Weekday Vegetarian: Make Refried Beans as a Base For Lots of Dishes

Photo: Kelly Rossiter I know, I know, this is not a photogenic dish. In fact, as one of my previous commenters eloquently noted about another post , it looks like something the cat cacked up. Nasty visuals aside, these refried beans are the base of lots of great Mexican dishes

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Get Bisphenol A Out of the Grocery Store (Are You Listening, Whole Foods?)

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Michelle Rodriguez Joins the Sea Shepherd Crew, Courteney Cox Supports her Hometown, and More

Photo via tr3s At Sea Shepherd ’s “Sea No Evil” art show, which included a silent auction to bring in funds for the conservation organization, the big news came from ” Avatar ” actress Michelle Rodriguez … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Meet Rouge Tomate: The Restaurant with Both a Michelin Star and a Composting Room

Image via Green Space Today Rouge Tomate is an upscale, Michelin Star-winning restaurant situated in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But what sets it apart from the countless other restaurants that fit that exact description is a genuine dedication to achieving some bright green ideals — there’s a heavy emphasis on local foods featured on the menu items, the design standards sate the Green Restaurant Association’s requirements, and, yes, they compost all biodegradable waste. Rouge Toma…

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Fructose Can Accelerate Growth of Cancer Cells: Study

Photo: nateOne (Flickr) As if the annoying, misleading ads from the makers of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) weren’t enough food for thought already, CBS News reports that researchers from UCLA have found that fructose — which is a component of HFCS (a suspected culprit in America’s obesit… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Folding Table is Inspired By Pop-Up Map of New York

Images by Sabine of Mocoloco Mocoloco introduces Swedish designers Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren , who collaborated on the Grand Central Table. It is composed of 22 pieces that unfold like a map and sit on a folding base. …

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Designing Their Way Out of a Dam Mess

A previous do-gooding design campaign. Photo via Slowalk From educating people about food miles and food security to encouraging them to use less paper, the Korean group Slowalk puts its graphic-design skills in the service of do-gooder causes. The latest target of their clean-lined advocacy?

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Calling All DIY Crafters, Green Designers and Spring Cleaners!

Image credit: Inhabitat If you love getting crafy, upcycling, and cleaning up and clearing out from a long cold winter, Inhabitat has the contest for you …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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SharedEarth.com: A Landshare Grapevine Linking Gardeners With Gardens

It’s an obvious problem in urban and suburban jungles around the country: many people are eager to garden but have nowhere to indulge their green thumbs. And plenty of homeowners have gardens in need of tending.

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Melting Ice Uncovering Ancient Artifacts Faster than They Can Be Recovered

Image credit: T. Andrews /GNWT As temperatures rise in the Yukon’s Mackenzie Mountains, veritable treasure troves of ancient artifacts have been uncovered by melting ice. Now, high in the mountains of northern Canada, archeologists are racing to recover items from these sites that have been entombed in ice for thousands of years.

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