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Treehugger leader Graham Hill uses a standup desk.TreeHugger founder Graham Hill uses a standup desk, a very simple board on two cabinets; I stayed in his apartment a few years ago and just loved it, and have wanted to convert to one ever since. I thought it would keep me more alert; now Olivia Judson of the New York Times writes that it is better for your health. She first describes the problems of sitting:

If you consider only healthy people who exercise regularly, those who sit the most during the rest of the day have larger waists and worse profiles of blood pressure and blood sugar than those who sit less.

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Do you know of a green person, product, company, event, or concept that deserves to be lauded for the positive environmental change it has enacted? Let us know! In TreeHugger’s second annualBest of Green Awards, we’re looking to bestow top honors on the people, places, and things that are helping move sustainability into the mainstream.

Last year, we awarded more than 170 prizes across eight general themes. This year, we’re asking for your help making some of the selections. Let us know who you think should be nominated for a Best of Green Award. Then we’ll ask for your hel…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image fromKere ArchitectureThe Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA)is presenting a series of lectures about architecture and climate change. While many of TreeHugger’s readers won’t be attending, theinternationally based architectsand projects being discussed show the range of sustainable work being built in countries such as Burkino Faso and Sri Lanka.

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TreeHugger advocates turning down your thermostat, but if you like to read in bed that can be a problem. That’s why every reader needsAndrea Ayala Closa’sSleeved Blanket. It’s not like those silly Snuggie or Slanket things that let people take their blanket to the TV; this is for more literate types who leave their blankets where they belong.
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Bonnie AlterWhile out running in Sanibel Island, Florida, passing monster house after monster house, I came upon a small, lovely gem of modern architecture by the side of the road. It took about three seconds (google “small, modern, sanibel) to determine that it was the Walker Guest House by Paul Rudolph, a regular on TreeHugger. One of his first commissions, the 24′ square house has lift-up panels connected to 77 pound round counterweights, giving it the nickname the “cannonball house.” More to follow after I tour it on Friday, but it clearly shows all those things I love about Paul Rudolph and his Florida buildings- he under…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Do you know of a green person, product, company, event, or concept that deserves to be lauded for the positive environmental change it has enacted? Let us know! In TreeHugger’s second annualBest of Green Awards, we’re looking to bestow top honors on the people, places, and things that are helping move sustainability into the mainstream.

Last year, we awarded more than 170 prizes across eight general themes. This year, we’re asking for your help making some of the selections. Let us know who you think should be nominated for a Best of Green Award. Then we’ll ask for your hel…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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At theLondon Design Festivallast year this TreeHugger was invited to join theDeTnk TVteam atTent Londonto showcase the best in sustainable design at the festival. Last week we showed you my interview withbamboo furniture designer Jair Straschnow, this week it’s the turn of the<a href="http…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit Graham Hill.Green renovation is no easy road. TreeHugger founderGraham Hillis downsizing from 750 square feet to closer to 420 – working on a tiny, ultra-green yet extremely functional, sometimes luxurious and financially smart, renovated apartment in New York city that is to serve as a replicable model for others. And he needs help! Read on.
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