f Could Annoying Your Little Brother Be a Catalyst for Solar? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:26:28 -0400 Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in Full Article Technology
f City's Local Currency Is Accepted for Paying Taxes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:54:04 -0500 Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money. Full Article Business
f Community Supported Aquaponics Takes Off in the UK By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:23:16 -0400 Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future? Full Article Science
f Photos show hearts and souls made out of foraged flowers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 May 2014 05:00:00 -0400 This looks like lungs, sort of, but it's really made out of meadow flowers. Full Article Living
f Streets are for people (and water slides) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 May 2014 16:32:14 -0400 A slippery art installation in Bristol, England, reminds us that streets are not just for cars. Full Article Design
f Building an up-cycled, open source cargo bike for a city of hills By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:28:12 -0400 The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills." Full Article Transportation
f Go knock yourself out with unconventional parenting, but please stop talking about it By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:30:00 -0400 "Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it." Full Article Living
f Bristol, England, aims for carbon neutrality by 2030 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:55:04 -0500 "It's an emergency," say council members. "So let's act like it." Full Article Business
f Teddylux Recycled Cashmere Soft Toys By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:45:07 -0400 Abandon not all ye moth-eaten and shrunken cashmere sweaters—designer Brooke Serson Cernonok of Teddylux can sprout an entire menagerie from your castoffs. Full Article Design
f What Does Al Gore Have to Do With Football? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:41:00 -0500 This week former Vice-President Al Gore made a stop by Atlanta last week to talk about...well, climate change. But while he was there, he took the time out to talk to one of the NFLs most green athletes, Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli. Still Full Article Living
f 7 Short and Senseless Flights We'd Love to Ban By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:51 -0500 Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you Full Article Science
f Slow Food Pop-Tarts, Made with Serious Love (A Foodie Gift Find!) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:50:00 -0500 With science pointing to all the pitfalls of sugar on human health and longevity, I have ever more reason to curb desserts and hidden sugars. Sadly, "reason" lacks in my vocabulary during the holidays. On Full Article Living
f TreeHugger Staff Meets in Atlanta, Gets Overtaken by Beards (Pics) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:50:00 -0500 This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to Full Article Business
f The Hub, a Shared Work Space for People Who Care. In a City near You! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:13:23 -0500 Working in shared office spaces is an attractive solution for creative start-ups, and has become more and more sought-after in many of the bigger cities. Green Spaces in Manhattan has turned into a well-working Full Article Design
f How Old Hotel Soap Can Save Thousands of Lives By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:59:00 -0400 I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are Full Article Living
f Mom Charged With Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street After Kid Killed By Hit-and-Run By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:47:45 -0400 I have been trying to write something punchier than David Goldberg at Transportation for America did but I cannot, this event is "so utterly outrageous, so emblematic of the failure of our current transportation Full Article Transportation
f Walkscore Rates the Most Walkable Cities In America. Is It A Useful Metric? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0400 Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released Full Article Design
f Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans Have No Car, No Access To Transit By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:25:39 -0400 Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than Full Article Transportation
f Porsche American Headquarters Has Green Roof, Natural Ventilation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:53:00 -0500 There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever. Full Article Design
f Lloyd Alter's Favourite Stories of 2011: July By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:55:29 -0500 It's summertime, and the living is easy, and we are talking about air conditioning. Full Article Design
f How Refugees are Cultivating a Garden and Growing Community By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:52 -0500 A community garden in Atlanta proviudes refugees from around the Globe a space to grow food, share their culture and to build community as a result. Full Article Living
f Perkins + Will Retrofits 25 Year Old Office Building to LEED Platinum By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:56:00 -0500 Proof that buildings from the 70s and 80s can be fixed well instead of demolished: Perkins + WIll gets the highest LEED score in America. Full Article Design
f Tom Vanderbilt On The Importance Of Walking, Both For Our Health and For Our Cities By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:16:00 -0400 St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate. Full Article Transportation
f #1 metro area in US for electric car growth is no longer in California By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:32:00 -0500 If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013. Full Article Transportation
f The whole city of Florence can fit in one Atlanta cloverleaf By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:30:21 -0400 Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl. Full Article Design
f Hacked standing desks overwhelm office system By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:08:09 -0500 Things don't quite work as they are supposed to when people stand up. Full Article Design
f Eco-friendly 'super food truck' first on the East Coast By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:48:41 -0400 Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features. Full Article Living
f Open concept modern tiny home has plenty of personality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:00:00 -0400 This loft-less tiny home makes quite a statement, both inside and out. Full Article Design
f Sidewalks are critical infrastructure and should be a civic responsibility By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:30:03 -0500 It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill. Full Article Design
f Headline of the week: Suburbs will thrive forever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:18:51 -0500 Forever is a very long time. Full Article Design
f Atlanta sets goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 May 2017 11:22:24 -0400 It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered. Full Article Energy
f China and Malaysia to Ban BPA From Chidren's Products By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 29 May 2011 08:00:00 -0400 It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and Full Article Living
f Would You Prefer Your Receipts To Be Paperless? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:21:03 -0400 More and more stores are getting rid of paper receipts and offering to send electronic versions by email. Full Article Living
f From Parentables: Bisphenol A Found In Canned Soup Marketed To Kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:38:01 -0400 A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All Full Article Living
f BPA Identified As Potential "Environmental Obesogen" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:41:19 -0400 Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not Full Article Living
f Campbell's Says It's Heading BPA-Free By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:15:59 -0500 Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion Full Article Living
f FDA Punts On Banning Bisphenol A; NRDC is Outraged, But I Think They Got It Right By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:51:00 -0400 It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't. Full Article Business
f BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:15:00 -0400 Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.” Full Article Living
f An Aerial View of BPA: Where Are We Since the Rejected Ban? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0400 Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban? Full Article Living
f Can SUBSPORT Help Chemical Companies Move Towards Safer Alternatives? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2012 14:08:00 -0400 The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes. Full Article Technology
f Bisphenol A Now Illegal In American Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups, No Thanks to FDA By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:33:00 -0400 It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA. Full Article Living
f Popeye the Sailor Man after a life of eating from BPA lined cans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:52:00 -0500 Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero Full Article Living
f Fetal exposure to BPA is linked to prostate cancer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:00:00 -0500 A new study from the University of Illinois shows how chemical exposure early in life can alter stem cells and cause disease. Full Article Living
f A safer alternative to BPA could come from paper-making waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:00:00 -0400 Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics. Full Article Technology
f EWG has released new report on BPA in canned food By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0400 Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now. Full Article Living
f BPA could be affecting desire to exercise By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:50:22 -0400 Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier. Full Article Living
f 'BPA-free' plastics often uses Bisphenol-S ... which might be just as bad By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 14:15:00 -0500 From one problem to the next... Full Article Living
f Two-thirds of food cans tested contain BPA, and the alternatives may not be much better By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:46:12 -0400 A new report shines the light on a dirty little 'secret' of canned goods, which has little to do with the food itself, and everything to do with the coating in the can. Full Article Living
f Study finds BPA in 86% of teenagers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:09:00 -0500 And that was after one week of avoiding foods that may have come into contact with the notorious hormone-disrupting chemical! Full Article Living
f BPA replacements aren't safe either, study finds By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:35:00 -0400 Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects. Full Article Living