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Eco Wine Review: Hahn SLH Estate 2010 Chef's Table Viognier

Hahn SLH Estate's 2010 Chef's Table Viognier is one of the most interesting whites you'll ever smell. It's completely intoxicating with notes of white peach, banana, honeydew and jasmine. Only 100 cases were made, so get this one quickly!




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Organic Ginger-Orange Cocktail Made with Bourbon and Sake

Using fresh organic ginger and locally grown oranges, the eco-friendly Medlock Ames has created a drink that is complex, fresh and tangy.




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Artist Creates Stunning Portraits With Old Wine Corks

Scott Gundersen makes art with corks, using up to 9,000 of the old bottle-stoppers to create each beautiful portrait.




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The Spanish Porrón- an Eco-Friendly Way to Drink Wine

The Spanish porrón is a glass pitcher in the shape of a watering can that gets passed around at big events. That way, there is no need for plastic glasses or washing up!




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Organic winemaker faces jail for refusing to apply pesticide

The French agriculture ministry has sentenced Emmanuel Giboulot six months in jail for not taking preventative measures against a bacterial vine disease.




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Nigeria on the brink: only one solution – socialist revolution

The recent “release” and immediate brutal re-arrest of Sowore raises the question of the nature of the present regime in Nigeria. The justified anger of many workers and youth poses the problem of “what is to be done?” Here comrade Rashy in Nigeria explains that this event brings into sharp focus the need to radically transform Nigerian society along socialist lines.




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Morocco: let us break the rod of repression with organisation and struggle

Those who follow the situation in Morocco can see that the repressive dictatorial regime has become more and more frenzied, and the police state has tightened its repressive grip on everyone and everything. They are arresting those who protest, who sing, who criticise, who write, and who show solidarity with those arrested.




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The impact on Nigeria of the coronavirus pandemic: socioeconomic pandemonium!

It would be hell if the Covid-19 breaks out in Nigeria on the scale presently being witnessed in Europe and the US. Apart from the dire state of the healthcare system, 69 million Nigerians have no access to clean water. This invariably leads to water-borne diseases like cholera, which continue to break out as regular epidemics. Social distancing and self-isolation presuppose that people have enough space. In Lagos where we have over 100 slum areas, about 80 people can be found sharing a 10-room building with only two toilets and a bathroom being shared by all with no pipe-borne or treated water readily available.




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Nigeria: the crisis spares no one – a Kano version of the pandemic

Kano has become the epicentre of the spread of Covid-19 in northern Nigeria. A large number of so-called “mysterious” deaths was recently reported, but the state government of Kano blatantly claims that the sharp rise in deaths is not due to Covid-19. Here we provide an eyewitness account from an IMT comrade in Kano.




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This tiny house community aims to help veterans rebuild their lives (Video)

Entirely funded by donations, this project is hoping to provide veterans struggling with PTSD or homelessness free housing, counseling and an experience of the healing power of nature.




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US to demand coal-burning power plants keep pumping out pollution, because National Security

It's in the Fearless Leader's latest move to a planned economy that runs on coal.




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US Wildlife Services killed 1.3 million non-invasive animals in 2017

From foxes and falcons to otters and owls, the USDA program is doing away with wildlife in droves.




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Lazivores unite: A manifesto for lazy gardening

It's time that the lazy gardeners among us rise up and take an explicit stand.




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Over 200 Animals Rescued From Wildlife Traffickers in Thailand

Among the hundreds of animals seized were 5 tigers, 13 white lions, three pumas, three kangaroos, four flamingos, two crowned cranes, 66 marmosets, two orangutans, and two red pandas.




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Dazzling technicolor greenhouse lights up when you touch the plants (Video)

Combining touch, sound and a psychedelic array of programmed LEDs, this installation brings the people to the plants.




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Algae could light up our cities at night

Many cities have transitioned to LED street lighting, but researchers think algae may be the illumination of the future.




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Integrated "Shopping" Bag In Award-Winning Bicycle

Whenever my husband asks me to "pick up a couple of bottles of wine" while shopping, I get surly. My favorite bike panniers are, without exception, NOT well equipped to handle heavy, glass bottles that may shift in




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Ultramarathoners Running 10,000-Kilometer Silk Road Route to Raise Awareness About Water Shortages

Seventy-two days after setting out from Istanbul, champion distance runner Kevin Lin Yi Jie and a small team of other athletes have covered 4,434 kilometers of their 10,00-kilometer goal: Running the




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Vincent Callebaut Designs "Bionic Arch"- A Green Skyscraper For Taiwan

When Jerry wrote about Vincent Callebaut's proposed vertical farm for New York City, he called it a Locavore Wet Dream; I called it one of the silliest, most overwrought jump-the-shark vertical farm ideas ever




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Tiny 355 sq. ft. micro-apartment is expanded with adaptable mini-loft

A small apartment gets enlarged by knocking some walls down and adding a multi-functional staircase and mini-loft.




