James Cameron on Why Earth Day Matters and What We Can Learn From the Amazon (Video)

Image credit: Nancy Wilson Deep in the Amazon, Writer and Director James Cameron has found what many have taken to calling a “real life Avatar .” The Belo Monte hydroelectric project will dam 60 kilometers of the Xingu river . The Brazilian government says that the project is essential for securing energy and jobs—and that the social and environmenta… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Seed-Sprouting Face Mask Protects You From Pollution, Sequesters Your CO2

Photo via Inhabitat We thought we saw them all when the swine flue craze was at its peak, but in the weird and wacky world of face masks, there’s a new one to top them all. The Green Screen by designer Robert Ortega is an anti-bacterial and reusable face mask that “sequesters the Co2 from every exhale.” Made from pulp and embedded with seeds that actually sprout, the face mask is supposed to not only help keep your lungs safe from the world, but … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Talking with Arun Majumdar, the United States’ New Director of Energy Research

Image credit: Grist In response to the technological threat posed by Sputnik , Grist reminds us , the United States established DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to spark new innovations in space and military technology. Now, renewable energy is our space race. Steven Chu and the Obama Administration ho..

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Talking with Arun Majumdar, the United States’ New Director of Energy Research

NY Fashion Week: Independent Designers to Show Fall 2010 Collections at Nolcha

Elena Garcia’s fall/winter 2008 collection. Credit: Elena Garcia Independent apparel and accessory designers from around the world will showcase sustainable fashion at Nolcha during New York Fashion Week (we caught their spring 2010 exhibit last season).

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NY Fashion Week: Independent Designers to Show Fall 2010 Collections at Nolcha

NY Fashion Week: Independent Designers to Show Fall 2010 Collections at Nolcha

Elena Garcia’s fall/winter 2008 collection. Credit: Elena Garcia Independent apparel and accessory designers from around the world will showcase sustainable fashion at Nolcha during New York Fashion Week (we caught their spring 2010 exhibit last season)

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The Sierra Club (and the Planet) Will Miss Greg Haegele

For several years now, Treehugger readers have been reading weekly posts from my colleague and dear friend Greg Haegele, Deputy Executive Director here at the Sierra Club.

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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Chris Page of Yahoo! (Video)

How do you respond to nuanced questions of nuclear power, clean coal, and Obama’s climate policy when you can only defend yourself with Yes, No, or Maybe? You do your best, that’s how. We cornered Chris Page, Yahoo!’s Director of Energy and Climate, outside Pop!Tech’s ice cream social and took her to task.

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10 Things That Make a Great Green City (Slideshow)

Green space is essential to the health of a city and its people. Photo of Gülhane Park in Istanbul by Jennifer Hattam . With 180,000 people moving to the world’s cities every day, 75 percent of the global population is expected to be living urban lives by 2050.

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Education is Very Green, Yet 300 Million of World’s Schoolchildren Don’t Have Clean Toilets or Water

all images: Global Water Challenge Yesterday we heard that India announced a new program that aims to bring more efficient biomass cookstoves into homes of some 800+ million people who rely on them, bringing big health benefits . Well, time to switch gears and consider another major human health problem: Access to safe drinking water and sanitary…

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Rolls-Royce Confirms Electric Car is in the Works

During a quick conversation I had with Richard Carter, Rolls-Royce’s Director of Global Communications, at the LA Auto Show this afternoon, he confirmed to me that rumors Rolls is working on an electric luxury car are true, and that it is quite possible that the release will happen within the next year—although initially it would be restricted to a few test cars to gauge interest. Read more of this story »

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