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When Hillside Intermediate began their butterfly garden back in 1997 they probably had no idea that one day it would grow to 7 acres worth of carefully reconstructed wildlife habitat devoted to biodiversity that would earn awards from institutions like the Jane Goodall Institute and National Wildlife Federation. And no one could have predicted the enormous damage inflicted by vandals intent on destroying their hard work, even plugging up the entry to a bluebird box with golf balls and killing the chicks inside.

Of course, there’s often a brighter side when caring, decent human beings work together. And the outp...

There’s a great new exhibit sponsored by Doubletree Hotels and created by the Arbor Day Foundation that hopes to encourage kids from 2 to 10 to explore the beauty of the great outdoors by giving them an incredible learning experience with trees. Titled “Exploring Trees Inside and Out”, the traveling museum exhibit is expected to reach kids in a number of cities across the U.S. by the end of 2010, but there’s a good chance it’s coming soon to a museum near you....

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What can’t the shipping container do? We know you can live in these fabulous prefab versions of shipping containers (such as the All-Terrain Cabin or Detroit's planned container condos by Steven Flum); you can shop in them (like in Freitag’s shipping container store in Zurich); you can even serve beer out of them (we like...

After last year’s seemingly endless summer of toxic toy revelations, it’s been awhile since we made a whole lot of neat toy recommendations here at TreeHugger. But it seems there’s a great set of 3D Puzzles from ImagiPlay that just may be able to help entertain your little one this summer between trips to the beach and time spent outdoors rediscovering nature itself.

With a Rocking Horse, Lion, Elephant & Calf, Clown Car, Train, Tugboat and Cow and Calf available, these ImagiPLAY toys are fair trade, sustainable, and non-toxic so you won’t have to worry a bit about how they were produced, where they ca...

School may be out for the summer, but the truth is that many PTA’s and school organizations start planning for next year’s fundraisers a good deal in advance. And there’s an eco-minded fundraising company called Growkids that’s offering 50% of the proceeds to your school or organization, a vast improvement over some of the organizations offering much, much less that we told you about in a post called “Green Fundraising with One Big Caveat” not so very long ago....

TalkGreen rounds up great, green children's books.

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A photography exhibit in London depicts a future rendering of the city—affected by global warming's rising sea tide.

TriplePundit encourages the creation of a solid carbon market.

Volkswagon announces the development of the Golf Twin Drive Concept, a plug-in hybrid diesel.

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Is the Th!nk City Car the functional, affordable electric dream ride we’ve all been waiting for?

SolarCity makes ‘going solar’ affordable with a leasing program.

The masterminds behind the Meatrix present a new web-based kids show.

A little moth sparks big pesticide debate in California.

A recent survey measures the greenwashing gap.

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Concern about the potential health effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in consumer plastic products, is growing, following the release this week of a draft report from the US National Toxicology Program (NTP). That report says there's "some concern" about the potential negative health effects of BPA on infants and children and calls for more research to determine just what the risks of BPA exposure might be.

This has been bubbling under for a while now, and I for one have been trying to switch to metal containers...