f 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
f Science suggests path to hope for human intervention to minimize climate change By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 06:25:00 -0500 More importantly, it reminds scientists not to lose sight of the importance of human behavior in the search for answers about the physical processes of climate change Full Article Science
f Help get The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change to every high school in the US By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:09:17 -0400 Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote. Full Article Science
f Kilgali Amendment would phase out climate-changing HFC refrigerants. Will Trump ratify it? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:53:10 -0400 Our bet: no. Full Article Business
f This professor just got arrested for making climate change graffiti By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:11:45 -0500 Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention. Full Article Science
f Phnom Penh Restaurant Salvation for Street Kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:56:07 -0500 You can't help but notice the street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some of them, darting through the heavy traffic of tuk-tuks and motos on their hunt for crisp dollar bills, are so young they have yet to learn to talk. Other than scooping them off Full Article Living
f Saraye: Traditional Tatami Purses from Cambodia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:08:44 -0400 We love products that support or revive traditional crafts. Check out, for ex ample, the work of Kallari, fair trade suppliers of traditional Amazonian baskets, which we reported on here. Now we've come across another cool basket supplier, this time Full Article Living
f 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
f Cambodia's First Ethanol Plant Will Use One-Fifth of Nation's Cassava Crop By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:55:00 -0500 Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the Full Article Energy
f Beautiful Handbags - From Your Cat's Fur By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:31:43 -0500 "Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle Full Article Living
f New "Corpse Plant" Species Discovered in Former Khmer Rouge Territory By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:11 -0500 Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse Full Article Science
f Karaoke: From Cheesy Entertainment to Environmental Education Tool By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:47:12 -0500 Karaoke video explaining not to drink water from wells painted red as they contain high levels of arsenic (YouTube via RDI-Cambodia) For this writer, karaoke has long been thought as an activity to be endured rather than enjoyed (and I am sure I am not Full Article Living
f The Straight Poop On The Bio Toilet For Angkor Wat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:24:07 -0500 Developed by Full Article Business
f The Electric Bicycle World Tour and What The World Looks Like from an E-Bike (video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:31 -0400 Guim Valls Teruel is travelling 5 continents on an electric bicycle to promote the use of cleaner energy and the non-reliance on fossil fuel worldwide. Currently in New Zealand, the Electric Bicycle World Tour has already clogged quite a lot of mileage Full Article Transportation
f Conservation Canines Trained To Sniff Out Tigers in Cambodia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:00 -0400 For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out Full Article Science
f Captured Feral "Jungle Girl" Flees Back Into the Wild By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 31 May 2010 16:53:55 -0400 In 2007, villagers captured a mysterious young woman in a remote region of Cambodia who, by all accounts, was completely isolated from human society, a feral child living in the forests. News of her discovery Full Article Living
f Rare Video of Wild Cambodian Elephant Released by Wildlife Conservation Society By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:50:00 -0500 There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The Full Article Science
f Archaeologists use lasers to find a lost city By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:50 -0400 Australian researchers used LIDAR, the aerial laser technology, to rediscover the city of Mahendraparvata in Cambodia. Full Article Technology
f Ex-poachers and farmers work together to protect endangered pangolins By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:15:18 -0400 A community effort in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains offers hope for this unique mammal. Full Article Science
f Eye-opening docu-series puts fashion-loving teens to work in sweatshop (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:16:33 -0500 Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes. Full Article Living
f Sustainable skills, sustainable resources: Nonprofit helps sex trafficking survivors By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:14:04 -0500 Nomi Network helps to provide training and jobs to women in India and Cambodia. Full Article Living
f Bet you didn't know about this fashion industry dirty secret By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:45:47 -0400 It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers. Full Article Business
f Companies are promoting false solutions to plastic waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 They may sound progressively eco-friendly, but a new Greenpeace report explains why they're not. Full Article Business
f Jargon watch: Aufstockung, or vertical additions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:00:58 -0400 It's happening all over, and wood construction can make it even easier and faster. Full Article Design
f Anthony Thistleton: Sustainable design is over. It's time for Regenerative Design By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 08:32:15 -0400 It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better. Full Article Design
f What is "the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction"? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:32:51 -0500 It's a moving target and, like TreeHugger hero Chris Magwood, we are all learning on the job. Full Article Design
f It's time for a revolution in the way we look at buildings By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:57:35 -0500 We have to reconsider what is "acceptable for how houses should look and feel." Full Article Design
f That's no stack of rocks, it's an osmosis between man and nature By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:59:04 -0500 Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat." Full Article Design
f Studio 804 creates smaller houses for a changing market By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:54:20 -0500 Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope. Full Article Design
f Landmark study shows how to change the building sector from a major carbon emitter to a major carbon sink By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:22:46 -0500 When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem. Full Article Design
f RIBA guide outlines radical plan for a sustainable future By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:30:40 -0500 "This is our last chance to avert a climate disaster. We must act now." Full Article Design
f It's time to put Passivhaus First By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:28:48 -0500 How my thinking has evolved in the last decade Full Article Design
f If we care about sustainability, should we still be building super-tall skyscrapers? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:57:12 -0500 Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother? Full Article Design
f Do LEED, WELL and FITWEL play nicely together? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0500 Perkins&Will's new Dallas office tries to do all three certification systems in one beautiful historic building. Full Article Design
f Cory Doctorow has a vision of "resilience and joyful thriving through and after a just climate transition" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:43:42 -0500 Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way. Full Article Science
f 7 high-impact lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:34:47 -0500 If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years. Full Article Science
f Forget 2030 or targets; we need to reduce our carbon emissions right now By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:57:55 -0500 George Monbiot says you don't set targets in an emergency, you act. Full Article Science
f French ski resort is using helicopters to move snow By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:52:55 -0500 "No justification can be possible for this nonsense." Full Article Science
f You can't live a 1.5 degree lifestyle and get on a plane By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:47:05 -0500 One little trip can blow you right out of the water. Full Article Science
f TreeHugger Picks: Landfill Gas, From Trash to Alternative Energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 07 May 2007 10:40:29 -0400 Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills Full Article Living
f Will Ferrell gets first BMW Hydrogen 7 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:39:36 -0400 BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR Full Article Transportation
f Venice Fest Forgets the Eco-Details, but Green Art Installation Doesn't Disappoint By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0400 Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year Full Article Living
f Harvard's Transformer Houses, Clad in BMW's Cloth By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:35:29 -0500 What happens when you give a futuristic cloth-like material designed for BMW coupes with a bevy of design students and funding from one of the world's leading Full Article Design
f BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Unveiled Ahead of Frankfurt Show By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:31:26 -0400 Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car, the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of the BMW M3 in Full Article Transportation
f BMW's New Car Share Lends You a Car Where You Find One, Lets You Leave It Where You Want By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:47:37 -0400 At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new Full Article Transportation
f BMW Shows "Deep Commitment to Sustainability" With Pavilion for London Olympics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:28:49 -0500 One more example of how words can become completely meaningless and even contradictory. Full Article Design
f Study reveals the obvious: The rich are different from you and me, especially behind the wheel By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:04:01 -0400 It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks Full Article Transportation
f This makes sense: BMW tells kids to dress up in fluorescent clothing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:42:00 -0500 It's Blame the Victim time as the car company tells pedestrians to brighten up. Full Article Transportation
f New SUV from BMW to be much more efficient than a Toyota Prius By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:08:00 -0500 A prototype SUV from BMW reportedly gets 62 MPGe, far more than a Toyota Prius. It also comes with some sweet features Full Article Transportation
f BMW increases i3 production 43%, Tesla fans sneer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:33:34 -0400 Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other? Full Article Transportation