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Cool! Digital Dog Tags Record Your Clothing's Last Move (Video)

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Image via Ecouterre

From Ecouterre, comes the latest way to add value to clothing and hopefully, combat the disposable buying cycle: "RememberMe"<

From a Vat of Green Tea, Grows Gross (but Cool) Green Fashion called BioCouture (Photos)

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Bio Bomber Jacket, grown from a vat of green tea. Image courtesy of Suzanna Lee.

Is it possible to "grow a frock from a vat of liquid" using cellulose-spinning bacteria? This is exactly what fashion designer Suzanna Lee asked before she began BioCouture, a research project based at Central Saint Martin's College in London.

Stay Cool this Summer in Eco-Chic English Countryside Fashion (Photos)

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Cabbages & Roses, spring 2010 collection. Image courtesy of Cabbages & Roses.

British fashion and home décor brand Cabbages & Roses, formed by Vogue alumnas Christina Strutt and Brigette Buchanan in 2000, has been developing their sustainable ethos for the past ten years.

BP Stock Plunges: Company Loses $67 Billion in 6 Weeks

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Image by Stephen Messenger

Evidently, being responsible for the biggest environmental disaster in US history doesn't come cheap. Over the last 6 weeks, BP has lost a staggering $67 billion in market value -- one third of the entire company's value.

Training to Swim the English Channel: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Swimmer

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Photo via Freefoto.com

Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for Earthwatch initiatives.

You may think that because I work in PR, I am prone to exaggeration.

130 UK Homes to Get 100% of Gas from Human Feces this Summer

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No, it will look nothing like this. Photo via Arkine

The UK relies heavily on natural gas from the soon-to-be-depleted North Sea stores, according to the BBC.

'Cannibal Snails' Eat Species of Tiny Tree Snail into Extinction

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The survival of an entire species of "incredibly endangered" tree snails has just been entrusted to the British Zoo. The population of tiny tree snails--they grow to be only a few millimeters long--has been decimated, eaten into extinction by a larger "cannibal snail." Called the Rosy Wolfsnail, it arrived as an invasive species to the tree snail's natural habitat of French Polynesia in the 1970s.