If this description fits you, or someone you know, get moving on an application for the 2011 fellowship—you have until December 15 to apply, and they happen to be on the lookout this year for environment-related projects…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Handmade Kids Booties Help Keep WeeHuggers Warm

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Handmade Kids Booties Help Keep WeeHuggers Warm

Photo: Orland Boot and Shoe Company Earlier this season we oohed and awed over cute, cozy slippers made with recycled wool sweaters and leather jackets and now, there’s another crush-worthy slipper company that has us looking for a WeeHugger of our own to dress. Enter Orland Boot and Shoe Company , whose adorable booties are handmade with recycled sweaters. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)

Dirty Rags at Elisava Design School. Image Credit: Vicente Zambrano What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser , a local waste collection and urban cleaning company. Not only were they asked to design useful products for the company’s employees out of their old uniforms, they also had to come up with designs that would use all of the pieces of the uniforms; leaving nothing behind.The Elisava students presented their work in an exhibition called “

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Teenager on a Mission to Save Endangered Parrots

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Teenager on a Mission to Save Endangered Parrots

Photo via The Stamford Times While some teenagers spend their time mulling over which sports team to root for or pop-star to obsess over, others are up to more important things — like working to save endangered species . Sure, it’s a long way from the halls of a middle-school in Connecticut to the forests of New Zealand, home of the flightless Kakapo parrot — but that matters little to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turn Black Friday Green, Part II: Green Silence

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Turn Black Friday Green, Part II: Green Silence

Photo Credit: Neil Chambers Shopping the day after Thanksgiving is typically frowned on by many in the “responsible” movement. But if you just can’t help yourself – do it with a little green flair. Buy that sports enthusiast a pair of Green Silence by Brooks for the holidays. Light in weight and, likely the most environmentally sound athletic shoe in t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gulf Fishermen Haul in Oil-Covered Shrimp from Newly Opened Waters (Video)

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Gulf Fishermen Haul in Oil-Covered Shrimp from Newly Opened Waters (Video)

Photo: Fox 10 News Most of the waters in the Gulf of Mexico have just been reopened to fishermen — though the jury’s still out as to whether anyone will want to eat their catch. The shrimping boat Our Mother just returned from its first excursion to waters long closed off from the BP oil spill , and it’s entire haul was ruined: The shrimp it brought in were covered in oily tar balls. This segment on the local news expl… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Finally, A Practical Guide to Dealing With…Manure (Book Review)

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Finally, A Practical Guide to Dealing With…Manure (Book Review)

Photo credit: Ross Tucknott / Creative Commons It’s not often that a book inspires you to go out and shovel steaming piles of horse poop on a cold November afternoon. But that’s exactly what happened to me after reading Gene Logsdon’s Holy Shit , and I mean it as a resounding compliment to the author. I should note, of course, that it doesn’t take much to get me thinking, and writing, about poop, pee, co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Al Gore: I Was Wrong About Ethanol

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Al Gore: I Was Wrong About Ethanol

Photo: World Economic Forum , Flickr, CC Corn ethanol has turned out to be a bad idea — there’s little disagreement about that , especially in environmental circles. For starters, it’s an incredibly inefficient fuel source, consuming tons of water to produce… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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