se Sentinel-5P puts eyes in the sky to monitor progress in reducing atmospheric pollution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:00:00 -0400 The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere Full Article Science
se Kilgali Amendment would phase out climate-changing HFC refrigerants. Will Trump ratify it? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:53:10 -0400 Our bet: no. Full Article Business
se Saraye: Traditional Tatami Purses from Cambodia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:08:44 -0400 We love products that support or revive traditional crafts. Check out, for ex ample, the work of Kallari, fair trade suppliers of traditional Amazonian baskets, which we reported on here. Now we've come across another cool basket supplier, this time Full Article Living
se Cambodia's First Ethanol Plant Will Use One-Fifth of Nation's Cassava Crop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:55:00 -0500 Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the Full Article Energy
se New "Corpse Plant" Species Discovered in Former Khmer Rouge Territory By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:11 -0500 Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse Full Article Science
se Conservation Canines Trained To Sniff Out Tigers in Cambodia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:00 -0400 For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out Full Article Science
se Rare Video of Wild Cambodian Elephant Released by Wildlife Conservation Society By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:50:00 -0500 There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The Full Article Science
se Archaeologists use lasers to find a lost city By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:50 -0400 Australian researchers used LIDAR, the aerial laser technology, to rediscover the city of Mahendraparvata in Cambodia. Full Article Technology
se Eye-opening docu-series puts fashion-loving teens to work in sweatshop (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:16:33 -0500 Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes. Full Article Living
se Sustainable skills, sustainable resources: Nonprofit helps sex trafficking survivors By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:14:04 -0500 Nomi Network helps to provide training and jobs to women in India and Cambodia. Full Article Living
se Why you shouldn't use your washer's delicate cycle By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:00:00 -0400 It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle. Full Article Living
se Bet you didn't know about this fashion industry dirty secret By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:45:47 -0400 It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers. Full Article Business
se Companies are promoting false solutions to plastic waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 They may sound progressively eco-friendly, but a new Greenpeace report explains why they're not. Full Article Business
se What is Passive House? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:50:25 -0400 We have never actually explained this in one post on TreeHugger. I am going to try. Full Article Design
se Studio 804 creates smaller houses for a changing market By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:54:20 -0500 Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope. Full Article Design
se Landmark study shows how to change the building sector from a major carbon emitter to a major carbon sink By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:22:46 -0500 When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem. Full Article Design
se 7 high-impact lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:34:47 -0500 If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years. Full Article Science
se Diesel Motorbike Speed Record Smashed By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:19:19 -0400 The DIE Moto, the diesel-engined motorbike which we have covered before, has broken the land speed record for a diesel motorbike, with a speed of 130mph. Full Article Transportation
se Harvard's Transformer Houses, Clad in BMW's Cloth By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:35:29 -0500 What happens when you give a futuristic cloth-like material designed for BMW coupes with a bevy of design students and funding from one of the world's leading Full Article Design
se This makes sense: BMW tells kids to dress up in fluorescent clothing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:42:00 -0500 It's Blame the Victim time as the car company tells pedestrians to brighten up. Full Article Transportation
se BMW increases i3 production 43%, Tesla fans sneer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:33:34 -0400 Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other? Full Article Transportation
se BMW proposes elevated e-bike cycleways to ease congestion & speed commutes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:45:24 -0500 Instead of banning cars from city centers, this automaker recommends elevated roads for electric bikes & scooters to ease congestion and emissions. Full Article Transportation
se Indoor Air Quality: Causes Of, Testing, and Monitoring Indoor Air Pollution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:48:04 -0400 Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold, Full Article Science
se Your Carbon Footprint: Calculating, Reducing and Offsetting Your Impact By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:31:16 -0500 In addition to metrics like ecological footprint, each of us (and each of the products and services we use and consume every day) has a carbon footprint; it's a way to measure the relative impact of our actions -- as individuals, as businesses, Full Article Living
se First ever porous liquid shows promise for carbon capture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:55:00 -0500 Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores Full Article Science
se Growth in World Contraceptive Use Stalling; 215 Million Women’s Needs Still Unmet By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:54:00 -0400 Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources. Full Article Living
se Farms Use 60 Times More Land Than Cities: It's Time to Develop Terraculture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:35:35 -0400 Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet. Full Article Science
se Expect 2°C Temperature Rise by Mid-Century, Club of Rome Report Says By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 -0400 On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042. Full Article Science
se Redefining Security for the 21st Century By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:26:00 -0400 The 21st century needs a redefinition of security, to something broader than military terms, a relic of the Cold War. Full Article Business
se For World Vasectomy Day, men encouraged to 'get whacked for wildlife' By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:09:20 -0500 Concerned about the overpopulation of our planet and the effect it has on wildlife? Perhaps it's time to talk about the most effective form of male contraception. Full Article Living
se UN revises population projections downward By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 09:25:39 -0400 Annual growth will soon be negative everywhere except Africa. Full Article Business
se India may smash its 175 GW renewables target several years early By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 06:10:07 -0400 It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022. Full Article Energy
se Just add water and sunlight to these gold stars to create renewable energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:00:00 -0400 In a double breakthrough, scientists find a material four times more efficient at making hydrogen by photocatalysis and demonstrate how to make it at low temperature Full Article Energy
se Cleveland, birthplace of Standard Oil, promises 100% renewable energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:51:37 -0400 There's symbolism here. Let's hope there's substance too. Full Article Energy
se Community solar-plus-storage goes big in Massachusetts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:13:52 -0400 Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof. Full Article Energy
se Two excellent strategies for second-hand shopping By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Frugality blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames has outfitted her house and family with thrifted finds. This is her advice. Full Article Living
se Build a Geodesic Greenhouse By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:02:34 -0400 Keep your plants in fighting shape, even after the first frost sets, with a geodesic-dome greenhouse of your very own. And raise a homegrown cantaloupe to Buckminster Fuller while you're at it. Full Article Design
se Why can't a house be built as well as a car? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:05:00 -0400 It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it. Full Article Design
se Bucky Fuller's grain silo houses found in New Jersey By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:16:00 -0500 A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times Full Article Design
se "Mr. Fuller, Why would you build a round house?" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:27:52 -0400 Of course, Bucky answered, "Why not?" On Pi Day, we look at the Dymaxion and other round houses." Full Article Design
se Celebrate Pi Day tomorrow at precisely 3.141592653 (about 9:30 AM) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0400 Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi). Full Article Living
se What are the lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:53:42 -0400 The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years. Full Article Design
se What happens when insect fat replaces butter in Belgian waffles? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0500 A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome. Full Article Living
se The world's first 'test tube' puppies could help preserve endangered canid species By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:26:00 -0500 It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs. Full Article Science
se Is your dog scratching because of a meat allergy? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 07:00:00 -0500 Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet? Full Article Living
se After sightings, the search is on for extinct thylacine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:29:31 -0400 The last of these dog-like animals, also known as Tasmanian tigers, was thought to have died in 1936. But might they still be lurking elusively in the wild? Full Article Science
se Eye On Earth Connects the Dots So People Can See Environmental Issues By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:39:00 -0400 A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible. Full Article Science
se Google Street View Lets You See the Sights of Midway Atoll By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:39:45 -0400 The remote atoll which is home to endangered species and historic landmarks can now be explored from your computer. Full Article Technology
se Secret Google Maps gesture is awesome for one-handed navigation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:32:00 -0400 A great gesture that allows you to zoom into a map with one hand on your smart phone. Full Article Technology
se See how the world’s cities will look with rising oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:30:04 -0500 3D maps created by Climate Central show how sea level rise could change some familiar cityscapes. Full Article Science