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Spoonflower: ‘Online Social Networking’ Meets ‘Print Your Own Fabric’

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Move over Amy Butler , there’s a new kid on the block for designer fabrics. All custom-designed by a growing online network of DIYers and printed in Mebane, North Carolina, fabric pattern buffs will appreciate Spoonflower , a print-on-demand service that is also an Etsy -type of online community and marketplace where users can upload, share and purchase a mind-boggling variety of unique pattern designs. From the quirky to the sublime, the site probably has a pattern to … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Crack Code of How to Live Past 100: Vegetarianism, Religion, Good Genes

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Image via Dezinerfolio A group of US scientists studying human longevity believe they’ve gathered some invaluable evidence in the quest to predict which people will live to be older than 100. Based on genetic ‘signposts’, the scientists have worked out a mathematical model that determines a person’s chance of living to be a centenarian. To gather the data, they looked at the biggest study yet done on centenarians, and found that there were common lifestyle choices and habits amongst those who lived longest: Vegetarianism, avoidance of alcohol, and a strong religion, to name a few. Beyond that … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What You Missed at the LOHAS Forum

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Image credit: Magda Rod Last week a conscious community of business owners and entrepreneurs gathered in Boulder Colorado for three days to attend the LOHAS Conference: Businesses Coming Together To Help Change The World. We’re talking conscious triple bottom line business companies and people, gathering to share information and inspire a sustainable future for our species. The result? Inspiration, motivation, and spontaneous divine connections. Like when I went to pick up my complimentary bicycle (smile) at the Outlook , the Zero Waste Hotel where I stayed. I ran into Andy … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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British PM Shuts Down 3rd Runway At Heathrow For Good

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr Want evidence that the conservatives in the UK are different than the conservatives in the US? While conservatives here won’t cap carbon and do the bidding of Big Oil–including apologizing to them after the worst spill in US history–across the Atlantic Prime Minister David Cameron, a Conservative, has decided to not allow the proposed 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport to move forward…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What Do Woolly Mammoths and Whales Have in Common?

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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons 15,000 years ago the ecosystems of North America suffered a dramatic disruption . Within 5,000 years, dozens of Pleistocene species—including herbivors like mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, and camels, and predators like lions, dire wolves, and two species of saber-toothed cats—went extinct. In all, two-thirds of the continent’s large mammals were lost during this period. And the disruption has direct analogs to shifts occurring in North America today…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Organic Farming’s Balanced Ecosystems Naturally Control Pests Better Than Monoculture

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photo: USDA There are myriad advantages that organic farming has over chemical agriculture, from the health of the land to the quality of your food . Now a new study in the journal Nature details one aspect of that: The way in which the more balanced nature of ecosystems in organic … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Oil Spill Causing More Gulf Dead Zones as Methane Levels Increase

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BP oil spill protest in New Orleans, photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans via flickr It’s only been a few days since NOAA-backed scientists forecasting the size of this year’s Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone –that area of ocean so deprived of oxygen than little can live in it–mentioned that it wasn’t clear yet what effect the BP oil spill would have on its size.

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Does America Have a Water Crisis? (Video)

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Video via OrganicNation.tv This post was written by Dorothée Royal-Hedinger, founder of

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Dramatic Arctic Aerial Photography Hints at a Grim Future (Slideshow)

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Image credit: Florian Schulz For nearly a decade, Florian Schulz has traveled the Arctic, documenting the region’s scenery and wildlife. During this time, he has logged hundreds of hours in the air to compile an extensive collection of Arctic aerial photography—and the results are stunning. But these photographs, largely, hide a darker truth: that this region is in peril, threatened by expanding energy development.

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

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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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