general 7 foods I always splurge on By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0500 These ingredients are worth the extra money. Full Article Living
general The 15 foods I most frequently freeze By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:39:42 -0500 Since March 6 is National Frozen Food Day, I figure it's as good a time as any to sing the praises of my freezer. Full Article Living
general Pandemic pantry: a list for eating well with humble ingredients By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:23:57 -0400 Social distancing and quarantines don't mean you have to live on canned soup alone. Full Article Living
general This pandemic is changing how my family eats By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0400 The pace of cooking has slowed down because we suddenly have extra time. Full Article Living
general Isolation cooking is a return to the past By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:00:00 -0400 Home cooks are learning how to make do with what they have, as our grandparents did. Full Article Living
general CLT plant opening in St. Thomas, Ontario By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:06:03 -0400 First they cancel the tree planting program in the north. Then this. Full Article Business
general THE BOX could eliminate cardboard and plastic packaging waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:48:20 -0500 It's a lot more than just a box, it's packaging as a service. Full Article Business
general How recycling hotel soap can save lives By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:00:00 -0400 What happens to old hotel soap? One young social entrepreneur created a humanitarian and environmental nonprofit that saves, sanitizes and supplies recycled hotel soap for the developing world. Full Article Business
general 20 ingredients for a frugal pantry By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500 Nothing exotic here, but it's all practical, versatile, and nutritious. Full Article Living
general Don't put these things down the sink during the holidays By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:21:27 -0500 Prevent drain blockages and environmental damage by taking care with what you put down the sink. Full Article Living
general 5 ways to reduce holiday food costs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Slight adjustments to the way you shop and cook can result in big savings. Full Article Living
general 17 great green gifts you can make in batches By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0500 From preserved lemons and scrap scarves to flavored salts and bath melts, these handmade gifts can be made en masse for everyone on your list. Full Article Living
general Why will there be free wrapping paper in Sunday's NY Times? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:54:19 -0500 For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper. Full Article Living
general The reusable water bottle that stole my heart By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:55:12 -0500 My search for the perfect water bottle is over thanks to the beautiful, drinker-friendly, ocean-loving, coral-planting NAECO Bottle. Full Article Living
general This Christmas, we should take a lesson from the Germans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Stand around a fire and sip mulled wine. Skip the last-minute shopping. Give time, not stuff. Full Article Living
general 6 ways to run a more functional kitchen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500 Establishing certain habits can make cooking easier. Full Article Living
general Nothing New 2020: 1 month update By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0500 I've made it through the first month of my thrifty New Year's resolution. Full Article Living
general These adorable comics are perfect for anyone trying to reduce waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:52:00 -0500 They show that the struggle is real, and you're not alone. Full Article Living
general 8 strategies for fighting food waste at home By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0500 If you want to cut down on food going in the trash, you'll have to rethink your approach to shopping, cooking, and eating. Full Article Living
general 30 fascinating facts about the boreal forest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:29:36 -0400 Welcome to almost 30 percent of the world's forest cover. Full Article Science
general 11 enlightening facts about the ocean By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:07:29 -0400 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.' –Arthur C. Clarke Full Article Science
general High-income countries are driving the extinction of the world's primates By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:20:35 -0400 Consumer demand for meat, soy, palm oil, and more has resulted in 60% of primate species facing extinction. Full Article Science
general How tall is the tallest tree in the world? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:19:44 -0400 You think Big Ben is tall? It's got nothing on the tallest tree in the world. Full Article Science
general Amazonia on fire: 'The earth isn’t dying. It’s being killed.' By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:43:25 -0400 The Amazon rainforest doesn't need prayers, it needs protectors. Full Article Business
general Scientists may have just saved the northern white rhino from extinction By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:50:24 -0400 With only two members of the species left, a successful egg harvest and fertilization could mean all is not lost. Full Article Science
general The UK is getting its first bat highway! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:48:16 -0400 The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road. Full Article Science
general 8 facts about bobcats, the most common wildcat in North America By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:09:06 -0400 Here's what to know about Lynx rufus, the solitary wildcat that roams North America. Full Article Science
