ring The sharing economy comes into the commercial kitchen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:49:03 -0400 Commercial kitchens are really expensive to build. Why not share? Full Article Business
ring The sharing economy, Cadillac style By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:51:21 -0500 Cadillac introduces BOOK, which lets you book the car you want when you want it. We should all be so lucky. Full Article Transportation
ring Grobike brings the sharing economy to kids’ bikes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:19:39 -0500 Why buy a kid's size bike when you can rent the right size bike every year? Full Article Transportation
ring Could Michigan replace lost manufacturing jobs with solar jobs? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:55:36 -0400 It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area. Full Article Business
ring Sustainable Sole, Eggplant with Chili and Spring Onions and Heavy Turf By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:00 -0400 :: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes. Full Article TreeHugger Exclusives
ring Is Brown the New Green? Not Watering Lawns Works By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:58:04 -0400 It's catching on: homeowners letting lawns go fallow during the summer without wasting resources on watering. When I lived in Seattle it was a common practice. After the grass turns brown, come fall, Full Article Science
ring Cornell Installs Indoor Lawn to Soothe Students During Finals (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0500 The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying. Full Article Living
ring Staggering e-waste numbers revealed in grim new report By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:29:36 -0500 Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back. Full Article Business
ring We need a BYOC (bring your own cutlery) movement By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:07:00 -0400 Reusability beats out biodegradability any day. Full Article Living
ring Wild City Mapping: Interactive online sharing of wild urban spaces (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:00:00 -0400 This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces. Full Article Design
ring Montreal reveals plans for an electric car sharing service, aims for 1,000 EVs by 2020 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:45:32 -0400 The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third. Full Article Transportation
ring Let's bring back tasty waffle slabs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:53:34 -0400 This architecture and engineering design used to be all the rage. What happened? Full Article Design
ring Montreal considering separate traffic laws for cyclists By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:18:06 -0400 The age of vehicular cycling is coming to an end; cyclists want equity, not equality Full Article Transportation
ring In celebration of MacGyvering: 90 hacks to welcome in a new word By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:54:35 -0400 With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack. Full Article Living
ring Pioneering green roofed building by Ted Cullinan saved from demolition By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:10:25 -0400 It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy. Full Article Design
ring Architecture For Humanity's Really Boring Year in Haiti By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:24:53 -0500 Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really, Full Article Design
ring Solar Brings Internet Connectivity to Haitian Schools By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:05 -0500 Haitian schools connect to the internet for the first time, powered by the sun. Full Article Energy
ring All-ages coloring book communicates the science behind climate change (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:42:01 -0400 Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way. Full Article Science
ring Jargon watch - "cocktail geoengineering" takes fixing the earth to the next level By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:55:00 -0400 If one geoengineering plan doesn't work, maybe two or three combined will Full Article Science
ring Uncovering an Ancient City Felled by Urban Sprawl By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:50:00 -0400 With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived Full Article Technology
ring Mass timber construction is about more than just storing carbon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:45:29 -0500 It also can put people back to work and save our forests. Full Article Design
ring In Canada, saying climate change is real could get you in trouble during the election By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:08:13 -0400 Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue. Full Article Science
ring BMW Considering Launching EV by 2012? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:10:00 -0400 During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent Full Article Transportation
ring Star of Tesla-smearing Top Gear is now buying a BMW i3 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:00:00 -0400 In a funny twist, one of the stars of an extremely popular car show (Top Gear) whose script smeared Tesla is now going electric. James May is getting a BMW i3. Full Article Transportation
ring 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
ring How to bring green into the classroom By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:56:38 -0400 Teachers, are you looking for ways to teach green values to your students? We've got ideas lined up for you! Full Article HTGG
ring Self-filtering water bottle also acts as a flashlight By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:00:00 -0400 The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions! Full Article Technology
