si First residential building certified to the Fitwel standard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 May 2018 11:15:36 -0400 Fitwel is all about healthy living, and it's going to be big. Full Article Design
si Forget Vision Zero. Demand Streets That Don’t Kill People By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:28:21 -0400 Words are powerful. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is choosing good ones. Full Article Transportation
si This May Day, get outside and celebrate spring. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 May 2018 08:55:10 -0400 It doesn't have to be all about politics. Full Article Living
si Why are so many visions of the future dominated by cars? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:33:21 -0400 The private car has dominated our design dreaming for a hundred years; no wonder it is so hard to break the habit. Full Article Design
si Happy 56th Anniversary, Silent Spring By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:32:09 -0400 Rachel Carson's book that many say launched the environmental movement was released on this day. Full Article Science
si Paris had a marvellous moving sidewalk in 1900 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:24:46 -0500 It's like a moving High Line, and is still a very good idea. Full Article Transportation
si The inventors of insulin sold their patent for a buck. Why is it so expensive? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:01:13 -0400 On March 22, 1922, the discovery of insulin was announced. Here's what happened after. Full Article Living
si Analysts expect 18GW of subsidy-free renewables in UK by 2030 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:12:29 -0400 Britain has already made great progress in decarbonizing the grid. It looks like there's more to come. Full Article Energy
si Finnish passenger ferry retrofits rotary sail to reduce emissions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 06:58:52 -0400 The Viking Grace was already low emission. Now it's going further. Full Article Transportation
si From bike lanes to solar, the UK has transformed itself since 2006 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 06:10:36 -0400 What a difference a decade makes. Full Article Business
si UK carbon emissions down 38% since 1990 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:42:09 -0500 Even if you factor in offshoring of jobs and industry, emissions are way, way down. Full Article Energy
si Competition to Find a New Design to Replace the Electrical Pylons By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 May 2011 05:11:45 -0400 It's an icon that has been part of our lives forever... The electricity pylon was invented, in this design, in the '20's and since then it has been marching across the fields and highways of our mind Full Article Technology
si "Fish Chopper" Animation Shows the Gruesome, Deadly Side of Power Plant Cooling Towers (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:46:00 -0400 The Sierra Club is pointing attention to the once-through cooling systems used by many power plants. Power plants suck up over 200 billion gallons of water a day, and with that water comes millions of fish that don't exactly Full Article Technology
si Musician Ben Sollee on the Ravages of Coal and the Wonders of the Bicycle (Podcast) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:33:19 -0400 Among music festivals, Bonnaroo is the juggernaut, and this year is was bigger than ever with 80,000 people descending on Manchester, Tennessee. One of the innumerable artists to preside over the festival's many stages (which included sitting in with My Full Article TreeHugger Radio
si California Utility Opens First Sustainable Campus as Model Utility Site By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:45 -0500 Burbank Water & Power opens a sustainable power plant campus as a model for re-adapting industrial sites from water reclamation to solar Full Article Design
si Viral Video Calls for Mass Exodus from Fossil Fuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:35 -0500 Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video. Full Article Energy
si British utility allows businesses to buy "local" renewable energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:09:21 -0400 Should we care where our electrons come from? Full Article Energy
si 10 Businesses Going Green in the Realm of Romance By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Valentine's Day is all about romancing your sweetheart. These companies show the planet some love too. Full Article Business
si Valentine’s Day by the numbers, are you sitting down? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:43:00 -0500 The holiday once marked by amorous missives and hand-plucked posies has evolved into a day of staggering statistics. Full Article Business
si Valentine's Day is losing its allure with young adults By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:04:19 -0500 Is Cupid's appeal fading as millennials find the holiday has become too commercialized? Full Article Living
si Wretched Excess Never Looked So Good: 45,000 Lights On A Single House By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:02:22 -0500 Sometimes it's worth it. Full Article Design
si Wretched Excess Dept: Castor Design's Marble with Fluorescent Tube By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:24:00 -0400 "At first glance, Marble with Fluorescent Tube's monolithic 2,500 pound base appears to be at odds with the banality of the bulb which sits on top of it." Full Article Design
si Wretched Excess or the future of housing design? Another look at the car elevator By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0400 There is a perverse logic to this idea of bringing your car to your apartment. Full Article Design
si This doesn't look like a Passive House to me By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:57:29 -0500 Serenity may not be a spaceship but it is still out of this world. Full Article Design
si Wretched Excess or Clever Design? Apartment tower with car elevators is definitely the former. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:45:38 -0500 Two years ago we couldn't decide, but when you see it in action the answer is obvious. Full Article Design
si Utensilmate is a great candidate for the Wrongest Product Award By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:07:26 -0400 I can't decide if this is just what I always needed or the worst product ever put on Kickstarter. Full Article Design
