b This robotic lawnmower fuels itself with the grass it cuts, then harvests excess biomass for later use By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:23:08 -0500 Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for? Full Article Technology
b Leaf blowers are still a scourge of humanity By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:13:04 -0500 Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines? Full Article Living
b All of Existence Should Be Revered: Hinduism & The Environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:25:00 -0400 Hinduism is the oldest Full Article Living
b Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:31:00 -0400 Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even Full Article Living
b We Are An Intrinsic Part Of Nature, Not Separate From Anything Else: Buddhism & The Environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:00:00 -0400 For many Full Article Living
b A Responsibility To Defend A Fragile & Glorious World: Judaism & The Environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:50:00 -0400 "A Jewish ecology is 'not Full Article Living
b Spirit, Science, Art, Reverence Combined Will Build a Better Green Movement By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:01:00 -0400 After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant Full Article Living
b 108,000 Trees Planted at Buddha's Birthplace in Nepal By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:06:00 -0400 Some nice symbolism here... WWF-Nepal reports that it has just completed its target for 2011 of planted 108,000 trees in the Sacred Garden of Lumbini, where the Buddha was born roughly 2,500 years ago. Over the next ten years the Full Article Living
b World's First Green Pilgrimage Network Launches At End of October By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:53:00 -0400 An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in Full Article Science
b What Is The Gift Economy & Why Do We Need It So Badly? Charles Eisenstein Explains (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:51:00 -0500 Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today. Full Article Business
b Buddhist monks are protecting snow leopards from poachers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:24:33 -0400 A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats. Full Article Science
b Evangelical Christians call on Obama to protect public lands from oil and gas leasing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:26:41 -0400 Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry. Full Article Energy
b Bank signs one contract, goes 100% renewable by EOY By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 06:30:02 -0500 Fifth Third Bank shows us just how easy it is becoming for corporations to source all of their electricity from renewables. Full Article Energy
b UK's National Grid supports 2030 petrol/diesel car ban By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 07:30:28 -0400 The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for. Full Article Transportation
b In California, people without rooftop solar panels pay a $65 per year subsidy to those with them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:09:06 -0400 Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed. Full Article Energy
b Duke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of battery storage By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 06:11:35 -0400 In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech. Full Article Energy
b It's Bitcoin in a box as Nordcoin introduces Mobile Mining Containers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:22:21 -0400 It's a moveable feast of cheaper, cooler, greener electricity for building blockchains. Full Article Design
b California utility offers rebates and incentives for going all-electric By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:20:54 -0400 SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas. Full Article Energy
b Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 06:53:29 -0400 It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew? Full Article Energy
b What's all that stuff on Sir Adam Beck's head? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:18:38 -0400 It's an interesting art installation that brings some attention to an electrifying man. Full Article Design
b Why we need "all of the above" carbon-free power sources By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:24:24 -0500 More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire. Full Article Business
b If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:05:31 -0500 Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again. Full Article Science
b Microsoft puts disposable wifi routers into magazine advertisement By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:03:00 -0400 Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert. Full Article Technology
b New report card for best electronics recycling shows Staples in the lead By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:00:00 -0400 A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us. Full Article Technology
b Phoneblok is radical vision of what tech could be By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:40:01 -0400 Critics have been quick to say that Phonebloks isn't realistic with the current market. What they are missing is that this is the entire point of the project. Phonebloks aims to alter the present, but re-imagining the future. Full Article Technology
b Old CDs could be re-used in sewage treatment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:01:42 -0400 The disks are coated with zinc oxide nanorods that break apart organic molecules in sewage. Full Article Technology
b ‘Tis the season to recycle your electronics: Project Reboot By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:18:22 -0500 Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones. Full Article Technology
b Eco-Mobius is a modular, 'forever' smart phone By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:50:18 -0500 Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius. Full Article Design
b Why old-school cell phones are making a comeback By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 07:00:00 -0400 The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons. Full Article Technology
b Computer chips made from wood could biodegrade By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:00:00 -0400 The innovation could mean less e-waste at the end of our electronics' lives. Full Article Technology
b Fungi can recycle your smartphone battery By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:25:42 -0400 The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus. Full Article Technology
b 2020 Tokyo Olympics medals will be made from metals recovered from e-waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:42:45 -0400 By reclaiming precious metals from its 'urban mine' of obsolete electronics, Japan may be able to produce the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from recycled materials. Full Article Technology
b Battery recycling machine gives grocery store coupons in exchange for your old batteries By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 May 2017 10:32:09 -0400 The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway. Full Article Technology
b The awful reality of e-waste as told in numbers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0400 From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering. Full Article Technology
b 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
b Google's new HQ, designed by BIG and Thomas Heatherwick, says a lot about the company By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:59:44 -0500 If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work. Full Article Design
b How a cheap plywood temporary building became the inspiration for Google's new headquarters By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2015 09:16:33 -0400 It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells. Full Article Design
b 10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:00:00 -0400 Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots. Full Article Technology
b Google to transform carcass of Alabama coal power plant into clean-powered datacenter By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:59:50 -0400 Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure. Full Article Technology
b Virtually climb El Capitan with Google Street View By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:00:00 -0400 The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers. Full Article Technology
b INDEX: Google Cardboard may be the next very big thing. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:41:42 -0400 It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go. Full Article Design
b Why millennials are destroying our infrastructure, and why bike lanes destroy religious freedom By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:12:01 -0400 And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom. Full Article Transportation
b Google to encircle the globe with internet balloons next year By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:36:16 -0500 The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below. Full Article Technology
b Google Buys 781MW of Wind, Solar, and 73 more companies demand a strong climate deal By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:31:03 -0500 Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known. Full Article Business
b If you get all your news here, you may be living in a bubble By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:30:00 -0500 We're all friends here, right? So I can talk honestly? Full Article Science
b Big tech companies join fight for clean power standards By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:13:16 -0400 Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition. Full Article Business
b Google's Project Sunroof now available in 42 states By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 11:22:45 -0400 Want to know if you can go solar? Now there's a good chance you can easily find out. Full Article Business
b Google's Project Ara modular smartphone is finally being released By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 31 May 2016 10:03:32 -0400 But is it truly modular? Full Article Technology
b Nevermind, there won't be a modular smartphone after all By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:10:44 -0400 Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone. Full Article Technology
b Google will be able to offset 100% of electricity needs with renewable energy in 2017 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:16:45 -0500 The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors. Full Article Business