ring Climate change could bring stronger winds, more wind power By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 May 2018 14:19:14 -0400 A 1.5-degrees-Celsius warmer world would bring bigger gusts of wind more regularly. Full Article Energy
ring Our soaring love of meat is bad news for the planet By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:22:01 -0400 The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, a trend with terrible consequences for environment, scientists warn. Full Article Living
ring U.S. Asian Carp Czar Says Poison, Genetic Engineering Among Solutions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:28:06 -0400 The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from Full Article Science
ring Feds Hiring Unemployed for Great Lakes Cleanup By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:30:47 -0400 Who says we have to choose between jobs and the environment? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is starting a sort of Public Works program for the Great Lakes --- prioritizing funding for restoration projects that put the Full Article Business
ring Satellite-connected Raspberry Pi cameras allows for real-time monitoring of Antarctic penguins By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 May 2014 13:20:12 -0400 Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup. Full Article Technology
ring How to grocery shop when you can't bring your own containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400 Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do. Full Article Science
ring "Pay-As-You-Throw" Trash Metering Cuts Landfill Waste by 50% in a Month By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:32:25 -0400 Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were Full Article Business
ring Maine conference brings together the "most experienced passive house minds on the planet" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:07:31 -0400 It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun. Full Article Design
ring EcoCor brings Swedish building tech to the USA to produce passivhaus prefabs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:57:45 -0400 It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering. Full Article Design
ring Seattle Kids Are Exploring Trees Inside And Out By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:58:11 -0500 Trees are the longest living and largest living organisms on earth. One acre of forest absorbs six tones of carbon dioxide and puts out four tones of oxygen. Trees are good noise barriers, making a city and neighborhood quieter. This is just the tip of Full Article Living
ring New California law helps diners to bring their own containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0400 It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely. Full Article Business
ring Warm autumn weather brings out troops of amorous tarantulas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:21:12 -0400 An extended mating season is bringing California's tarantulas out in droves; here's a reminder to go easy on the gentle giants. Full Article Science
ring Dramatic Projections Bring Climate Change Impacts Home By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:55:03 -0500 Stunning Art Project Projects Impacts of Climate Change TreeHugger was founded on the idea that art and design can help solve the ecological crisis we are facing - most recently evidenced by our round up of environmental artists shaking up the art Full Article Business
ring Bald eagles are littering Seattle backyards with landfill trash By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:48:40 -0400 Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards. Full Article Science
ring Photo: California towhee is the picture of spring By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from Atascadero, California. Full Article Science
ring Why are London's house sparrows disappearing? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:07:48 -0400 If you guessed that climate-crisis-fueled, disease-carrying mosquitoes are wiping them out, you may be correct. Full Article Science
ring Brooklyn's new community micro-grid will allow for peer-to-peer renewable energy sharing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:10:02 -0400 Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my! Full Article Energy
ring Kids need these 3 things, but parents aren't delivering By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0500 It's one thing to criticize kids' tech habits, but what alternatives do parents offer them? Full Article Living
ring How to thrive during a lockdown with kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:59:00 -0400 School closures mean kids will be spending a lot more time at home. Here's some advice on how to cope. Full Article Living
ring 7 strategies for curing the urge to shop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 04 May 2018 12:48:00 -0400 Constantly fulfilling your desires leads to financial problems. Learn how to get that under control. Full Article Living
ring The Tiny Home Bed is a minimalist, decluttering space-saver By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:16:52 -0400 This sturdy bed helps to declutter small spaces by combining sleeping and storage. Full Article Design
ring Alaskan mom builds lovely tiny house -- and is offering the plans for free (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:00:00 -0400 With the aim of inspiring others to start building things, this self-taught carpenter mother of two is giving away the DIY plans for this tiny house and the furniture inside for free. Full Article Design
ring Odin the dog protects his goats during Sonoma fire, takes in baby deer too By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:00:00 -0400 The stubborn hero refused to leave his goats ... miraculously, they all survived the firestorm. Full Article Living