re Fashion firm Marimekko turns to birch tree based alternative to water-intensive cotton By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:49:00 -0400 With demand for natural textiles spiking, sustainable companies need to look beyond pesticide- and water-intensive cotton Full Article Living
re Boerum Apparel sells classic sweatshirts with a fully transparent supply chain By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:00:00 -0400 When you buy a Boerum top, you'll know everything about where and how that item was produced. Full Article Living
re Meet Pact, maker of the greatest organic cotton basics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:14:00 -0400 This is where your next pair of underwear needs to come from. Full Article Living
re Breathe easy with Knickey's fair-trade organic cotton underwear By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:25:00 -0500 It's a solid, sustainable choice all around. Full Article Living
re 'Fashion's Dirty Secrets' is a film that will change your shopping habits By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:00:00 -0400 British journalist Stacey Dooley reveals what our fast fashion addiction is doing to the planet. Full Article Living
re Red Cross Uses Solar-Powered Pumps to Increase Water Access in Sudan By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:34:11 -0500 However the referendum in South Sudan turns out, one thing will not go away quickly: the lack of water in the region. The International Committee of the Red Cross, however, is at work on a project that will mitigate that Full Article Technology
re Proto Home's Flexible Spaces and Efficient Core By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:53:35 -0400 In the "sleepy neighborhood" of Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles, a modern Proto Home sits among a mix of single-family dwellings from over the last few Full Article Design
re Milan Furniture Fair 2011 - Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant by Martà Guixé By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:22:20 -0400 Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that Full Article Design
re Wood Design from Spain; Bicycles, Trees and Heritage - Part 1 (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 May 2011 06:15:39 -0400 After the beautiful Xylophone of the Forest I shared with you last month, I came across a selection of amazing wooden designs from Spain, both century-old and brand new ones. Confemadera put together an impressive selection Full Article Design
re The 2011 Spanish Revolution; How Protesters Organise Themselves to Be Green (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:30:37 -0400 The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful Full Article Business
re Applications Open: Unreasonable Institute Looking For World-Saving Entrepreneurs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:32:58 -0400 I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great Full Article Design
re Furniture Companies See The Forest For The Trees (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:25:06 -0400 Timeless responsible furniture design on show at Qubique Berlin this week Full Article Design
re What Happened to the Future? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:11:00 -0500 A story from the turn of the millennium about tomorrow still remains relevant today in 2012 Full Article Living
re Hot Sand and Skill Turns Plastic Bottles into Jewelry at Sahrawi Refugee Camp (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:35:53 -0400 This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees. Full Article Living
re Wood & Technology Become the Axalko, a Unique Bicycle for Professional Cyclists And Nature Lovers (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 May 2012 06:38:00 -0400 An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful! Full Article Transportation
re From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:55:11 -0400 The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other! Full Article Living
re Foroba Yelen, a Portable LED Street Light, Locally Made in Rural Mali (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:00:00 -0400 FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals. Full Article Design
re Radio Nacional de España's Headquarters Are Solar Controlled (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:30:00 -0400 Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade. Full Article Design
re Super fly hearing powers captured in miniature microphone By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:45:00 -0400 This biomimicry success promises advanced hearing aids as the headphone generation ages Full Article Science
re Repurposed parachutes become low-cost portable rainwater harvesters By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:25:46 -0500 Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions. Full Article Technology
re 10 low-tech tactics for living more sustainably By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:15:24 -0500 While advances in energy technology and smart home apps and devices have given us additional tools for living more sustainably, low-tech and simple solutions can make a difference too. Full Article Technology
re Orkney Islands: From diesel power to 100% renewables By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:43:00 -0400 Huge wind turbines, solar, wave power, battery storage and a lot of electric cars—these remote Scottish islands may provide a glimpse of the future. Full Article Business
re 9 tips to avoid illness from salad greens By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:31:23 -0500 In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness. Full Article Living
re Get ready for antibiotic-resistant strep throat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:33:34 -0500 Scientists find signs that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics. Full Article Living
re What's the best water filter for removing toxic PFAS? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:42:38 -0500 Many in-home drinking water filters may not remove the most concerning contaminants. Full Article Living
