y RubyMoon makes 'gym-to-swim' wear using recycled fabric By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:06:00 -0400 After all, why shouldn't you wear the same top to the beach as you do to the gym? Full Article Living
y No sweat in this shop: Garment factory is renovated to Passivhaus standard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:08:45 -0400 Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture has designed a revolutionary building for an industry that needs a revolution. Full Article Design
y After Keystone XL, what's next for the climate movement? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:19:07 -0400 The climate movement must be about more than Keystone XL, write four climate activists. Full Article Energy
y Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high levels of carcinogens in air. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:10:55 -0400 A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air. Full Article Energy
y TarSandsSOS lets you track tar sands oil tankers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:09:06 -0500 ForestEthics has launched a new tool called TarSandsSOS that lets citizens track supertankers hauling tar sands oil along the Pacific coast in real time. Full Article Energy
y Tastes Like Tar Sands: Crashing the Corporate Beach Party By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:15:01 -0400 Activists deliver a "No Tar Sands!" message to Sustainable Brands corporate conference via kayak flotilla Full Article Energy
y Teenager invents faster way to clean up toxic tar sands waste using sand and bacteria By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 08:45:40 -0400 The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award. Full Article Technology
y U.S. House approves Keystone XL pipeline By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:40:48 -0500 House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority. Full Article Energy
y U.S. Senate votes down Keystone XL pipeline By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:12:01 -0500 After the House of Representatives approved legislation pushing the Keystone XL forward, the Senate has rejected it. Full Article Business
y Mounties call 'anti-petroleum movement' a security threat to Canada By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:30:57 -0500 Most people think of them as environmentalists, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have other ideas. Full Article Business
y Keystone XL’s builder asks for suspension of pipeline application By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:10:52 -0500 A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application. Full Article Energy
y Tiny House Warriors building tiny homes to block construction of oil pipeline (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:29:24 -0500 These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands. Full Article Design
y New Hampshire Moves Closer to Renewable Energy Standard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:48:30 -0400 Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a Full Article Business
y Green Co-Housing Community Development In Nubanusit By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:29:17 -0400 New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a Full Article Design
y Field Guide to Eco-Friendly, Efficient, Effective Print By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:19:32 -0400 Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the Full Article Design
y Presidential Campaign Update: Al & Arnold At The New Hampsire Primary By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:00:26 -0500 This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC Full Article Business
y Five Questions You Should Ask the Presidential Candidates By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:42:10 -0500 This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential Full Article Business
y Finally: Environment Plays a Role in a Presidential Election By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:43:41 -0500 For the first time in my lifetime the environment is a top-tier issue in a presidential race, as was clearly in evidence in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. It was next to impossible for a candidate to have any sort of press event Full Article Business
y The TH Interview: Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm (Part One) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:11:09 -0500 Before Stonyfield Farm was a $325 million company, Gary Hirshberg was milking the cows and trying to get the bills paid. Now, as the largest organic yogurt-maker, he is fulfilling the original mission: make money and save the world. From milk cows to Full Article TreeHugger Radio
y The TH Interview: Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm (Part Two) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:11:49 -0400 Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here Full Article TreeHugger Radio
y Mion's Floodgate Takes Recycling In Its Stride By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:16:54 -0400 Two years ago when Mion footwear won an ecodesign award we described them as something "you might expect the Jetsons to wear on the weekends." And we wanted the company to be more overt in their green product design. With their new models they've Full Article Living
y University of New Hampshire is First School in US to Run Off Landfill Gas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 21 May 2009 12:58:00 -0400 A few months back we heard about Middlebury College's efforts to green their electricity and heating. Well, over at the University of New Hampshire they're Full Article Energy
y Helly Hansen's New Ekolab Line is Clean and Durable By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:03:34 -0400 If any of you have backpacked the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, you know that the weather can change in a hot minute. Over the past 20 years, we’ve hiked through hail, lightening storms, and Full Article Science
