Enter your DIY design in the Instructables Green Design Contest!
Instructables is celebrating Earth Day by holding a contest for the best design that keeps the environment in mind. Will your design be the winner?
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NYC's subway track geometry car blends high- and low-tech
Beneath the city that never sleeps, MTA's "track geometry car" worms it's way through New York's subway tunnels, using a menagerie of sensors and cameras to inspect the tracks.
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This is Earth Day: Celebrating opening of a LEED Certified Drive-thru coffee shop
Because it's got a bike rack and low VOC paints!
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Solar project development: There's an app for that.
With an increasing number of people confessing to being "solar curious", quotes for solar PV systems may be in higher demand, and toward that end, solar professionals have a new tool at their disposal for project development.
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10 tips to make every day Earth Day
We can do lists too; here are some of the simple things you can do that do not involve spending money and buying stuff.
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Cool NREL maps show the huge geothermal power potential of the U.S.
Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.
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Enter your DIY design in the Instructables Green Design Contest!
Instructables is celebrating Earth Day by holding a contest for the best design that keeps the environment in mind. Will your design be the winner?
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Climate activist, Tim DeChristopher released from prison
After two years in prison, Tim DeChristopher has been released and spoke with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now about his case.
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Non-profit wants to clone the world's oldest trees to reforest the planet
Let's say that some trees have great genes that allow them to live for millennia and grow to be almost as big as skyscrapers, but that because they are so big, they are ideal targets for lumberjacks so they almost all get cut down...
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What I learned from the #PlasticSucks challenge
The Keep a Breast Foundation and Non Toxic Revolution challenged people to keep all the plastic they used in a week. Here's what I learned.
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The effect of urban green spaces on wellbeing is comparable to employment and marriage
Scientific evidence that living near green spaces makes you happier and improves your mental health.
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Don't malign the millenials; The kids are alright
An Earth Day survey is being used to attack millenials as green slackers and pat the boomers on the back. That's not what the data say.
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Sleek city bike has secret family-friendly features
This new Kinn is sleek bike eye candy, but the designer built it with family cyclists top-of-mind.
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Nature reserves in UK may be fair game for developers, if they "offset" the damage on less valuable real estate
There's lots of less valuable land farther away from cities. Why protect it when you can offset it?
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Facebook launces live data center efficiency dashboard
You can now view the energy and water efficiency performance of the company's North Carolina and Oregon data centers in real-time.
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Happy Earth Day! Don't Recycle.
When it comes to electronics, recycling should be the final resort.
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Spicy roasted cauliflower with lemon honey dressing [Vegan]
This recipe calls for a few spices, and a lemony dressing tossed over roasted cauliflower -- that's it, and suddenly something as bland as cauliflower will knock your taste buds off.
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Ask the experts on Earth Day: What ever happened to.....
We look at how the issues have changed over the years, why the issues that drove the green movement don't anymore
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The top ten posts of the week on TreeHugger
From confused koalas to squishy octopuses to trouble beavers to giant snails to drowning pangolins, the animals rule
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