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The elk now steer clear of areas where they perceive risk from wolves, leading to the regrowth of aspens, willows, cottonwood trees, and berry-producing shrubs. That in turn has supported the resurgence of beaver and bird populations.

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At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.

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Although it may come as a surprise, research shows a larger carbon footprint doesn't lead to happiness. While the United States ranks near the top of both per capita and aggregate carbon emissions, it's not in the top 10 when it comes to happiness. In fact, many nations ranked happier than the U.S. also tread much more lightly on the planet. Read on to find out where the U.S.'s carbon emissions come from and which countries are doing it right.

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The Crash Course seeks to provide you with a baseline understanding of the economy so that you can better appreciate the risks that we all face. The Intro below is separated from the rest of the sections because you'll only need to see it once...it tells you about how the Crash Course came to be.

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Humans as a viral infection of earth. Some of you may have suspected that already. Let's hope it is an adolescent thingy that Earth will recover from soon, to live a long and prosperous further life. Let's hope humans are not completely eliminated by Earth's immune system, but live on in a healthier balance.

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Arithmetic Population & Energy
By Dr. Albert A. Bartlett
Professor Emeritus
Department Of Physics
University of Colorado At Boulder

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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." (If you want to know how long it will take something to double, divide 70 by the %rate of growth)

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Join Geoff Lawton on a Permaculture adventure as he demonstrates how to grow a food forest from start to finish.\nOver 90 minutes of quality information to get you on the right track in creating your own garden of Eden.

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see what one life will consume and accumulate...

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Our twenty-first century global civilization is not the first to face the prospect of environmentally induced economic decline. The question is how we will respond. We do have one unique asset at our command–an archeological record that shows us what happened to earlier civilizations that got into environmental trouble and failed to respond.

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Cleaning up toxic spills, stopping poison-gas attacks and curing deadly diseases: Fungus king Paul Stamets says there's no limit to what his spores can do.

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"This poem isn't actually about religion. It is kind of irrelevant to the piece whether or not you believe in God or a God or anything like that. Thats not the point......"

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The cabin is 14 x 14 and aproximately 400 square feet with a full loft. It includes a kitchen, dining area, bathroom and living area downstairs and a large bedroom and office upstairs.

I built this cabin by myself from new materials for under $2000 (not

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a British automotive design, development and certification consultancy, has done what many TreeHugger readers have been suggesting in the comments of many posts about plug-in hybrid cars: Removable battery packs that can be swapped for full batteries that

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LaMar Alexander, is one eco-friendly-building-machine and he's ready to share a few things he's learned along the way in his new ebook, Simple Solar Homesteading. This book is not for just anybody, as the house is small, the appliances are few and while y

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Interior designer and fashion stylist Scott Newkirk loved the 1973 eco-classic Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher’s Art and decided to build a 300 square foot off-grid cabin in the woods. It took two years to build; being a New York designer, it'

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So we know what it takes to live off grid and how you generate off grid power, but what does living off grid look like? It might be a surprise to some, but some off-grid homes are totally indistinguishable from other houses in the neighborhood (except for

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A new report from the University of New South Wales says that Australia should be farming kangaroos instead of sheep and cattle if it wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. According to the study, if Australia replaced its 7 million cattle and 36 m

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A toxic combination of $4 gasoline, voter anxiety and presidential ambition is making it impossible for this country to have the grown-up conversation it needs about energy.

The latest evidence comes from Senator Barack Obama, who in less than a week ha

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