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Pinwheel Concept Lights Up With Wind Power. So Why Is It Called Solarlight?

Image via Yanko Design It’s called the Solarlight but it has nothing to do with sunlight. It actually generates electricity with wind power. The concept by designer Eon Tae Yoon is a way to teach children about sustainability for energy generation; specifically, how a bit of breeze can provide us with light. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Microsoft App Can Cut PC Power Consumption By 80%

Photo by canned muffins Just how important is turning off computers at the end of the day in an office building? Very, if a company wants to save big bucks on electricity bills. According to UC San Diego researchers, 50-80% of a modern building’s electricity use goes to IT equipment, particularly desktop computers. A report last year showed that not shutting down PCs equated to $2.8 billion in wasted electricity . Still, many offices don’t encourage their employe… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Art School Built From 8 Shipping Containers

LOT -EK were among the pioneers of shipping container architecture, and they are still pushing the envelope. For the APAP Open School in South Korea they slice and dice 8 40′ shipping containers into an exhibition space, meeting rooms and studios. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Men, A Green Fashion Blog Just for You (Suitable for Discreet Greenies, Too)

Commerce with a Conscience founder and editor Brad Bennet. Image via Ecouterre Now, a men’s green fashion online daily to add to our Google reader! Commerce with a Conscience features sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible apparel that follows a smart, preppy aesthetic. For Brad Bennett, founder and editor, green fashion has a broad range of attributes. His carefully cu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Adopt a Neglected Farm Animal Through the Farm Animal Adoption Network

photo: Farm Sanctuary Back in March Farm Sanctuary rescued six calves that had almost starved to death from a farm in Pennsylvania. After much hard work and round the clock care the SPCA and Farm Sanctuary were able to nurse Sasha, Jasper, Filipe, Teddy, Vito, Clancy, Poncho, and Amigo back to health and now they need a good home. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hit the Trails Running in Timberland’s Green Running Shoes

Courtesy photo. While Terra Plana’s VivoBarefoots are on one end of the low-impact running shoe spectrum, for those of us not ready to forgo the conventional sneaker, there is the “Mountain Athletic Route Racer”, Timberland ‘s new high performance outdoor running shoe with outsoles made with Green Rubber ™, a compound contain… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dog Loves Cat Loves Rat in World-Changing Video (Maybe)

Credit: Bestpeacesign.com . Dogs don’t like cats and cats don’t like rats, right? Well, there’s always an exception to the rule. And sometimes it’s adorable (and creepy at the same time). Drew Harmon , “a comedian, writer and whatever else” from San Francisco has found something amazing—a dog with a cat on its back with a rat on the back of the cat. Whaddaya think of that?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Celebrities Play Poseidon For A Day (Video)

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13 Dolphins Wait for Freedom

Image credit: jurvetson /Flickr This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post . With dead dolphins washing up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, wouldn’t it be great if you knew you could help save a few? Thirteen, to be exact…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues from BP: The Onion on the Spill

Image credit: The Onion Apparently it’s not just BP failing f***ing booming school we have to worry about anymore. Nor the terrible effect that the oil spill is having on UK pensions (I hope someone told the sea turtles!). If The Onion is to believed, there’s an even more menacing threat. Bullshit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues from BP: The Onion on the Spill