be 10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:00:00 -0400 Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots. Full Article Technology
be INDEX: Google Cardboard may be the next very big thing. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:41:42 -0400 It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go. Full Article Design
be Google to encircle the globe with internet balloons next year By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:36:16 -0500 The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below. Full Article Technology
be If you get all your news here, you may be living in a bubble By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:30:00 -0500 We're all friends here, right? So I can talk honestly? Full Article Science
be Google's Project Ara modular smartphone is finally being released By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 May 2016 10:03:32 -0400 But is it truly modular? Full Article Technology
be Nevermind, there won't be a modular smartphone after all By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:10:44 -0400 Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone. Full Article Technology
be Google will be able to offset 100% of electricity needs with renewable energy in 2017 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:16:45 -0500 The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors. Full Article Business
be Recycling rates improve when people know what items will become By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 Jeans into insulation, plastic bottles into coats – details like this make people more inclined to use the blue bin. Full Article Living
be So much plastic is being made that "recycling has no impact" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:46:00 -0400 A Canadian scientist wants us to rethink our approach to plastic and challenge the colonial system that produces it. Full Article Science
be Producers could finally be responsible for packaging waste in Ontario By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:42:00 -0400 The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs. Full Article Business
be The best bar soaps for every body part By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:05:35 -0400 With disinfecting and sanitizing on everyone's mind, good old-fashioned bar soap has never been more necessary. It's still possible to go plastic-free, too. These are the best bar soaps for every body part. Full Article Living
be Montreal's impressive food recovery program will expand throughout Quebec By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:00:00 -0400 A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded. Full Article Living
be World's largest Cross-Laminated Timber apartment complex being built in Montreal By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:16:09 -0400 And a big part of the pitch is sustainability and comfort. Full Article Design
be These floral sculptures pay homage to the humble beauty of insects (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:51:51 -0500 Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden. Full Article Living
be Coming soon: weird but maybe wonderful alternative electric vehicles By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:14:11 -0400 BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels Full Article Transportation
be Surprising Agreement On The Connection Between Obesity and Healthcare Costs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:59:01 -0400 Michael Pollan writes in the New York Times about the connection between the American diet and the cost of health care; Surprisingly, conservative writers like Marie-Josée Kravis are saying much the same thing, Full Article Business
be USDA Fighting Obesity With One Hand, Promoting High-Fat Cheese With The Other By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:20:29 -0500 All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps Full Article Living
be Masters of Beef Advocacy Grads Take On Sustainable Food Supporters, Attacking The Wrong Target By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:30:00 -0500 If you don't subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow Full Article Living
be Rethinking The Food Label To "Inspire Food Literacy" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:12:43 -0400 The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's News21 program and Good Magazine have shortlisted the three finalists in a competition to design a better food label. They "asked for designs that were informative, instructive and Full Article Living
be Study describes chicken nuggets as edible "super glue" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Doctors from the University of Mississippi dissected two nuggets and were shocked by what they found. Full Article Living
be Energy Star Moving Beyond Data Servers, Certifying Entire Data Centers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:30:00 -0500 "For the US in 2006, online data centres accounted for 1.5 percent of the entire country's electricity use - equating to more than the entire state of Massachusetts. " View the chart up close...Really interesting facts/stats! Image via GDS Digital via Full Article Technology
be A Healthy Thanksgiving Begins in a Green Kitchen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:30:37 -0500 We're well aware of the importance of health when it comes to preparing foods in the kitchen—between Salmonella, E. Coli, and a variety of other Full Article Living
be BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:51:27 -0400 A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger. Full Article Design
be Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:33:50 -0400 Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns. Full Article Design
be Beat the heat: EPA's infographic is a good place to start By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:37:00 -0400 The information is pretty basic but it's not trivial, and would make a difference. Full Article Energy
be Thanks to new tech, it’s easier to Live Better Electrically By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:09:45 -0400 From heat pumps to induction, it has never been easier to give up gas. Full Article Design
be Nudie Jeans' repair shops should be the new standard for sustainable fashion By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:57:25 -0400 We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution. Full Article Living
be Baltimore Announces Massive Smart Grid Program - 2 Million Meters to be Installed By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:15:00 -0400 Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service Full Article Technology
be Renewable Tradition: Baltimore's "Arabbers" Sell Produce On Residential Streets - In Horse Drawn Carts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:23:05 -0400 Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a Full Article Business
be Threatened Homeowners Battle Endangered Beetles By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:35:23 -0500 For most people, living along southern Chesapeake Bay with a scenic view over the waterfront might sound idyllic, but for nearly 100 residents who do, it's turned into a nightmare. Slowly, the Full Article Business
be Another vertical forest being built by Stefano Boeri in Lausanne, Switzerland By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:28:55 -0500 And I am going to be positive, upbeat and happy about it, really. Full Article Design
be Tallest timber tower in Sweden is about a lot more than just wood By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:03:33 -0500 From the green roof down to the electric boat, there are so many interesting aspects of sustainable design. Full Article Design
be Historical courtyard residence converted into modern workspace in Beijing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:45:27 -0400 A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room. Full Article Design
be Converted ambulance becomes one man's traveling home-on-wheels (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:13:39 -0400 Diverging from the Sprinter van conversion trend, this man revamped an old life-saving vehicle into his own tiny home. Full Article Design
be Entire Swiss village to be repurposed as a wonderful hotel By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0400 A fading fairytale village will become Switzerland's first 'scattered hotel' thanks to a foundation committed to saving it. Full Article Living
be Good news: Bitcoin is becoming worthless By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:13:26 -0500 The digital currency is in its death throes. Full Article Energy
be The troubling link between self-care and capitalism By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:17:39 -0500 The covering-yourself-with-blankets movement isn't nearly as cuddly as it seems. Full Article Living
be Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor benefits everyone By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0400 It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods. Full Article Living
be Over half the new homes in the USA are insulated with fiberglass batts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:18:29 -0400 We used to say this stuff should be banned because it was always installed badly. Has anything changed? Full Article Design
be Haiti's Rebuild May Be Biochar's Big Breakthough By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:48 -0500 Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has Full Article Technology
be Food, Water, and... Permaculture? Rethinking Disaster Relief for Haiti and Beyond By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:15:00 -0500 A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture. Full Article Science
be Beyond the Gulf Oil Spill: Five Ongoing Ecological Disasters With No End In Sight By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:30:00 -0400 Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still. Full Article Business
be The surprisingly bold and beautiful world of sea slugs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:04:10 -0400 On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their Full Article Science
be The Surprisingly Bold and Beautiful World of Sea Slugs (Slideshow) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0400 Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members Full Article Technology
be This tiny house carved out of a single tree could be in Hobbiton instead of Haida Gwaii By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:45:47 -0400 In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them. Full Article Design
be Is boycotting palm oil really the best thing to do? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:40:00 -0500 The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils. Full Article Science
be Is Brooks Running the Best Green Source for Runners? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:36:08 -0400 You a runner? Or an exercise-oholic? And you want your workouts to reflect your green lifestyle? Well, the race is ON or at least for me and a few friends to find the best performing green running equipment. Full Article Science
be Honeybee Swarm Delays Flight at Pittsburgh International Airport By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 The queen led her minions to the engine of a Delta airplane, delaying the flight until the protected bees could be professionally removed Full Article Science
be It's the start of the Extinction Rebellion By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:47:02 -0400 Two weeks of climate action are starting on April 15. Full Article Business
be Human composting soon to be allowed in Washington By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:58:00 -0400 It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying. Full Article Living