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Help Save the World’s Last Dinosaur

Help Save the World’s Last Dinosaur

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society supporters Richard Dean Anderson and Holly Marie Combs are lending their names as producers on the company’s crowd-funded documentary feature Why Just One? The documentary follows Sea Shepherd’s 2015 sea turtle defense campaign, Operation Jairo, which took place in Honduras, Florida and Costa Rica. Why Just One? focuses specifically on the […]

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    This Super Sustainable House Can Be Built in One Day

    This Super Sustainable House Can Be Built in One Day

    A Dutch design firm has redefined living by creating a house that doesn’t need a foundation, can be built in one day and is three times more sustainable than a normal house. Photo credit: Wikkelhouse The Wikkelhouse, designed by Fiction Factory in Amsterdam, is built by snapping multiple 1.2 meter (4 feet) wide sections together. […]

    EU Commission Backs Down on Long-Term Glyphosate Approval, Seeks Last Minute Extension

    EU Commission Backs Down on Long-Term Glyphosate Approval, Seeks Last Minute Extension

    Following a number of unsuccessful meetings on the long-term reauthorization of glyphosate in the European Union, the European Commission—the EU’s executive arm—is now seeking an eleventh-hour extension of the controversial weedkiller’s current approval. Commission continues push for unrestricted #glyphosate use by labelling measure as temporary https://t.co/2tsxuEAvWq pic.twitter.com/5w35YKuytv — Greenpeace EU (@GreenpeaceEU) June 1, 2016 Licensing of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto […]

    This One Chart Says It All for the Future of Solar Energy

    This One Chart Says It All for the Future of Solar Energy

    One graphic says so much about how far solar has come and how bright its future looks. A friend and former colleague—my business partner from when I worked in solar—recently shared a graph showing the drop in the prices of solar panels and the growth in worldwide installations of solar. Photo credit: Treehugger My buddy […]

    17 Young Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Making the World a Better Place

    17 Young Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Making the World a Better Place

    By Conscious Company Magazine Conscious Company Magazine partnered with leading accelerators, incubators and educational institutions to identify 17 rising entrepreneurs who see things differently, are shaking the tree, disrupting industries, making money and doing good. These individuals are bold. They’re young. They’re fearless. And they are the face of the up-and-coming generation of change makers […]

    31 Incredible Ways to Use Coconut Oil

    31 Incredible Ways to Use Coconut Oil

    Coconut oil is incredibly popular and for good reason. It offers many health benefits, has a delicate taste and is widely available. It’s also an extremely versatile oil with a number of uses you may not be aware of. Coconut oil is incredibly popular and for good reason. Photo credit: Shutterstock Here are 31 clever […]

    Remarkable Forest Hotel Takes Green Architecture to a Whole New Level

    Remarkable Forest Hotel Takes Green Architecture to a Whole New Level

    We’ve heard of vertical gardens but what about vertical forests? The Mountain Forest Hotel in Guizhou, China’s Wanfeng Valley is a carbon-sucking, sky-high marvel created by Milan-based architect Stefano Boeri. The Mountain Forest Hotel, located in Guizhou, China, is so green that it will improve the air surrounding it. Photo credit: Stefano Boeri Architetti China […]

    The Superbug Doctors Have Been Dreading Is Now in the U.S.

    The Superbug Doctors Have Been Dreading Is Now in the U.S.

    A team of scientists at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Army Institute of Research in Washington, DC has discovered the first instance of a person living in the U.S. infected with a feared antibiotic-resistant microbe, according to a research report published Thursday in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. An E. coli bacterium […]