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8 Ways that you can help save monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies are easily recognized worldwide for their gorgeous black and orange wings, but these beauties are in danger of disappearing completely. Their numbers have dropped by 90 percent over the last couple of decades, and if we don't smarten up, they'll all die off. Greenpeace has shared eight ways...
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Modular net-zero net-energy SEED Classroom to debut in Pittsburgh

[gallery_extend] The Phipps SEED classroom follows the same design principles as the one in Seattle, which the SEED Collaborative built for the Perkins School. Both structures offer sustainably restorative learning spaces which produce their own water and energy. Each classroom features photovoltaics,...
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KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut pledge to source 100 percent of palm oil sustainably

Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, announced last week that they will source 100 percent of their palm oil from responsible sources by the end of 2017. After a 2012 study found that most palm oil was produced in areas being rapidly deforested just for palm oil, the number of companies that have...
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Artist David Adey assembles found images and magazine clippings into intricate collages

[gallery_extend] With the patience of a Buddhist monk, David Adey tediously searches for exact, unaltered images to place in his pieces. Hundreds of arms, legs, hands, feet, and lips in varying positions and colors are cut and pinned to foam board in a manner that suggests a mandala or stained-glass...
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DIY: How to Plant a Personal Garden In a Small Urban Space

Many people bemoan the fact that they can't grow their own food (or even flowers) because they lack any kind of garden space, but guess what? You can actually grow more than you realize in really small areas as long as they get a bit of direct sun. Hell, you can even grow things indoors under a lamp, but there's...
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The Blue Diversion Toilet is an off-grid portable potty that filters waste water for washing

[gallery_extend] According to the World Health Organization, some 2.5 billion people lack access to improved (ie., safe, clean) sanitation facilities, and so in 2011 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge." The challenge funds projects which are working to...
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Telesis v2.0 is an open and airy renovated post-war home

[gallery_extend] A folded-plate old-growth redwood ceiling unifies the interior of the home and extends beyond the exterior walls to create a sheltered space outside the home. The cantilevered roof helps to shield the sun to reduce cooling needs. The architects only used the same four materials that...

[gallery_extend] A folded-plate old-growth redwood ceiling unifies the interior of the home and extends beyond the exterior walls...
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Infographic: How Congestion Pricing Works

Congestion charging is one of the most effective tools that local governments have to discourage people from driving their cars in cities during peak hours, helping to reduce air pollution and congestion while raising revenues for cities -- but it's also one of the most controversial. Cities from London to Stockholm...

Congestion charging is one of the most effective tools that local governments have to discourage people from driving their cars in cities during...
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Los Angeles to network all 7,500 miles of LED streetlights through wireless and cloud technologies

Los Angeles has more LED streetlights than any other U.S. city. Massive retrofits in recent years have created some 7,500 centerline miles of energy efficient lighting, keeping the streets brighter, safer and more pedestrian-friendly. But with this modernized network came a new question: how best to control and...

Los Angeles has more LED streetlights than any other U.S. city. Massive retrofits in recent years have created some 7,500 centerline miles of...
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Thomas Keller is giving the French Laundry a Louvre-inspired makeover

[gallery_extend] Thomas Keller said that he was inspired by the Louvre Pyramid to find a smart way to marry modern and historic design in his own space. “The French Laundry is being redesigned to be a backdrop worthy of the restaurant's history. With the Louvre Pyramid as my inspiration, we wanted...

[gallery_extend] Thomas Keller said that he was inspired by the Louvre Pyramid to find a smart way to marry modern and historic design...
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Mirrored Borden Park Pavilion glows like a lantern in Edmonton

[gallery_extend] The curved building is covered in triangular reflective panels that make the pavilion “disappear” into the surrounding landscape during the daytime. The Borden Park Pavilion’s zigzagging truss framework was built from laminated glulam Douglas fir and sits atop a concrete foundation....

[gallery_extend] The curved building is covered in triangular reflective panels that make the pavilion “disappear” into the surrounding...
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Berkeley is building a pop-up library from 50,000 books!

[gallery_extend] [youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTf23CGwAkM] This participatory installation will sit in MLK Civic Center Park for the duration of the festival. Visitors will be able to take books from the library's walls for free and provide a space for discussion and reflection. Twelve alcoves...

[gallery_extend] [youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTf23CGwAkM] This participatory installation will sit in MLK Civic Center...