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9:21 am in costa rica, eco-travel, thailand, tourism, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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In the last few years ecotourism has grown from a buzzword to a trend, to full-blown industry. Whether travelers are looking for a rugged adventure or refined luxury, planet-conscious operators have sprung up to ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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1:46 pm in alternative energy, renewable energy, solar, solar power, thailand by TreeHugger
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Whether it's Israel's efforts to harness solar, gigantic French solar farms, a 2-mile-long solar train tunnel in Belgium, or tantalizing signs that Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:50 am in architects, Design & Architecture, green design, thailand by TreeHugger
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Thai architect Chuta Sinthuphan's projects shown in TreeHugger are usually made of shipping containers and address the issue of housing cost, but his latest, designed for the Thai government, looks a different problem: flooding.
It isn't a new problem; Bangkok was once known as the "Venice of the East." Traditiona...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11:32 pm in insects, thailand, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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The daily life of a hardworking carpenter ant must be pretty repetitive, what with the constant marching and relentless leaf-cutting -- unless they run across a fungus which has the power to turn them into mindless, bumbling 'zombies', in which case, things can get interesting. Researchers from Penn State studying ants in Thailand have stumbled upon one of the spookiest parasitic phenomena ever recorded: a fungus that doesn't just kill its insect host -- it invades their minds and forces them to do its bidding.
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