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Art traded for medicine and care

Art traded for medicine and care

Artists often sacrifice a great deal for their craft and many countries have programs to support starving artists (France gives tax credits and in...

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Seedbomb Vending Machines

Next time you're feeling like a guerilla gardener try and find one of these seed bombing vending machines. The machines, called Greenaids, were...

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Meals from Scratch

Meals from Scratch

Attention people who are lazy but don't want to go "full-lazy": UK-based company Scratch presents kits with fresh, raw ingredients that are...

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AT&T New Green Worlds First Zero USB Phone Charger

AT&T New Green Worlds First Zero USB Phone Charger

AT&T announced yesterday their new green charger. This device powers most low-power USB devices, including the iPhone, and is purportedly the...

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Postcarden

Postcarden

Combining gift and greeting card, Postcarden is a pop-out card that transforms into a mini living garden. It's available in three charming...

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Where We Read

Where We Read

How sweet is this? Urban Reading asks you "to use your mobile phones to take a photo of your reading environment." You then "email the photo...

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Power Your Music Player With Your Pants

Designed by Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius from Lithuania, the Dancepants converts kinetic energy from running or dancing into...

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Social Impact Business Plan Competition

The Social Impact Business Plan Competition "identifies social sector scaling initiatives with demonstrated impact and readiness to grow and...

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Pile of Empty Beer Cartons Evolves into Open Air Library

I would love to see a community library like this in Los Angeles! "What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together...

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The EyeWriter: Draw With Your Eyes

"The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies. It...

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NYC Bike Commuting Climbs 26 Percent

"Here's one indicator that's looking pretty recession-proof: New York City bike commuting shot up 26 percent in 2009, according to data...

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John Kerry: A New Green Youth Movement

In John Kerry's words: "I know the difference a generation of young Americans in motion can make. I was in college at a time of great...

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ThredUP Online Clothing Swap

Let's be honest here for a minute. We've all got some things in our closets that we haven't worn in years. Maybe it's that pair of jeans that...

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Recyclable Paper Laptop

How often do you buy a new computer? After two years? Four? For such complex products, we go through them pretty quick, and that adds up to a lot...

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Pentagon Unveils New Jelly Robot

The Pentagon has unveiled a new robot that looks like a blob of goo. Called the "chemical robot," or ChemBot, it moves by changing its shape,...

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9 Things You Should Repair Instead of Replace

Shoes Not long ago a trip to the local cobbler was a routine errand. Although it may seem anachronistic, there are actually quite a few shoe...

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10 DIY Garden Hacks

Matt Embrey at Green Upgrader has compiled a great list of hacks for your home garden. I'm definitely going to try numbers 1, 6 and 10. 1....

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Can lazy technology lovers save the planet?

Last Year's Model was created by Anil Dash and is trying to save the planet through sheer laziness. Last year's model's members love cool gadgets...

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Forget Recycling, Save Time with Precycling

Forget Recycling, Save Time with Precycling

  Although recycling is crucial to the future of our planet, it still contributes to pollution. Recycled waste builds up and produces toxins...

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Alcohol Olympics

Alcohol Olympics

Drinking has always been a mainstay of human civilization. In moments of joy, sadness, boredom, and even holiness, we drink. But what? And...

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