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The first Glidehouse

Michelle Kaufmann

Green Living

Innovative architect Michelle Kaufmann combines high design and energy-efficient materials into her prefab homes.
By William Booth

Termite digestion of wood pulp

Falk Warnecke

Termite Bellies and Biofuels

Research into termite digestion may hold solutions to our energy crisis
By Julia Olmstead

Doug Fine

Doug Fine

Life Off the Grid

A journalist's ambitious experiment in ecological living leads to a goat pen
By Amanda Bensen

Wallace Broecker

Wallace Broecker

A Fix for Climate Change

The geochemist proposes a solution to global warming: CO2 "scrubbers"
By Kenneth R. Fletcher

Christina Galitsky

Christina Galitsky

Hot Idea

Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees
By Neil Henry

Ed Begley, Jr. and his wife, Rachel Carson

Ed Begley, Jr.

Q&A - Ed Begley, Jr.

Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. talks about living green
By Lyndon Stambler






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Michelle in designing the home was making it feel big even though the square footage was modest

House Proud

High design in a factory-made home? Michelle Kaufmann believes she holds the key

Ed Begley, Jr.

Q&A - Ed Begley, Jr.

Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. talks about living green

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