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Will 3D Printing Spark A Green Manufacturing Revolution?

Star Wars Blog It will be a while before there is a 3D printer in every home (although you can build your own Makerbot now and print out your own low-res Darth Vader ) but the implications of the technology is being discussed everywhere right now. BLDGBLOG writes that one company, Made in Space, “… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smelly Helmet Assaults Nostrils to Save Noggins

Photo: Felizitas Gemetz for Fraunhofer IWM We’ve covered all sorts of cycling helmets in the past. The Lazer helmet with lubrication between two shells, the Hövding Helmet , which is really an airbag for your head, the multisport Helium helmet that is certified not only for cycling, but also canoeing, and climbing, and the armad… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York Green Fashion Week: 18 Wacky Spectacular Handmade Hats by Milliners Guild (Slideshow)

Milliners Guild, Spring 2011 Hat Collection at The GreenShows, New York Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman From Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter to Lady Gaga , Milliners Guild is sure to set hat lovers’ hearts a flutter. Their Spring 2011 Hat Collection, which premiered at

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11 Yr Old Speaks Sustainable Truth to Industrial Ag Power at TEDx Asheville – Inspiring! (Video)

OK, so if you’re a regular TreeHugger reader and/or a member of Slow Food, have read any of Michael Pollan’s recent writing there’s nothing in 11 year old Birke Baehr’s five minute talk at TEDx Next Generation Asheville on the gigantic sticky, spiky, … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deodorant May Help Save Stinky Endangered Birds

Photo via Flickr For most of history, life on New Zealand was pretty easy for the island’s native bird species — until the arrival of humans and the invasive species they brought with them, that is. These birds had no natural predators on land to worry about, which may have caused some of them, like the

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Best of Ecouterre: The GreenShows at New York Fashion Week

If you missed out on the Spring/Summer 2011 season of The GreenShows at New York Fashion Week , don’t fret: Ecouterre , the event’s media sponsor, has you covered, with an exclusive video that puts you directl… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Designers Rise to Meet the Earth Award’s Aspirational Challenge

From photosynthetic foam to sustainable shells, Kuala Lumpur-inspired sunglasses to butterfly houses, the 2010 Earth Awards honored the most innovative ideas for building a new economy. Setting an aspiration challenge—really more of a goal—for designers, the Earth Awards called on these innovato… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Strapping Cameras to Birds of Prey = 150 MPH Dives, 10g Turns, Barrel Rolls, etc (Videos)

Soaring With a Unique Point of View I just found a couple of great videos filmed by miniature cameras strapped on birds of preys (thank you

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Today on Planet 100: The US at a Climate Tipping Point? (Video)

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Should We Fear the Year of the Acorn?

Credit: BellaBim Acorns are piling up around the U.S., threatening to cover some cities in nuts. Not really, but there have been an “exceptionally large number of acorns ” dropped by oak trees around the country this year, Chicago-area experts say. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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