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Drying Up Aquariums - Global Warming Pushes Atlanta Aquarium to Drain Water
The world’s largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, has drained some of its water exhibits in an effort to help conserve water during the city's worst drought ever.
Georgia was never proactive in developing a water-management plan that addressed a severe drought. To further help the cause of saving water, the aquarium has installed waterless urinals, low-flow faucets, and a system that recaptures condensation from their cooling units. Fish need water. People need water. Water is not a limitl…
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90% of Trondheim's 30,000 students use their bikes as their main form of transportation. The third largest city in Norway has an extremely steep hill running right through downtown which was extremely hard for cyclists to climb in the past.
To help cyclists climb to the top of the hill, the Trampe…
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Like a Ski Lift for Cyclists - Trampe Bicycle Lift (VIDEO)
These handbags are made from recycled juice pouches and are both stylish and eco-friendly. The creative designer behind Trash e-Fashions Company is a 13 year old girl who discovered her empty Capri Sun pouches could serve as art.
Her recycled handbags are catching on so fast that they've even been…
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Teen Makes Bags Out of Juice Boxes - Trash E-Fashions (GALLERY)
The environmentally-friendly cradle bed from New Zealand company Okooko is something out of a children's nursery rhyme.
If the famous Rockabye Baby had been sleeping on this $2,500 mattress, his landing might have been a little bit softer. Constructed of eco-friendly materials of natural latex, ba…
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Sleep like a Green Baby - Eco Okooko Cradle
I carry a ChicoBag with me everywhere I go. Because they compress to such a small size, I keep one clipped to my keyring so I never forget to take it with me. They say the bags hold 20 lbs, but they definitely hold more, as I've stuffed mine with books to return to the library and tons of other item…
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Reusable Shopping Tote - ChicoBags
Office dA, a Boston based design firm, has created this gas station in the heart of Los Angeles. It creates quite a paradoxical relationship for those who seek it out.
For the everyday user of this gas station, it’s just another funky monument in the “look at me!” culture of Los Angeles road…
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First Green Gas Station - Office dA Design
After featuring several bamboo products, hailing them as eco-friendly alternatives for flooring, furniture, salad bowls, dresses, and even underwear, I wanted to know what bamboo offers that allows it to fall under the category of 'green' trends.
Why is chopping bamboo any less damaging than cuttin…
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Eco Fibre - Top 8 Bamboo Innovations (SUPER GALLERY)
Edina Tokodi, a talented Hungarian artist now living in Brooklyn, New York, became the talk of the town recently for her "Grassity". Wherever Tokodi goes, she leaves a graffiti behind, made out of moss.
Her affinity to moss isn't new; in 2005, she already transformed a busy square in Budapest, Hun…
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Graffiti Goes Green - Grassiti Moss Art (GALLERY)
There is no shortage to gourmet chocolate available the world over, but Sarah Endline, former Yahoo exec and Harvard MBA, had a mission: to create a healthier answer to our chocolate cravings. Research involving fellow-chocoholics resulted in Sweetriot, bite-sized nibbles of pure cacao bean covered …
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Pure Cacao On The Go - Free Trade Sweetriot
Over the years, the garbage pile at Hiriya dump site in Israel grew so big that the birds it attracted became a danger to the jets taking off and landing at Ben Gurion Airport.
From 1952 until it was closed nine years ago, Hiriya accumulated greater Tel Aviv’s trash for a total of roughly 565 mi…
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Garbage Dump Turned Eco-Theme Park - Ariel Sharon Park (GALLERY)
For "Project Driveway," General Motors unleashed a fleet of 100 Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell cars this month on the streets of New York City, Washington and Los Angeles, all of which will be driven by ordinary people, average families and a few celebrities.
"No petroleum whatsoever is used to power Equ…
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100 Equinox Fuel Cell Cars Hit The Road - Chevy Project Driveway (VIDEO)
Anyone who has ever wanted to be a professional tree hugger or become a green entrepreneur can start by joining Maharishi University's sustainability program.
The Iowa University is the first post secondary institute to offer a degree in sustainable living. Courses in the Bachelor of Science in Su…
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Degree In Sustainable Living - Maharishi University (VIDEO)
If you can't handle a dead yard in winter, or in the heat of summer, consider painting it to fake a lush lawn!
With the awful drought plaguing Atlanta and surrounding states, residents are finding it hard to cope with water shortage, and that includes dealing with the aesthetic demise of their lawn…
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Dealing With Drought - Painting Lawns Green (GALLERY)
The "smarter lights" from Solar Cynergy add an element of modern design to the functionality of Solar LED Architectural and Landscape lighting.
The Corona, California company prides itself on using Japanese innovation to produce a product which is eco-friendly and efficient, while still maintaining…
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Exquisitely Green Solar LED - Solar Cynergy (VIDEO)
Everyone has to shop; there's no way around it, but some of us do it a little more than others. Either way, anyone can benefit from shopping online at EarthMoment.com, a site that also lets you benefit the earth simply by buying your everyday goods from them.
How? The Earth Moment donates 50% of t…
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