se Huge modular 3D printer creates $1,000 tiny house out of mud (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:32:41 -0400 This affordable tiny house was 3D printed using mud, rice husks and straw to create a "zero-kilometre" structure. Full Article Design
se Beautiful, historic town in Sicily is selling homes for $1 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:21:11 -0500 Sambuca, the "City of Splendor" is hoping to save its historic structures and revive a waning community. Full Article Living
se Italian island of Capri bans single-use plastics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:38:00 -0400 But there's a strange loophole for biodegradable plastics, which we know aren't much better. Full Article Science
se Dutch denim company lets you lease organic and recycled jeans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:37:08 -0400 Mud Jeans are bringing apparel to the circular economy. Full Article Living
se Coclico’s gorgeous shoes come with carbon offsets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:18:43 -0400 These designer shoes embody traditional craftsmanship and a Slow Fashion aesthetic. Full Article Living
se Petite Marin repurposes men's dress shirts into beautiful and durable children's clothes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:00:00 -0500 This new California-based company is run by two entrepreneurial moms who understand the value of local production, quality fabrics, and reducing one's environmental impact. Full Article Living
se 8 slow fashion dresses for spring and summer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:06:59 -0400 Ethically sourced dresses for this spring, summer and many more sunny days to come. Full Article Living
se Slow fashion advocate Zady launches “Essentials” collection By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:37:42 -0400 Zady is working to build a better clothing company from the ground up. Full Article Living
se Seaweed key to a sustainable T-shirt By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:05:01 -0500 Apparel hasn't gotten more sustainable since we started TreeHugger, but a new day for the old T-shirt could be near. Full Article Design
se Native Americans protest tar sands pipeline with horseback ride along proposed route By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:47:54 -0400 This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States. Full Article Energy
se U.S. House approves Keystone XL pipeline By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:40:48 -0500 House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority. Full Article Energy
se U.S. Senate votes down Keystone XL pipeline By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:12:01 -0500 After the House of Representatives approved legislation pushing the Keystone XL forward, the Senate has rejected it. Full Article Business
se Mounties call 'anti-petroleum movement' a security threat to Canada By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:30:57 -0500 Most people think of them as environmentalists, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have other ideas. Full Article Business
se Tiny House Warriors building tiny homes to block construction of oil pipeline (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:29:24 -0500 These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands. Full Article Design
se New Hampshire Moves Closer to Renewable Energy Standard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:48:30 -0400 Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a Full Article Business
se Helly Hansen's New Ekolab Line is Clean and Durable By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:03:34 -0400 If any of you have backpacked the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, you know that the weather can change in a hot minute. Over the past 20 years, we’ve hiked through hail, lightening storms, and Full Article Science
se Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0400 According Full Article Science
se Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:07:29 -0400 University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food - Full Article Business
se Stop the presses for Labor Day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:09:03 -0400 The North American holiday actually has its roots in a newspaper strike in Toronto, a fight over toxic working conditions. Full Article Living
se Why There's No New Coal When Reserves Run Out & How That Could Help Biofuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:22:00 -0400 New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions. Full Article Energy
se Did Peak Oil Doomers Fixate On a False Scenario? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:45:48 -0500 The problem is not too little oil, says a new IEA report, it's too much oil. And it illustrates why activists should not presume to know the future. Full Article Business
se Rap News video presents our energy crises, global warming denial, Elon Musk on Mars, and our #1 energy solution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:55:00 -0400 This rapper nails it, imho. Full Article Energy
se Sooner than you think? A prediction that electric cars will cause the next oil crisis By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:40:47 -0500 It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble. Full Article Transportation
se Forward Labs solar roof promises higher production, lower cost than Tesla's By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 07:00:00 -0400 The unicorn of cheap clean home energy will most likely be found in an affordable solar roof that doesn't look like a solar roof, and that can pay for itself quickly. This startup may have developed it. Full Article Technology
se IKEA is now selling solar systems, no Allen key required By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:23:02 -0400 So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes. Full Article Business