re Here's what a year of Mediterranean Diet can do to the gut microbiome By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:49:56 -0500 The diet appears to act on gut bacteria in a way that helps hinder physical frailty and reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find. Full Article Living
re How to prepare for a quarantine By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:26:06 -0500 From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes. Full Article Living
re If you have soap and water, don't fret about hand sanitizer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:55:58 -0500 Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers. Full Article Living
re Gratitude exercises don't help with depression or anxiety By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:21:52 -0400 Telling people to be grateful for what they have doesn't help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to new research. Full Article Living
re Will more cities ban gas hookups? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:56:25 -0400 It's not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap. Full Article Energy
re Russia launches floating nuclear reactor By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:21:41 -0400 What could possibly go wrong? Full Article Energy
re Two Remaining Pieces To The Atlanta Drought Puzzle By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:45:13 -0400 Why a water crisis in Atlanta now? The cause is not climate alone, as Lloyd's post of today points out. Runaway growth - Georgia is the fastest growing US state east of the Rocky Mountains - and a seeming refusal to plan for the future seem to have Full Article Business
re Industries And Power Plants Downstream From Atlanta Also Need Water: Not Just For Endangered Species After All By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:12:16 -0400 When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did Full Article Business
re US Department Of Interior Secretary Calls Atlanta Drought "No Longer A Theory" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:13:57 -0500 US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small Full Article Business
re Nature Conservancy Land Purchase Could Save Alabama's Red Hills Salamander By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:16:51 -0400 A little salamander that is found in only a Full Article Science
re Is The BP Spill Big Enough To Resuscitate The Environmental Movement? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:08:07 -0400 Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water Full Article Business
re BP's Blowout Could Be 'The Three Mile Island of Offshore Drilling' By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 May 2010 22:35:30 -0400 I'm a big fan of scenario thinking. Although no one can predict "the future," several plausible scenarios can be constructed, informing decisions made difficult by many unknowns. A good decision works in Full Article Business
re Southern US Apple Growers Lose 2010 Crop Due to High Temperatures By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:50:00 -0400 I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative Full Article Living
re Mississippi Governor Barbour Opposes Widespread Beach Berm Building In Louisiana By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 29 May 2010 13:03:13 -0400 "People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the Full Article Business
re Much Of US South Experiencing Extreme Drought - Let The Water Wars Begin By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:30:53 -0500 Large swaths of US southern states are experiencing severe drought Full Article Living
re 100-1000 And Restore Coastal Alabama Partnership's Inaugural Massive Oyster Reef Restoration By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:20:49 -0500 Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots Full Article Science
re Survival Skills Are Still Sustainable, Even If You'll Never Need Them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:11:15 -0400 A beautiful film celebrates doing things, like starting a fire entirely by hand, that are no longer necessary. There are lessons for us all. Full Article Living
re Matthew Mazzotta replaces blighted wreck with a theater in a box By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:02:00 -0400 In York, Alabama they now have public space where before they had a collapsing house. Full Article Design
re Broken iPhones recycled for stylish home decor By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:00:00 -0500 There is a new use for your smashed iPhone: a clock. Full Article Design
re Libraries as the Next Big Pop Culture Phenomenon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:15:00 -0400 We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop Full Article Living
re Forever Frugal? Survey Confirms Persistent Frugality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:28:35 -0500 50% of Americans had reduced their electronics and apparel expenditures in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by management consulting firm, Booz & Company. They sum up their findings saying that "the impact Full Article Design
re <em>The Mesh</em> Explains Why the Present <em>and</em> Future of Business is Sharing (Book Review) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:21:40 -0500 Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model Full Article Technology
re This Black Friday, Occupy Main Street; Shop At A Local, Small Independent Merchant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:46:00 -0500 Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom. Full Article Business
re Three Options For Black Friday By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:27:00 -0500 Not up for camping at the Best Buy? We have three less costly and more comfortable options. Full Article Business
re Woman Pepper-Sprays 20 In "Competitive Shopping" Spree on Black Friday By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:11:00 -0500 She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially." Full Article Business