li 30% of the new bikes in Paris' Vélib’ Métropole bike-share system will be electric By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:43:21 -0400 The second generation of Paris' bike-sharing fleet will see 20,000 bikes hit the streets next year, and 30% of those will feature an electric drivetrain. Full Article Transportation
li Jewel-like micro-apartment gets multifunctional makeover in Paris By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:33:59 -0500 This small 118-square-foot apartment holds a few pleasant, space-saving surprises. Full Article Design
li Can lessons be learned from vandalism of dockless bike sharing bicycles? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 03:06:20 -0500 ...or does this augur the final breakdown of civilization? Full Article Business
li Derelict garage studio transformed into bright open loft in Paris By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0400 A small, rundown garage and artist's studio becomes a new home to a family of three. Full Article Design
li Just ending pollution from car exhaust could add three weeks to your life By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:38:57 -0400 Switching from fossil fuel powered cars could save 45,000 lives per year and on its own almost solve climate change Full Article Design
li New public pissoirs in Paris are problematic By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:00:54 -0400 Parisians are complaining, but the fact is that people need a place to pee; it's a human right. Full Article Design
li Multifunctional 172 sq. ft. live-work space uses nano-tech materials (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:22:57 -0500 This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry. Full Article Design
li Personal electric mobility is taking over Paris By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:51:32 -0400 Instead of banning these technologies, we have to figure out how to manage them. Because they are inevitable. Full Article Transportation
li 10 non-culinary tools that are handy in the kitchen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400 Raid other rooms for items that can help you cook more efficiently. Full Article Living
li Rap Guide to Wilderness celebrates wild nature and the ways it enriches our lives By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:12:32 -0500 The man who brought us the Rap Guide to Evolution is back to entertain, educate, and inspire us with a thought-provoking album that captures the spirit of conservation. Full Article Living
li This is what smog sounds like when set to music By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:10:32 -0400 A NYC-based artist and programmer makes music out of pollution; listen to it here. Full Article Living
li Listen to 133 years of climate change in one evocative song By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 May 2015 11:15:27 -0400 An undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota has created a unique way of connecting people with climate data through music. Full Article Science
li My foray into the mysterious world of sound healing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:14:00 -0500 Sound healing is based on the idea that pure, deconstructed sound can rebalance the body's energy. Full Article Living
li Celebrate the eclipse with moon music By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:00:00 -0400 While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite. Full Article Living
li Patti Smith, rising above and fighting climate change with art By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:30:02 -0400 In a press conference for an upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, Smith and the founders of Pathway to Paris talk about art, community, and keeping the spirit up for climate action. Full Article Science
li This pianist plays classical music to soothe blind elephants (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:00:17 -0400 Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary. Full Article Science
li 8 Stylish Lights for Your Home at London Design Festival By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:45:00 -0400 Light up your life and your living room with gorgeous lights from the London Design Festival. Full Article Design
li Helsinki Converts Historic Slaughterhouse into Culinary Hotspot By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:30:00 -0400 Helsinki's old abattoir has become the heart of the city's culinary revival, a movement blending innovation and tradition that integrates local foods, pop-up eateries, and urban gardens. Full Article Living
li Lightweight prefab wood framing system goes together without nails By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 12:34:15 -0400 Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal. Full Article Design
li Finnish Safety Agency recommends helmets and lights for old people using walkers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:19:29 -0500 It is about time that people acknowledged that it's not just cyclists that hit their heads. Helmets for everybody! Full Article Transportation
li 4 foes of frugality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Look out for these things if you want to save money and consume less. Full Article Living
li This portable standing desk is lighter than your laptop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:00:00 -0500 For people like me who work all over the place, portable standing desks can be pretty useful Full Article Design
li Artifox's solid wood standing desk has a place for everything By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:19:02 -0400 This standing desk is packed with clever organization features, and can be customized for left or right-handed people. Full Article Design
li The silliest standing desk setup we've ever shown on TreeHugger, complete with high chair By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:52:58 -0400 It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways. Full Article Design
li Ecotourism in the Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:13:59 -0500 The Philippine Department of Tourism's hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They've made it part of their plan for economic development. The country's ecotourism program strives to install processes and Full Article Science
li Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:44:52 -0500 Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort. Full Article Business
li Philippine Fiber Secret to Naturally Water-Repellent Rainwear By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:03 -0400 In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known Full Article Living
li Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500 Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them Full Article Science
li Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:47:41 -0500 Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have Full Article Technology
li Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:20 -0500 This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a Full Article Science
li See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From Space By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:30:00 -0400 photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara Full Article Science
li India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea All Soon Clobbering the US on Renewable Energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:28:00 -0400 Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to Full Article Energy
li MyShelter Foundation: Lighting Up Homes With A Plastic Bottle and Some Chlorine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:14:35 -0400 If you live in a home without electricity and few or no windows, it's always incredibly dark inside, even at high noon. Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) is a sustainable lighting project that is trying to help people Full Article Design
li Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:56:24 -0500 As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs. Full Article Business
li Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:44:00 -0400 Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island Full Article Business
li TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0400 "The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth." Full Article Business
li Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400 The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues. Full Article Living
li Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:49:08 -0400 It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster. Full Article Science
li Typhoon Haiyan: 'State of calamity' in the Philippines, 10,000+ feared dead By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:49:58 -0500 Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got. Full Article Science
li $1 fire extinguisher fits in a pocket, can be life saving (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:56:36 -0400 The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones. Full Article Technology
li First 3D printed hotel suite built in the Phillipines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:37:45 -0400 It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub Full Article Design
li Intensely layered papercuts highlight plight of endangered animals By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400 The art form of papercuts is taken to another level with these intricate works that draw attention to some of the world's threatened species. Full Article Living
li Canada agrees to take its trash back from the Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 May 2019 09:29:00 -0400 A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this. Full Article Science
li Students in the Philippines must plant 10 trees to graduate By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0400 A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship. Full Article Living
li Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of Full Article Business
li Dozens of Exotic Animals Escape From Ohio Wildlife Farm By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:58:50 -0400 Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly Full Article Science
li The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:00:54 -0400 Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways. Full Article Science
li States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:47:00 -0500 Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio. Full Article Energy
li Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400 A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day. Full Article Energy
li Groundhog EV Day: Ohio car dealers want to prevent Tesla from selling in the state By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:05:46 -0500 It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers... Full Article Transportation