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image courtesy of Anderlyn DesksAfter writingAre Standing Desks Healthier Than Sitting?I decided to try it, with a quick and dirty setup of an old draughting table. I am only four days into the experiment and consider it way to early to evaluate (some say that it takes two weeks to adjust) but discovered a few other quick (and not so dirty) ways to try it out if you don’t happen to have an adjustable table around.

One interesting solution is theAnderlyn Desk,a flatpack design invented by Wi…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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image courtesy of Anderlyn DesksAfter writingAre Standing Desks Healthier Than Sitting?I decided to try it, with a quick and dirty setup of an old draughting table. I am only four days into the experiment and consider it way to early to evaluate (some say that it takes two weeks to adjust) but discovered a few other quick (and not so dirty) ways to try it out if you don’t happen to have an adjustable table around.

One interesting solution is theAnderlyn Desk,a flatpack design invented by Wi…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Courtesy Casa na Arvore.If you’re a regular at TreeHugger, you probably know our love for treehouses: they usually have a great use of space, connect us with nature,open up ground space, and — let’s face it — they’re a lot of fun. We’ve already seencrazy designs from German firm Baumraumandseriously cool ones from several other architects, including the impossibly cool<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/sw…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Courtesy of house owners.At Puerto Iguazu, near the frontier between Argentina and Brazil, lies this amazing house made entirely with recycled materials. Made by a local family, its walls have over 1200 PET bottles and its ceiling, more than 1300 Tetra Pack cartons. Find out more and see more pics inside….Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Peter Head (photo courtesy of Arup)Last year, I wrote apostmourning the demise of one of the world’s most exciting construction projects: an ecologically sustainable city for half a million people off the coast of Shanghai called Dongtan.

The idea was ambitious: a city without a landfill or cars, producing its own renewable electricity and generating zero carbon emissions. Originally announced in 2005, the project was presented as a template for future urban design in China, and generated a significant<a href="http://www….Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image courtesy ofWireddigg_url = ‘http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/guy_adds_boat_tail_to_car_increases_mpg_by_151.php’;Darin Cosgrove has increased the fuel efficiency of his car by 15.1% by adding ahomemade boat tailmade from cardboard, aluminum and duct tape to the vehicle.

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Alighting at Bryant Park. Photo by Bill Wisser courtesy of PRNewsFoto/Lighting Science Group.New York City is lit with dazzling displays of energy-sucking holiday decorations this time of year. But the pop-up pond atBryant Parkhas an alternative lighting rig for its skating rink, open daily until midnight this winter. Illuminated by a new Jewel-Light Luminaire ofLEDs,the rink, located behind the main library just a block from blazing Times Square, hosts…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Istanbul. Photo courtesy ofRosario Cuervo.In the 1940’s, remembered one of the speakers at theEcocity World Summitthis week, Istanbul was one of the winners of an international “beauty contest for cities,” along withRio de Janeiro.

This week, however, with Istanbul poised to assume the title ofEuropean Capital of Culture</…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sex can be awkward. Especially when you have to, um, stop what you’re doing to put on a condom. Don’t get me wrong. Condoms are good. They prevent sexually transmitted diseases, and help with population control. But they can kill the mood sometimes. Unless, of course, your choice of prophylactic shows how much you love the planet. Condom user = environmentally conscious? LifeStyles Condoms is now offering two new products for people who care about their mates, and the Earth. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Scheme A; see full set courtesy of Spacing onFlickrIt is the most historic thing in Toronto; built in 1793 to defend what was then called York (now Toronto), it was over-run by American forces and burned in 1813, but was rebuilt and repelled another invasion in 1814. The fort has been under attack many times since; it the sixties it was almost over-run by the Gardiner Expressway, which was finally diverted to the south edge of the fort. The elevated highway is actually rather dramatic and elegant at this p…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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