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When it comes to drilling new wells for water, the cost can be prohibitive as heavy machinery needs to be brought in to do the digging. However, a team of students from Brigham Young University came up with a human-powered solution that can dig wells in villages inexpensively. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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by Winifred BirdJapanese designer Mikiko Endo lets her wild imagination go to work—–so we can play.
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Few animals are as skilled at finding their way home as Emperor penguins, but still one young bird has managed to get a long way off course. For the first time in over four decades, a member of the iconic Antarctic species has turned up on a beach in New Zealand, apparently after a several month journey at sea in pursuit of food. And while it certainly mak... weiterlesen...
China is already leading the solar energy production market, but it looks like it is going to expand its lead with plans to increase its solar energy output to 10GW by 2015. China is also one of the most attractive countries in the world for renewable energy investors (according to a report from Ernst & Young) and all of these factors have led to a perfect environment for Ch... weiterlesen...
One garment, multiple ways; Bright Young Things. Photo: Urban Outfitters
From designing the Uniform Project dress to the launch of her very own fashion label, Bright Young Things, Eliza Starbuck has had a busy couple of years.
And now, I am excited to announce, she is bringing part of weiterlesen...
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This guest post was written by Sharon Smith, author of The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement.
Erica Fernandez moved to the California coast from Mexico when she was just ten years old. A few years later, she found out that a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility was proposed for the coast of Oxnard and Malibu, with a thirty-six-inch p... weiterlesen...
A Power Shift crowd in 2007. Photo credit: Power Shift/Sierra Club
Our nation's capitol will soon receive a powerful infusion of young energy. From April 15-18, more than 10,000 young leaders will converge on Washington, DC, at Power Shift 2011....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Sharon Smith
This guest post was written by Sharon Smith, author of The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement.
Alec Loorz first saw Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth when he was twelve years old. Inspired by the message, Alec applied to be a presenter with Gore's The Climate Project, but was turned down due to his age. Undeterred, Alec cre... weiterlesen...
Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards is the premier showcase for youth activism and author Sharon Smith has written a new book that tells the stories of some of the inspiring winners and gets their advice for being an effective activist: "The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement and Changing the World." Smith was program advisor for the Brower Youth Award... weiterlesen...
The Wall Street Journal covers the big NAHB International Builders Show and looks at the future of housing for Generation Y, the twenty-somethings. Not surprisingly, they want to walk and cycle to work, want to live in urban settings and don't want McMansions.
It is pretty silly; it was ever thus. Young people almost always want to live near the pubs and the restaurants and ... weiterlesen...
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Best of Green 2010 Young Architect Andrew Maynard never got to build his BOB popup-camper car, but now is getting to do the next best thing: a pop-up portable pod-shelter for the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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by Miyoko OhtakeA new exhibit opened this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design explores the connects between architecture and design—as well as other disciplines like transportation, science, material innovations, manufacturing, and more. The exhibition is curated by Zoe Ryan (a featured Young Gun in our December/January 2011 issue an... weiterlesen...
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Now this research concerns itself with non-human animals (mice specifically), but it does provide interesting insight into the non-diet factors which may be at play in soaring obesity rates and the way environmental pollution influences development: A new study shows that exposure to polluted air early in life, at levels that correspond to ... weiterlesen...
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Steven Chu just said now is the US' Sputnik moment for clean technology, and here's some independent confirmation of that: Ernst & Young has just released a new Country Attractiveness Inde...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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