an How modern, minimalist design (and washing your hands) can fight disease By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:27:24 -0500 The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today. Full Article Design
an Turkish Photographers Capture Climate Change By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:30:00 -0500 Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected. Full Article Living
an Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:47:05 -0500 The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed. Full Article Science
an Stunning English Landscape Paintings by David Hockney...Made With an iPad (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500 Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age. Full Article Living
an London Exhibit Explores the Mysterious Human Brain, With Samples From Geniuses and Body Snatchers (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 "Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more. Full Article Living
an Eco-Art Installations Sprout in a Taiwanese Village By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 12 May 2012 07:30:00 -0400 Unsuspecting visitors to the small fishing village of Cheng Long might feel the need to blink and rub their eyes. Is there really a giant bowl and chopsticks sinking into the wetlands? What are those brightly colored things growing all over that house? Full Article Living
an Pop-Up Gardens, Other 'Urban Interventions' to be Showcased at Venice Architecture Biennale By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 26 May 2012 07:30:00 -0400 Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event. Full Article Design
an Artist Hangs Living Trees in Abandoned Churches By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:51:00 -0400 Shinji Turner-Yamamoto's beautiful 'Global Tree Project' reveals the natural world with hanging trees, gilded boulders, and more. Full Article Living
an Insect Sushi and Copper Recycling Machines at the Royal College of Art Graduate Show By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:00:00 -0400 The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show. Full Article Design
an Art of the Plastic Bag: Furniture, Fashion and More By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0400 The dumpster full of glowing garbage out front of Switzerland's Gewerbemuseum sets the stage for what's inside -- an art exhibition of works both poignant and comical, all made from discarded plastic bags. Full Article Living
an MOVE: The Transportation Expo Looks at How We Will Get Around in the Future By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:19:53 -0400 A remarkable exhibition of the future of transportation is mounted in the middle of industrial archaeology. Full Article Transportation
an All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:30:00 -0400 Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden. Full Article Design
an Guns to Drums: An Orchestra Made of Old Weapons By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:30:00 -0500 The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments. Full Article Living
an The best and worst of the Interior Design Show 2015 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:27:31 -0500 Green and sustainable used to be buzzwords here. They don't appear to even exist anymore. Full Article Design
an Thomas Heatherwick's amazing pedestrian bridges rock and roll By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:40:23 -0500 Because bridges are for people. Full Article Design
an New exhibition documents the start of the Anthropocene epoch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:51:48 -0400 Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier Full Article Living
an Bangladesh's Leather Pollutes Environment, Harms Workers & Government Looks Away (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:45:00 -0400 A new Human Rights Watch report shows the horrific conditions, both environmental and social, that 90% of Bangladesh's leather is produced in—and exported from, to the US, China, Italy and elsewhere. Full Article Business
an The Jill Stein Presidential Campaign Was Both a Dismal Failure and a Remarkable Win By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:50:00 -0500 Stein may have gotten only 0.3% of the national vote, but that's actually a huge increase over what Greens have gotten in the past two elections. Full Article Business
an Did You Eat Today? Thank a Food Worker By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:47:00 -0500 The most under-reported and neglected aspect of the good food movement is the 20 million workers who toil every day harvesting fields, killing and cutting up animals, packing boxes, driving trucks, cooking meals, serving tables, and cleaning up the mess. Full Article Business
an I am tired of the damn trolls. This year I am turning out the lights for Earth Hour and you should too, Saturday night at 8:30. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:08:00 -0400 I'm tired of every green initiative being hijacked by the negativism in this country. It's time to stand up and turn off. Full Article Living
an Tribal Activist's Clean-Energy Quest By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:53:00 -0400 A mother's fight to protect her children and her tribe Full Article Energy
an Marathon Refinery Fire in Detroit Another Sign of Environmental Injustice By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 May 2013 16:17:43 -0400 Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit Full Article Business
an Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:38:07 -0400 It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action. Full Article Energy
an Coal Pollution in North Omaha, Nebraska: "Kids Deserve Better Than This" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:10 -0400 Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now. Full Article Business