general Conservation group to buy largest private sequoia forest in the world By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0400 The 530-acre forest has hundreds of ancient giant sequoia, including the fifth-largest tree known on the planet. Full Article Science
general 8 simple ways to help the birds By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:32:50 -0400 Bird populations in the US and Canada have plummeted by 30 percent since 1970 – here's why, and what we can do. Full Article Science
general Photos of the world's 25 most endangered primates By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:13:58 -0400 Meet the primate species that are among the most endangered on the planet, and the most in need of conservation measures. Full Article Science
general Watch these magnificent bison return to the Badlands (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:05:56 -0400 With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see. Full Article Science
general Scientists surprised by what first-ever recording of a blue whale's heart reveals By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:22:15 -0500 Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth. Full Article Science
general Rampant death for hermit crabs who confuse plastic trash for shells By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:49:57 -0500 New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris. Full Article Science
general 'Turtle Journey' film reveals the crisis in our oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:00:00 -0500 It's time for swift and immediate action to protect marine life from further devastation. Full Article Science
general Make your tombstone an ancient tree in one of these memorial forests By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:01:23 -0500 Mixing conservation with death care, a new start-up offers permanently protected memorial trees that solve a slew of problems. Full Article Science
general Eat sea urchins to save the oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500 These spiny little animals are in desperate need of population control, and our sushi habits could help. Full Article Science
general UK Desalination Plans Attacked By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:49:03 -0400 The UK government has approved a new scheme for desalination of water from the Thames, for use in London. The £200 million plant will be built in Beckton, east London. It's not a popular plan, though, among environmental campaigners. We've written before Full Article Science
general Participate! Runner-Up: Hydrasol By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:10:14 -0400 Last week, we revealed the winner for our Participate! contest, Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt Project. This week, we are profiling two more great entries, the Participate! runners-up. Yesterday, we showed you easy to assemble, 100 percent recycled plastic Full Article TreeHugger Exclusives
general Ambitious Solar Plan Could Provide EU with a Sixth of its Energy Needs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:00:00 -0500 An ambitious scheme to build a number of solar power stations along the Mediterranean shores of the Middle East and northern Africa could generate enough electricity to supply one sixth of the European Union's needs. The generators, individually fitted Full Article Technology
general Border Region Looks to Desalination to Counter a Parched Rio Grande By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:20:47 -0500 We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico. Full Article Business
general Water on the Brain. We're Learning. Slowly. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:00:35 -0500 Residents of the driest inhabited continent, Australia, have evidently been cottoning onto the fact that water means life and we need to be more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource. Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to Full Article Science
general Ecocities of Tomorrow: Can Foster + Partners' Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly Sustainable? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0500 With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the Full Article Design
general Tampa Bay Florida Area Drinks Oil-Fired Water By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:58:11 -0400 There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility Full Article Science
general Researchers Develop Chlorine-Tolerant Membrane for Easy Desalination By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:50:00 -0400 Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories -- Full Article Technology
general The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part One) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0400 Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not Full Article Business
general The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part Two) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:05:00 -0400 In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border Full Article Business
general Green at WIRED NextFest: High-Volume, Small-Footprint, Low-Cost Water Purification By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:51:27 -0400 XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially Full Article Technology
general Observe World Water Day on March 22 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:11:29 -0400 Images from Prix Pictet World Water Day, celebrated on March 22 every year, is an initiative of the United Nations that recognises that water is a basic requirement for all life. This year's theme: "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities" and "Whether Full Article Business
general Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:59:13 -0400 Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics, Full Article TreeHugger Radio
general 5 Great Rain Barrel Designs, Plus Top Tips for Using Them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:00:21 -0400 Droughts and possible water rationing have been in the news recently in California, Israel, Mexico, and Australia. As much of the water used is these regions is for watering gardens and lawns Full Article Design