y Creating Energy from Landfill Gas Is Far From Myth By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:34 -0400 Video profile of University of New Hampshire Ecoline™ project. Video credit:UNH and Waste Management.The beginning of a new decade reminds us to also look back at the past 10 years to see how everything from daily tasks to new technologies have evolved. Full Article Business
y Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0400 According Full Article Science
y Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:07:29 -0400 University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food - Full Article Business
y Photo of the Day: An Ice Climber Ascending the Shoestring Gully in New Hampshire By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:20:09 -0500 As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls. Full Article Living
y Stop the presses for Labor Day By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:09:03 -0400 The North American holiday actually has its roots in a newspaper strike in Toronto, a fight over toxic working conditions. Full Article Living
y Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:44:22 -0400 Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, a mysterious holiday that Americans are either surprised to learn exists or assume is the same as theirs. Full Article Living
y Today is Boxing Day, a great idea that turned into wretched excess By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 07:11:28 -0500 Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall. Full Article Living
y Energy News Recap: Hurricanes Versus Wind Farms; Nuclear Power & Childhood Leukemia; More By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:25:00 -0500 Beyond the headline, a really great overview of how globalization may well be entirely reshaped by energy constraints, for the betterment of local economies in places where manufacturing has been outsourced for years. Full Article Energy
y When Governments and Activists Say "Resilience", They Do Not Mean the Same Thing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:50:50 -0500 Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins sets out what Resilience 2.0 might look like. Full Article Design
y Sustainability Lessons from the Great Depression By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:31:25 -0400 A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it. Full Article Business
y Panic Buying of Fuel Grips UK Motorists By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:23:34 -0400 Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister. Full Article Energy
y Why There's No New Coal When Reserves Run Out & How That Could Help Biofuels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:22:00 -0400 New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions. Full Article Energy
y Is Peak Oil Really a Thing of the Past? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:55:27 -0400 George Monbiot claims that peak oil is no longer a major concern. Is he right? Full Article Energy
y Can a Bike-Powered Blender Really Change the World? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:22:30 -0400 Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology. Full Article Technology
y Richard Heinberg's Tiny Fibonacci Studio By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:19:03 -0400 Author, activist and post-carbon rabble rouser Richard Heinberg is also a dabbler in green building. Take a tour of his tiny hand-built backyard studio. Full Article Design
y Is The Post-Fossil Fuel Economy Already Emerging? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:31:49 -0500 Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list. Full Article Business
y Rap News video presents our energy crises, global warming denial, Elon Musk on Mars, and our #1 energy solution By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:55:00 -0400 This rapper nails it, imho. Full Article Energy
y Does Peak Helium Mean We Should Stop With The Big Balloons Already? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:26:22 -0500 We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right. Full Article Business
y Have we reached Peak Curtains? IKEA's head of sustainability thinks so. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:08:43 -0500 We have lots of stuff, it's just unevenly distributed. Full Article Design
y Sooner than you think? A prediction that electric cars will cause the next oil crisis By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:40:47 -0500 It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble. Full Article Transportation
y Are we approaching Peak Oil Demand? Not if the oil industry can help it By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:36:37 -0500 Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand. Full Article Science
y Flecks of "solar glitter" can make almost anything solar powered By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:48:37 -0500 The tiny, flexible solar cells can be integrated into objects of any shape or size. Full Article Technology
y This solar panel produces up to 5 liters of drinking water per day from the air By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:53:23 -0400 Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity. Full Article Technology
y Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:32:54 -0400 The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost. Full Article Technology
y Solar-activated canopy creates interactive environment that responds to light (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:55:07 -0400 This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery. Full Article Design
y IKEA is now selling solar systems, no Allen key required By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:23:02 -0400 So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes. Full Article Business
y This concentrated solar power plant is totally tubular & easily transported By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:44:12 -0400 The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film. Full Article Technology