an The 20th anniversary of the environmental justice executive order By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:41:15 -0500 On February 11, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order designed to bring about environmental justice. Full Article Energy
an Why it's so important to define "solid waste" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:49:52 -0400 Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk. Full Article Energy
an Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize tackles illegal palm oil companies in Indonesia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:00:00 -0400 From palm oil invaders to adorable Sumatran rhinos, this story about a recent environmental victory will inspire you. Full Article Business
an Naomi Klein's 'Leap Manifesto' calls on the Canadian government to divest from fossil fuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 06:45:27 -0400 Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future. Full Article Living
an Another environmental activist, Nelson García, is murdered in Honduras By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:00:00 -0400 Mere days after the murder of celebrity activist Berta Cáceres, a fellow member of her group was shot and killed for his participation in the same environmental group. Full Article Living
an Winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize battles a huge mining corporation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:00:00 -0400 It's an unlikely match between a 47-year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and a giant American mining corporation, and yet the former is winning the battle. Full Article Business
an Children win right to sue US government on actions causing climate change (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:09:31 -0500 A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead. Full Article Business
an New York City's Mayor de Blasio to divest from big oil and sue the companies By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:06:53 -0500 Changes closer to home would be nice too. Full Article Business
an Photo: The tricky eye of a blushing phantom butterfly By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 May 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador. Full Article Science
an Why wasps attack and how to avoid them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:11:23 -0400 The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters. Full Article Living
an Photo: Fancy tarantula shows off his frippery By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from the magical rainforest of Ecuador. Full Article Science
an Epicures gathered in France for Bug & Wine pairing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0400 For the first time ever, insects took the place of cheese at an upscale gastronomical event. Full Article Living
an Photo: Caterpillar impersonates plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Our photo of the day illustrates the whimsical world of camouflage. Full Article Science
an Here's how 'night owls' can reset their sleep clocks By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:29:38 -0400 Over 3 weeks, researchers trained night owls to reset their sleep patterns; the results are pretty remarkable. Full Article Living
an Are you an 'advanced sleeper'? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:35:08 -0400 One in 300 people are extreme early birds, and it may be genetic. Full Article Living
an The 'Hurry Slowly' podcast can help you do more by slowing down By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Hosted by Jocelyn K. Glei, these wonderful interviews boost productivity, creativity, and resilience in surprising ways. Full Article Living
an No, we don't want an app for that By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0400 One smartphone user makes a case for using old-fashioned items like alarm clocks and newspapers. Full Article Living
an On Canada's Birthday, a call for a Union of Climate Action By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:29:23 -0400 Those crazy radicals at 475 demand High Performance Building across the Dominion. Full Article Design
an Advice on feeding an athletic child By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0400 Whole foods should always be top priority. Full Article Living
an Potatoes can make you a better athlete By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 But you might get a bit gassy. Full Article Living
an Couple creates wildlife sanctuary in India by letting barren farmland return to nature By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:00:00 -0500 The husband and wife have spent 25 years buying up wasteland farmers no longer wanted; now elephants, tigers and leopards roam free there. Full Article Science
an Bhutan residents celebrate royal birth by planting 108,000 trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:00:00 -0400 The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting. Full Article Science
an Indian state aims to plant record-breaking 50 million trees in one day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:55:26 -0400 Uttar Pradesh is going to be looking a lot greener after a marathon 24-hour tree-planting frenzy. Full Article Business
an This scientist wants to create 'artificial glaciers' to combat melting Himalayan ice (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:55:43 -0500 These vertical towers, made of artificially diverted glacial meltwater, are a brilliant idea and possible solution to alleviate water shortages brought on by the fast-melting Himalayan glaciers. Full Article Science
an India to halt all coal plant construction by 2022 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:59:04 -0500 That's way sooner than almost anyone expected. Full Article Business
an "Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen" is a serious Indian cookbook for vegans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:47:00 -0500 Vegans will love this cookbook that has grown out of a popular Indian food blog. Now it's possible to enjoy classics like tofu-paneer in spinach and chicken-free balti. Full Article Living