ot Koby Cottage "Represents a Revolution in Modular Construction" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:50:00 -0400 It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while. Full Article Design
ot What Causes "Zombie Infrastructure"? Depends Who You Ask By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:55:00 -0400 Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little. Full Article Design
ot Wolf hunt up for vote on Michigan’s November ballot By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:47:01 -0400 Does the state of Michigan need a wolf hunt? Voters will get the chance to weigh in. Full Article Business
ot Michigan voters say “No” to wolf hunting By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:29:54 -0500 However, the voter’s choice won’t be the final say. Full Article Business
ot "Go Dry" Movement Spreads, As Californians Rip Up Their Grass Lawns By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:25:51 -0400 Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the Full Article Business
ot Is Brown the New Green? Not Watering Lawns Works By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:58:04 -0400 It's catching on: homeowners letting lawns go fallow during the summer without wasting resources on watering. When I lived in Seattle it was a common practice. After the grass turns brown, come fall, Full Article Science
ot Barefoot Running is the New Treat for Your Feet By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:01:31 -0500 It sounds counter-intuitive to say the least, but a team of scientists has discovered that running barefoot is better for your feet. What! Full Article Living
ot French Town Rolls Out Massive 1,400-Foot-Long Carpet Made of Grass (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:51:34 -0400 Artists installed a grass carpet through a French town to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its arts and nature trail programs. Full Article Living
ot How to Use Plantings to Protect Your Garden From Thieves By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves. Full Article Living
ot Cornell Installs Indoor Lawn to Soothe Students During Finals (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0500 The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying. Full Article Living
ot 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
ot 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
ot 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
ot 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
ot Still lots of life in the Green Living Show By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:09:09 -0400 Could it be that green living is making a comeback? Full Article Living
ot 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
ot Haunting photos show human impact of digital waste By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:09:39 -0400 Photographer Michael Ciaglo has shared his haunting photos from Agbogbloshie, the "digital dump" on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana. Full Article Technology
ot ‘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
ot The true impact of not recycling our old electronics By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:00:00 -0500 Here are some staggering numbers of what could be saved. Full Article Technology
ot 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
ot Dandelion: an audacious and radical geothermal energy startup? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:23:33 -0400 Alphabet's X moonshot factory spins out a ground source heat pump company. Full Article Energy
ot So much plastic is being made that "recycling has no impact" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:46:00 -0400 A Canadian scientist wants us to rethink our approach to plastic and challenge the colonial system that produces it. Full Article Science
ot If you want your city to replace parking spots with bike lanes, use perspective By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:51:00 -0400 One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy. Full Article Transportation
ot Le Jardinier by ADHOC architects is a great example of "missing middle" housing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:08:16 -0400 They do this so well in Montreal. Full Article Design
ot Electrification is not enough: Decarbonizing transport requires a systems approach By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:56:48 -0400 Lloyd Alter would be so proud. Full Article Transportation
ot Why electric cars won't save us: There are not enough resources to build them By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:39:33 -0400 British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper. Full Article Transportation
ot With "Roundup Ready PLUS" Monsanto Capitalizes on the Superweeds It Created By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:12:00 -0400 For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products. Full Article Science
ot New York laws regulating e-scooters are almost as silly as the rules for e-bikes By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:14:02 -0400 They are still banned in Manhattan where they would be most useful. Why not ban parked cars instead? Full Article Transportation
ot Volkswagen designs "micromobiles" for life after traffic collapse By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:00:59 -0400 From scooters to cargo bikes, a bunch of alternatives to driving that car. Full Article Transportation
ot ITDP: e-bikes and e-scooters are climate action By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:11:34 -0400 Micromobility can solve the last mile problem and reduce carbon emissions. Full Article Transportation
ot More people are riding on e-scooters, so more people are getting injured By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:36:45 -0500 It's basic math. Sure, e-scooter injuries are way up. But let's keep it in perspective and look at what the real problem is. Full Article Transportation
ot Freakonomics Watch: "The Primitive Food Movement" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:41 -0500 The first Freakonomics book was a lot of fun; the second less so, as it sort of devolved into "if the scientific consensus and/or coast-hugging liberal elite are for it, we are against it" type of thing. Hence Freakonomics Watch; or perhaps it should Full Article Living
ot USDA Fighting Obesity With One Hand, Promoting High-Fat Cheese With The Other By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:20:29 -0500 All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps Full Article Living
ot Rethinking The Food Label To "Inspire Food Literacy" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:12:43 -0400 The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's News21 program and Good Magazine have shortlisted the three finalists in a competition to design a better food label. They "asked for designs that were informative, instructive and Full Article Living
ot Study describes chicken nuggets as edible "super glue" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Doctors from the University of Mississippi dissected two nuggets and were shocked by what they found. Full Article Living
ot Michael Pollan tells people to "take back control of your plate!" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:00:00 -0500 By controlling portion size and refusing to overeat, particularly in restaurants, we can reduce food waste and remind ourselves of the true value of food. Full Article Living
ot Trusty Old Robots vs. Energy Star Appliances By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:35:01 -0400 Of course, when purchasing a new appliance, it makes sense to go with the most efficient energy star rated appliance. BUT, buying a brand new efficient energy star rated appliance is not always greener or less expensive Full Article Living
ot If I See Another Full Page Pella Window Ad I Am Gonna Scream By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:35:33 -0400 They are everywhere, the full page ads with smiling people proud of how much money they saved and how they qualified for all those government grants. But what did they really save? Perhaps a bit of energy, but how much? Full Article Design
ot Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:33:50 -0400 Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns. Full Article Design
ot You will want to live in The ROSE Cottage, a net zero energy home built for a lifetime By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:20:00 -0500 It's not rocket science, it's building science, and it's all here. Full Article Design
ot Energy Star now rates clothes dryers. This could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 22bn lbs per year! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:17:47 -0400 Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts. Full Article Energy
ot Why we should fix what we've got instead of starting from scratch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:03:11 -0400 Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work. Full Article Design
ot Europeans want to repair, not replace, their appliances By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:01:00 -0500 The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough. Full Article Business
ot How to make your clothing last By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0400 Proper care can go a long way toward extending a garment's life. Full Article Living
ot Local Businesses, Government Officials and Environmental Agencies Unite to Protect Maryland Wetlands By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0400 The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the Full Article Business
ot Stimulus Dollars In Motion: Maryland Orders 100 Hybrid Buses By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:10:11 -0500 Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million. Full Article Transportation
ot Big Brothers Spies On Your...Recycling? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0400 That's right, in communities across the US, recycling bins are now being outfitted with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips. And if you don't recycle, they'll let you know that they know.Savannah, GA, Full Article Technology
ot Renewable Tradition: Baltimore's "Arabbers" Sell Produce On Residential Streets - In Horse Drawn Carts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:23:05 -0400 Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a Full Article Business
ot We Are Like "Watermelons: Green On The Outside And Red Or Socialist On The Inside." By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:17:49 -0500 Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized Full Article Business
ot Not Waiting For the Feds, Carbon Tax Enacted by Montgomery County, Maryland By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 May 2010 15:47:00 -0400 Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax Full Article Business