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Green Drinks Tokyo: How To Build Treehouses

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Tonight we are hosting our monthly Green Drinks Tokyo (every second Thursday of the month) in trendy Harajuku. Starting in August, greenz.jp has teamed up with Cafe Omamori and created Lounge Greenz in a three story building where people can come and chill out, just north of OmoteSando. Last time, we had people lining [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy · Climate Change · Global Warming · Recycling

How to Save the Climate with a Click

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

A clever German campaign at Click-and-Care shares gorgeous nature photos. But it gets better: sponsors will donate 10 cents (presumably euro cents, so about 15 US cents) for every photo downloaded — to help green causes. The picture of the day tomorrow will be by Florian Moellers, formerly introduced on TreeHugger in association with [...]

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Logging, Palm Oil and Human Rights in Borneo: Malaysian Government Pushes Ahead By Ousting Indigenous Leaders

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Image: Assembly of Upper Baram headmen in 2006 (top left corner: the late Kelesa Naan, former headman of Long Kerong; top right corner: Bilong Oyoi, the deposed headman of Long Sait). Photo: The Bruno Manser Fund In a move to seize control of land belonging to indigenous peoples who oppose logging in the Borneo [...]

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Slimy, Green Jet Fuel, DIY Upcycling and a Little Ball of Energy

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Solazyme produces the world’s first algae-based jet fuel . Sustainablog offers six fun DIY upcycling projects. Will the Energy Ball bring wind energy to the masses? Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg’s top green news stories. Why not submit your own green news ? …

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CommonThreadz Donates a Uniform to an Orphan for Every Purchase

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Image source: Common Threadz Common Threadz, not to be confused with Patagonia’s recycling program , has a buy-one-give-one type program meaning that for every item you purchase, the store will donate one school uniform to an orphan in Africa. Once Common Threadz pays for the uniform with profits from your purchase, any money left [...]

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Tags: Climate Change · Global Warming · Recycling