Introducing the woodentop
A laptop made of forest-thinned cedar: why didn't we think of that?

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How to make an environmentally friendly laptop? The answer from Fujitsu, showcased at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world's largest interior design trade show held in Milan from April 16 to 20, is to build it out of wood, the idea being that using natural instead of petrochemical-based materials lowers the machine’s environmental impact.
 

counter culture

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What's the problem with those polypropylene bags? Plenty.
 

green room

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Shout it from the rooftop: ambiguous green claims make the consumer watchdog see red.

 

the lab

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Detroit has a conversion experience and the electric car is reborn.
 

eco cities

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How the great Australian dream has become a sustainability nightmare.

 

daily planet

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From Canada comes a homespun warning about genetically modified canola.

 

portfolio

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Biofuels are either the cure to fossil-fuel dependency or a curse for humanity.