We often write in TreeHugger about the importance of cities and of neighborhoods, about new urbanist designs that work like cities used to; Mark Oppenheimer writes in the New York Times' real estate magazine a wonderful article entitled "It's a wonderful block"- His own West Rock Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut....

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Designer Ross Menuez reinvents a childhood classic with his Kuma Bears, a series of psychedelically patterned teddies so vibrant that the Grateful Dead Bears pale in comparison. Made from 100 percent organic cotton canvas and stuffed with organic cotton filling, the Kuma Bears are hand-silk-screened using eco-friendly (and worry not, parents, child-safe) soy-based inks.

If you’ve been looking for a way to green up your reading then the Read Green Initiative may just be for you. Essentially, it’s being organized by Zinio, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of digital magazines, providing magazines in a media-rich digital format for purchase as opposed to the classic paper that shows up in your mailbox.

Beautiful Bike Racks for NYC

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The Architecture of Purification

XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology
A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially making life better for millions.

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