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Photo: TreeHugger It’s likely that the outdoors enthusiast is the person on your holiday gift list that cares the most about getting eco-friendly presents — after all, you’re helping protect his or her favorite playground: Mother Earth. From must-have gear for weekend adventures to durable campsite cookware and engrossing books for rainy days, these gifts will get your nature-fiend in the right place: outdoors. Produced by Mairi Beautyman <img alt="Green Gift Guide: The Outdoors... Read Full Story

Photo credit: Wikipedia /Creative Commons Lonesome George is quite a character. He’s a Pinta Island tortoise, and, as Brian noted when he visited a few years ago , he’s the last of this breed. Yep, that means when he’s gone, that’s it — his species will be lost to the world forever. That doesn’t mean that all hope for him or his kind is lost, though…. Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source Click Here For More Information The Ballad of Lonesome George, The Galapagos... Read Full Story

Image credit: Ecotricity Our commenters may have mixed feelings about Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince’s fancy electric sports car , but it is hard to deny that this man has done more than most to support renewable energy. When I wrote about Ecotricity’s planned utility-scale solar plants in rainy-old England , the company was claiming it could have the project up and running by the end of the year. But TreeHugger sees a lot of promi… Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source... Read Full Story

Sand as the solution to the world’s energy woes? Or, more precisely, silica? The Sahara Solar Breeder Project is a plan by universities in Japan and Algeria to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source Click Here For More Information Sahara Solar Breeder Project Would Power World With Sand Read Full Story

photo via Smoke Free Texas I sat outside a Starbucks in Houston, Texas the other day, trying to enjoy my soy latte but I was surrounded by smokers. I didn’t ask them to stop–it was a smoking-allowed area–but perhaps I should have anyway, and I could have told them about a new study, published yesterday in The Lancet, which finds that secondhand smoking kills more than 600,000 lives each year around the world…. Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source Click Here For More... Read Full Story

Photo: Joel Sartore If you thought screaming babies or rowdy toddlers made snapping just one decent photo a herculean task, just wait until you see what unruly models endangered species can be in front of the camera. We have this story and more — from a whale reunited with its rescuers and a rare spider rediscovered in England to the dismal state of the Gulf of Mexico shrimp haul — in our roundup of news from the animal world this week. <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010... Read Full Story

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Image via EcoFactor EcoFactor is an energy management software start-up that recently won a Cleantech Open award. It aggregates data abut your home’s energy use and gives a grade for each zone of the house. The grade reflects how sealed a building is and its energy efficiency levels. While the grade is based on the home, it of course reflects on the owner and we know there are some people who just have to be straight A students. Luckily, EcoFactor also likes straight A students. So when one... Read Full Story

Photo via viagallery Despite reluctance on the part of consumers in some communities, smart meters are becoming a new fact of life for Americans as we slowly upgrade to a smart electric grid. The installation of the new smart meters are one of the most visible signs that the improved grid is indeed on its way. While about 21 million smart meters will be installed across the country by the end of this year, <a hre… Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source Click Here For... Read Full Story

Citizen Sensor info graphic designed by Joseph Saavedra. Photo: The New School An exciting facet of green fashion is when textiles and technology come together in the form of wearable tech . Parsons The New School for Design is exploring this frontier with their Fashionable Technology Lab which is, according to the press release , a research center examining the intersection of design, technology, scienc… Read the full story on TreeHugger Go to Source Click Here For More... Read Full Story