se Tesla tiny house integrates solar with Powerwall, towed by Model X (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:27:31 -0400 Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X. Full Article Design
se Solar 'smart' greenhouses produce both clean electricity & food crops By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:57:32 -0500 A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them. Full Article Technology
se The 1948 Dover Sun House used phase change materials to store heat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 May 2018 10:47:18 -0400 Pioneering solar house was designed and engineered by women Full Article Design
se In praise of the dumb fridge By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 May 2016 12:33:50 -0400 A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer. Full Article Design
se Sengled Element system offers app-controlled dimmable & tunable LED lighting (Review) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:01:51 -0400 In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home. Full Article Technology
se High-performance #TinyLab house is the "Tesla of tiny houses" (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 08:00:00 -0400 This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind. Full Article Design
se Life with a Sense home energy monitor: More devices, real savings By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:35:26 -0500 I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us. Full Article Energy
se EcoChic Design Award Challenges Chinese Fashion Designers to Face Local Problems By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:46:19 -0500 The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste. Full Article Living
se We Love Tiny Houses and Apartments, But 16 Square Feet Is Just Too Small. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:23:00 -0400 It is both a parody of the real estate business and a shocking exposé of Hong Kong Housing Full Article Design
se 4 Tons of Illegal Ivory Seized in Hong Kong By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:50:00 -0400 A stark example of the the scale of the illegal trade in ivory, and the financial rewards for doing so. Full Article Science
se Hong Kong's housing crisis seen through 40 sq.ft. "cubicle" apartments (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:00:00 -0400 The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing. Full Article Design
se These stylish beanbags are filled with 4,000 recycled plastic bottle caps By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:00:00 -0400 One design attempts to deal with the problem of plastic bottle caps -- which often get discarded rather than recycled. Full Article Design
se Multifunction and multi-user desk is shared by people and cats By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:25:46 -0400 The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard. Full Article Design
se Stool ZERO: Handwoven seating made from recycled fans & wire By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:39:46 -0400 Vibrantly colored wire is saved from the landfill and woven into recycled fan cages to produce these fresh pieces of furniture. Full Article Design
se Butterply: Digitally fabricated multipurpose desk is assembled without screws (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:00:00 -0400 Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff. Full Article Design
se Small Hong Kong apartment uses low-tech ideas to maximize space By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:03:31 -0500 No high-tech bells and whistles here, but tried-and-true strategies are used in this renovation to make a small space feel much bigger. Full Article Design
se Does sewer pipe architecture make sense? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:07:36 -0500 A new proposal for Hong Kong tries to fit people into pipes. Full Article Design
se The fight against food waste requires a new mindset By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 07:00:00 -0500 Toni Desrosiers, founder of Abeego beeswax wraps, wants people to start thinking about the natural life cycle of food. Full Article Living
se Photo: Demure seahorse plays coy in the coral By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from the waters off Sydney, Australia. Full Article Science
se Jobless Man Builds House That's Literally Made of Money By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:35:59 -0500 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a global economic crisis, a gloomy real estate market, and an uncertain currency future, make a house out of shredded-up money. Full Article Design
se House Made of a Billion Euro Notes Opens to the Public By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 It's a house made out of a billion euro notes, but you can't spend any of them. Full Article Design
se Horsemeat scandal in UK and Europe continues to threaten confidence in food chain By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0500 The horsemeat scandal in the UK and Europe could make more people turn to vegetarianism. Full Article Business
se Passive House, Passivhaus, what's in a name? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:07:00 -0400 We have been asking that question for a while and it keeps coming up. Full Article Design
se Seven new architects' works on show and touch at London's Royal Academy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:00:00 -0500 Seven architects have created massive and impressive new structures inside a building from the 1700's. Full Article Design
se Magical thatched wooden pavilion contains "portals to the universes" (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:12:43 -0400 Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake. Full Article Design