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Tim Tebow Takes Presli Collins, Colorado Girl With Tumor Condition, On Date

Aung San Su Kyi hits the campaign trail

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Wounded soldier Reunites with Puppy he Adopted in Afghanistan (PUPPY ALERT!!)

Jessica Alba keeps it ‘Honest’ with e-commerce business selling eco-friendly family products

'Mother Robin' wins CNN Hero of the Year

17 Year Old Develops Cancer Killing Nanoparticle

Here's a group of beagles who have lived their entire lives inside a research laboratory being release from lives in cages for the first time. The first beagle takes his first step onto grass at about 2:06 into the video. beaglefreedomproject.org

DC's Bread for the City granted 1.8 acres to plant orchard for food pantry

Clinton to Visit Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi Rejoins Politics

How Yoga Won the West  ("If you’re annoyed that your local gas station is now a yoga studio, you might blame Vivekananda.")

Washingtonian adds green blog

In Frederick, aiming to build "green homes" that don't break the bank

Billion Dollar Green Challenge Launched: colleges are challenged to invest a tolal of one billion dollars to fund green upgrades. GWU has already joined.

Paris Launches Vehicle Sharing Program with 3,000 Electric Cars

Cat thrown from car leads rescuer to kittens

German nuclear power plant turned into amusement park

Women's rights trio wins Nobel Peace Prize

Gabrielle Giffords Honors Astronaut Mark Kelly in White House Ceremony

University of Maryland Watershed House Wins the 2011 Solar Decathlon

US Installed solar costs dropped 17 percent in 201; dropping more in 2011

Walgreens Plans 130 Solar Powered Stores Nationwide

This is just the most amazing jewelry ever; pieces of bombs dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War, are melted and made into bracelets. Proceeds help clear more land of still unexploded bombs. PROJECT peaceBOMB

Five Simple Food Swaps to Improve Your Life

Computer Efficiency Doubles Every 18 Months

8 amazing kids who have changed the world

Solar Power Is Among Fastest Growing Industries in America - Solyndra Is An Exception

DC Mobile Market Bus to Bring Fresh Produce to City's food Deserts

Go Car-Free in DC and Save $10,000 a Year

A breakthrough in wind turbines is expected to produce two to three times that of current turbines.

"Refrigerator Box" Invention Saves Air Conditioning Costs D'oh, why didn't I thinka that!

Macys Replacing One Million light Bulbs with LED Bulbs, with an expected savings of one Billion Dollars

New LED Light Bulb Coming Soon (uses 35 percent less electricity than a CFL; bulbs to be used at Solar Decathlon in DC)

Veterans Green Corps Program Offers  Former Troops A Chance at Forest Jobs

Organic Food Going Mainstream as Demand Increases - organic now a $30 billion industry

Two Lord & Taylor Stores to be 100% Wind Powered

Cool Electric Bikes For a Warming Planet

Ford, Toyota to Collaborate on Developing New Hybrid System for Light Trucks, SUVs

DOE Announces New Efficiency Standards for Home Refrigerators (over $200 Million in Energy savings Expected)

In a Blackout, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Toyota E.V.'s Could Function as Generators

Middlebury College in Vermont has one of the great houses you'll be able to tour in the Solar Decathlon in DC in September and October.