si The Coffeeboxx: Wretched excess or clever design? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:34:08 -0500 We hate pods, but love durability. Is there a place for this? Full Article Design
si It's Gonna Take a Lotta Love to Reforest Indonesia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2009 08:30:00 -0400 Love is often said to blossom, but a new government initiative in the Indonesian district of Garut aims to make that metaphor literal by requiring newly married couples to plant 10 tree saplings.Two years ago, Indonesia Full Article Business
si 6 ways to keep it simple on your wedding day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:00:00 -0400 If you keep it simple, then the wedding will be more fun and relaxed for everyone involved, not to mention kinder to the environment. Full Article Living
si Larch Corner is a Passivhaus wooden wonder that shows how we should be thinking about carbon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:05:41 -0400 Mark Siddall of LEAP measures and calculates everything, thinks about it, and then calculates it again. Full Article Design
si World Environment Day launches logo design competition By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:00:26 -0400 Design a logo for this year’s World Environment Day and win a trip to Milan, Italy. Full Article Living
si Slow Food highlights the need for food biodiversity at Expo Milano By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:46:01 -0400 It is fitting that Slow Food has a prominent place at the World’s fair, which this year is hosted in Italy and promises to explore the topic of feeding the growing global population. Full Article Living
si The Year In Strange Design: 20 of the Oddest, Ugliest and Most Useless By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:14:00 -0500 I really didn't know where to start, there is so much terrible stuff around Full Article Design
si My Favorite Stories in Design: January to June, 2012 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:59:00 -0500 The year saw the start of some very interesting trends that will play out over the next few years in a big way. Full Article Design
si My Favorite Stories in Design: July to December 2012 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:19:54 -0500 These stories from the past six months tell a lot about the shape of things to come in 2013. Full Article Design
si The Design Stories of 2012 That Will Resonate in 2013 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:21:00 -0500 What we learned from last year and will look for in this one Full Article Design
si Lucirmás Turns Single Wine Bottles into 3-Piece Table Sets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:52:00 -0400 Spanish company Lucirmás debuts Pure-Bottle, a fully recycled and recyclable table set which consists of a glass, lantern and spoon. Full Article Living
si Eco Wine Review: Lynmar Estate 2008 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:13:42 -0400 A delicate balance of dark fruit, cocoa, pepper and mushroom from a sustainable vineyard that donates to AIDS and cancer patients. Full Article Living
si Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2009 Russian River Valley Chardonnay By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 May 2012 08:33:44 -0400 Frei's 2009 Chardonnay touches your nose with hints of rose water, jasmine and other floral delights. But on the palette, it is swimming with honey and sweet butter and just enough acidity to make it all work. Full Article Living
si Organic winemaker faces jail for refusing to apply pesticide By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:41:27 -0500 The French agriculture ministry has sentenced Emmanuel Giboulot six months in jail for not taking preventative measures against a bacterial vine disease. Full Article Science
si Morocco: let us break the rod of repression with organisation and struggle By www.marxist.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:59:40 +0000 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. Full Article Morocco
si South Africa: the coming explosion By www.marxist.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:11:23 +0000 South African capitalism is in total crisis. The ruling class is divided and the worsening conditions of the workers and poor are causing a groundswell of resentment that will burst to the surface sooner or later, placing renewed class struggle on the agenda. Full Article South Africa
si Nigeria: the crisis spares no one – a Kano version of the pandemic By www.marxist.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:10:39 +0100 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. Full Article Nigeria
si US Wildlife Services killed 1.3 million non-invasive animals in 2017 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:57:50 -0400 From foxes and falcons to otters and owls, the USDA program is doing away with wildlife in droves. Full Article Science
si Recycled suitcase sculptures 'unpack' metaphysical baggage of the refugee experience (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 12:38:18 -0400 Using recycled materials and audio recordings from refugees, this exhibition hopes to deepen understanding and connection with those who have had to flee their home countries. Full Article Living
si Angular small house is inspired by Dutch and Japanese design By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:39:26 -0400 Clad with reclaimed cedar, this modern and quirky house fits on a small footprint. Full Article Design
si President's executive order might open national parks to logging By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:48:31 -0500 It is a brave new world of "reducing vegetation" and "fuel reduction" and a lotta logging. Full Article Science
si A New Form of Subsidized Housing and Urban Intensification: Living in a Billboard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:11:00 -0500 It makes sense; They have great views, lots of exposure to wind and sun, and think of all the exercise you'll get climbing up. Full Article Design
si Multi-layered urban housing prototype packs in plenty of great small space ideas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:00:00 -0400 Using a series of overlapping mezzanines and spaces, this accessible, urban housing prototype explores the possibilities of living small but comfortably in the city. Full Article Design
si Co-living apartment designed as "social overlapping" experiment for students By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:55:57 -0500 This experimental co-living design scheme aims to foster communication, responsibility and human relationships. Full Article Design