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Can You Run a Car on Tim Hortons Coffee?

Credit: TorontoCityLife So coffee helps wake people up in the morning. And java from the Tim Hortons chain isn’t too bad. But can Canadian coffee make your car go? Not exactly. Professors at the University of Manitoba are turning discarded T Ho’s coffee cups into biofuel…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Oil Minefield (Video)

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Make a DIY Pencil iPad Stand with Pencils & Rubber Bands

Photo: Geeky Gadgets When Less is More Apple’s iPad is a best-seller, and so of course accessories are also selling well. Many people are getting stands to hold their iPad in an upright position, but the nice folks at Geek Gadgets show us that with a little ingenuity and a handful of pencils and rubber bands, you can make your own DIY iPad stand…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How a Free Car Made Me Love My Bike

Photo: RichardMasoner , Flickr, CC. This post is part of series written by TreeHugger contributors about trading in your car for a bike for trips that are two miles or less in distance. The series is sponsored by the Clif 2-Mile Challenge . Since a car-crushing accident in 2006, our family went car-free first in Gothenburg, Sweden and now Portland, Ore., and I thought I’d never look back. But a gift horse … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Climategate is Dead (Video)

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First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’: 2 Miles of Oakland Streets Closed to Cars (Video)

Big Street Party in Oakland (Cars Not Welcome) The Ciclovia concept is most closely associated with Bogotá, Colombia. The general idea is to temporarily close down some streets to cars and allow people to take over with various a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What’s Lurking in Your Shampoo Bottle?

Image credit: Good Most shampoo consists of about 50 percent water. What’s in the other 50 percent or so, however, might surprise you: surfactants, actives, preservatives, color, and fragrance all play a role. Knowing exactly what these ingredients are—and what they do to hair and health—is important when talking about a product most people use several times a week—if not every day…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Solar Cash Injection (Video)

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BP Oil Spill Sparks a Crude Awakening (VIDEO)

Check out this powerful video—made as an unsolicited donation to the National Wildlife Federation —that drives home the impact that the BP oil spill is having on wildlife in the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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India Goes Prefab (PHOTOS)

All images courtesy of Design Flute “Plug-in living” is coming to India, in the guise of what design blog Design Flute is calling India’s first prefab green villa. Designer Pinakin Patel calls it the Hara Villa- Hara being Hindi for “green.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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