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Sydney to Green its NYE Pyrotechnic Extravaganza

Sydney claims the largest and most technologically advanced annual fireworks display on the planet, attracting more than one million people to the harbour foreshore, more than turn out for the fireworks in New York,




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Minimalist multi-use unit creates more intimate studio apartment in Sydney

With everything happening in one space, studio apartments can often feel too cluttered. This Sydney apartments gets a space makeover with the addition of a clever multifunctional unit that partitions the space and stores things out of sight.




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Sydney micro-apartment designed with Japanese organizational technique in mind

Decluttering techniques are a big trend now. This small apartment is designed with organizational principles right from the start.




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If you had a choice: Eat-in kitchen or separate dining room?

I think open kitchens are greener and more efficient, but others like a separation.




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Are you a successful minimalist?

Which of these two images does your place look like?




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One-a-day bananas: Genius at work or waste of packaging? (Survey)

Bananas are already in a perfect package. But is this even better?




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Award Winning Enviro Laundry Saves the Climate

Ozone, is a substance that like CO2, seems not only to require international treaties, but it likes cleaning stuff. Apparently NASA discovered it works a treat as a disinfectant, killing bacteria and making stains soluble at low temperatures. The




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California Paves the Way for Lower-VOC Cleaning Products to Reduce Smog

Household cleaning products in the U.S. might soon be a little greener, thanks to a new rule in California that will require companies to reformulate products so they contain fewer volatile organic compounds, or




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Whitening Clouds To Stop Climate Change Might Actually Increase Warming

One of the more invasive geoengineering methods that's been proposed to avert global warming is spraying clouds with seawater to whiten them, reflecting solar radiation. New research presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting urges caution




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Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem

"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises."




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Startup upcycles discarded chopsticks into new decor & furniture (Video)

Billions of chopsticks are thrown out each year worldwide. This Vancouver company is trying to turn some of of these into new items for the home.




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Small city apartment maximized with clever cabinets & folding furniture (Video)

A small apartment is made to feel larger with custom cabinetry and more.




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First ever United Nations Environment Assembly to shape Sustainable Development Goals

Delegates from United Nations member states meet to discuss a global environmental agenda.




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It's World Toilet Day, and there is a new standard defining what a toilet should do

In a few years people around the world, including you, may be sitting on a different kind of toilet.




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Recycle Old Furs Into Bedding for Injured Animals

With a slew of fur-free celebrities and PETA's racy anti-fur campaigns, sporting a fur coat is controversial. For reasons that range from the philosophical to the stylistic, Planet Green notes, thousands of old fur coats are sitting




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Chanel ditches furs and animal skins

No more crocodile skin handbags. Chanel is going cruelty-free in all future collections.




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New Wave Energy Device Could See 200 Commercial Units in the Next Five Years

The Searaser takes a novel approach to wave energy generation. New owners Ecotricity - pioneers of wind power in Britain - are aiming for mass deployment in the next five years.




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Turning Water Into Electricity, Students Into Renewable Energy Experts

A hydropower turbine has the potential to not only create energy, but has also sparked the creation of both a renewable energy company and a renewable energy education program in Maine.




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Rugged wave power tech could power coastal communities

The new wave energy harvester will be utility scale and tough enough to need little maintenance, even in rough seas.




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Biggest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Exposed

PNC, Citi, and UBS are the top three financial enablers of mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a new report by Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club that ranks ten of the world's largest banks.These




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Corporations Wrote a Law Requiring Climate Denial be Taught in School. Tennessee Just Passed It.

Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.




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Tennessee Passes Law Allowing Creationism, Climate Denial to be Taught in Classroom

Woops.




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An urbanist's question: Where is the best place to have a parade?

Do you plan it where there is lots of room, or do you put it where there is good transit accessibility?




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Night Fishing by the Light of the Sun in East Africa

Solar-powered buoy design seeks to reduce costs for fishermen and the risk of kerosene spills on Lake Victoria.




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If you're buying a Thanksgiving turkey, choose organic

Help stop the rise of antibiotic resistance by buying a bird that's been raised drug-free.




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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Kids Discover Nature Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #188 and it's being hosted by Kids Discover Nature, the place to find great outdoor activities for your children. No matter where you live, you can help your little ones learn about and experience nature by following




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter




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The EcoChic Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #193 and it's being hosted by The EcoChic, a blog that takes us through the life of a thirty-something mom. She looks for ways to reduce her environmental impact on the Earth while sharing these ideas, products and




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Submit Your Best Green Tweets for Carnival of the Green

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called "Best Green Tweets." So, if you use Twitter