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Giant Pink Snails Invading Miami Beach Vandalized
Parade of pink plastic snails on Miami Beach offer recycling message. Photo by Phillip Pessar via Flickr Dozens of giant pink snails have overtaken Miami Beach this December as an environmental...
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When Is It OK to Knock Down Old Houses?
Photo: dr.boogies, flickr The largest collection of prefab houses in the UK is about to be demolished . Built by German and Italian prisoners of war in 1945, these small bungalows are a remnant of...
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Yurts Cause Controversy in France
Photo: yourtes The nomads in Outer Mongolia created yurts out of necessity, now many people in France are living in them as part of an alternate lifestyle decision. But the French government has come...
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Second Severe Amazon Drought This Decade Spells Disaster for Rainforests
Photo by Ben Sutherland via Flickr Creative Commons The Amazon suffered a record-making drought in 2005, which was thought to be the worst in the 108 years since tracking rains and droughts began....
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Hawaii Breeding Sea Urchins to Gobble Up Invasive Seaweed
Scientific American has a report on Hawaii’s use of sea urchins as a way to combat invasive seaweed in their coral reefs. By breeding sea urchins to boost numbers, they can act like goats on...
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Reusable Bag Overload? Donate to Those Who Can’t Afford Them
Photo by thetbone via Flickr.com. Read more from the original source:Â Reusable Bag Overload? Donate to Those Who Can’t Afford Them
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Make the 2012 Olympics Plastic Bag Free
Photo: banthebag The goal of London’s 2012 Olympics is to be the most sustainable Games ever. But the organizers are a bit conflicted. For example, the world’s largest MacDonald’s will be opening just...
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Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing
Natural wind tower in housing project in Basrah, Iraq. Rendering by New World Design. At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer’s Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven...
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Oil Rig Escape Pods Become a Floating Hotel
Photos via CapsuleHotel.org Garbage Architect Denis Oudendijk has gone and done the impossible by making off-shore oil rig waste actually cool. He’s turned discarded escape pods into rustic, floating...
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New Packaging Tells You How to Reuse It Creatively
A tub of paint can be turned into a lamp (bottom) while its lid becomes a clock (top) in these creative reuse ideas by Luis Carlos Calderón. Photos: Quehagoconesto.org . Creative crafters can come up...
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