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Land Art Meets Clean Energy In 5,000 MW-Generating Desert Sculpture

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images: Decker Yeadon LLC Contrary to popular belief, green energy doesn’t have to be ugly , so it’s encouraging when we see architects, landscape designers, artists, engineers and scientists working together to transform large projects that could be potential eyesores into works of wonder. We have some estimates of how much of the earth’s surfaces might be needed by 2030 … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Beauty Queens Gone Green (Video)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Big-City Bees Healthier, More Productive

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An urban beekeeper in Paris. Photo by AFP via the BBC . While their country cousins’ populations collapse , bees in Paris are thriving as having a rooftop hive becomes de rigueur for hotels and restaurants seeking an in-house source of home-grown artisanal honey . According to the BBC, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is Zero-Waste Fashion Penetrating the Mainstream?

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Fashion Labels With a Conscience

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

+ TOMS Shoes is arguably the best-known for-profit social enterprise. Its schtick? It donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair you purchase. + Taking a page from TOMS is 141 Eyewear . For every pair of retro-flavored horn-rimmed spectacles you purchase, the company donates a pair of glasses to a child who can’t afford them. +

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Today on Planet 100: Dumpster Pools Cool City Kids (Video)

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Even Logged Rainforest Holds High Biodiversity Levels & Is Worth Protecting: Study

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Logged forest on left, unlogged forest on right… photo: Wakx via flickr Conventional political wisdom on rainforest degradation is that once you’ve logged an area once, or even twice, removing the largest most valuable trees, the forest becomes degraded to the point that biodiversity losses make it not worth protecting. In Borneo, often the land is turned over to plantation agriculture. A new study in

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Building a Home With Zero Money: Impossible?

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Dominic Alves /Creative Commons A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year , Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash , he’s now tackling an even trickier subject—is it possible t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Community Garden Rules Offer Weaker Protection Than 2002 Agreement: NY State Lead Attorney

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Matthew McDermott To hear NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe describe it, either on WNYC or in the New York Post , the proposed rules governing the City’s hundreds of community gardens are a definite step up from the 2002 … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Flooding Tops Tsunami (Video)

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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